30 Songs That Fill Any Dance Floor

There are songs, and then there are those secret weapons that, the moment they start playing, make everyone rush to the dance floor. After years of running weddings in Porto and the North of Portugal, I've compiled the definitive "Floor-Filler" list.

The "Universal Classics" (No One Resists)

• 1. "September" - Earth, Wind & Fire (The best party song ever?)
• 2. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (Unites grandparents and grandkids in 3 seconds)
• 3. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" - Whitney Houston
• 4. "Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen
• 5. "Sweet Caroline" - Neil Diamond (For singing at the top of your lungs)
• 6. "YMCA" - Village People (The mandatory choreography)
• 7. "You're The One That I Want" - Grease
• 8. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson

National Pride (Portugal)

• 9. "A Minha Casinha" - Xutos & Pontapés (The unofficial anthem)
• 10. "O Anzol" - Rádio Macau
• 11. "Dunas" - GNR
• 12. "O Corpo é que Paga" - António Variações
• 13. "Bacalhau à Portuguesa" - Quim Barreiros (At the right moment, it always works)
• 14. "Contentores" - Xutos & Pontapés

The 90s & 2000s (Millennial Nostalgia)

• 15. "Wannabe" - Spice Girls
• 16. "Everybody" - Backstreet Boys
• 17. "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers (The end-of-night anthem)
• 18. "Danza Kuduro" - Don Omar (Pure energy)
• 19. "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas
• 20. "Gasolina" - Daddy Yankee
• 21. "Single Ladies" - Beyoncé

Modern Hits (2010 - Today)

• 22. "Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
• 23. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" - Justin Timberlake
• 24. "Pepas" - Farruko (For total madness)
• 25. "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift
• 26. "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi
• 27. "Shut Up and Dance" - Walk The Moon
• 28. "Levitating" - Dua Lipa
• 29. "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd
• 30. "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus

DJ's Note: A list is just a list. The secret lies in knowing when to play each of these songs. That's the art of DJing.