Guaranteed Dancefloor-fillers/Dancefloor Killers

anything else = killer.

filler = nothing.
killer = everything.

Filler:
T Connection - "At midnight" (particularly good in a house set)
EPMD - "You gots to chill"
DMX Krew - "17 ways to break my heart"
Thirstin Howl III - "Live with my moms"

Killer:
Musique - "In the bush" (I don't know what the hell was wrong with those people)
Hixxy and Sharkey - "Toytown"
The Slits - "Heard it through the grapevine"

(the above being three good reasons why DJing in london sucks azzz)

killer - "Closer" by NIN (suddenly it's very clear to me that this song is OVER)

It's very NOW for Yanks and Brits to rag on each other, but this almost made me cry. It's time for some Hands Across The Ocean shit. We need to help these people.

Cornelius' 'Ball-In Kick Off' nearly killed it for me once even though it was mixed into 'Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out' and his remix of Coldcut perplexes everyone but me. Otherwise, I have no other personal killer tales.

Security should forcibly eject people if they don't dance to this.

* skee lo - i wish
* over and over - rufus
* make me believe in you - patti jo
* loads of big beat stuff - i mean almost anything with a beat and a sample and people would go mad for it (kool roc bass was brill tho)
* sunshine of your love - spanky wilson
* back in black / dj shadow number song mix thingy
* movin on up/ dj krush mix thingy
* makin it happen - jackson and his computer band
* battleflag - lo fi allstars
* Can`t Fake The Feeling - Geraldine Hunt
* L.O.V.E Got A Hold - Demis Roussos

killer

* easy lover - phil collins and ?? (this was a travesty as i got
Only Child to play it and people loved it but when i play it - oh no)
* cant explain - the who (some people make me real angry)

KILLER: Microhouse. It's a conspiracy by nerds to get revenge on ppl that enjoy dancing. Seriously.

-- Lord Gorlok (lordgorlok...), July 24th, 2003.

Seconded.

sure to get a fckng *morgue* movin.

anyone got anything to say about "move on up"?

BUMP. Great thread but it needs to be expanded upon.

anyone got anything to say about "move on up"?

Yep - unlike Dancing in the Street, You Can't Hurry Love, Reach out I'll Be There, Twist and Shout, and others, it's not a dancefloor filler but a dancefloor killer for the old folks at a wedding.

sad but true, that.

All the best songs are dancefloor killers.

All the best Geir posts are thread killers.

What, now he doesn't approve of dancing?!??!

The best songs have enormous variations in tempo, beat and dynamics. Which makes, for instance, "Supper's Ready" useless for dancing.

man this is a great thread.

Great songs, a certain person making idiotic statements, what more could you want?

Fillers (most recently tested)

KC & the Sunshine Band - I Get Lifted (Todd Terje mix)
Hamilton Bohannon- Spread The Groove
Lyn Collins - Think (about it )
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline
Barkays - Holy Ghost
Chuck Brown - Bustin Loose
ODB - I Got Your Money
Medium Medium - Hungry So Angry
Schoolly D - Put your Filas On
Von Sudenfed - Rhinohead
The Sabres of Paradise - Wilmot
Trouble Funk - Hey Fellas
The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
Stevie Wonder - Boogie on Reggae Woman
Mantronix - Bassline
Kitty Bronx - Solid Feet
James Brown - There Was a Time

Killers - Most of what people at dance parties request

If you ever DJ to a mexican crowd any song by Sonora Santanera is a filler.

Like, honestly, I've been going to all sorts of different events in Mexico for the past 10 years and everytime they start playing Sonora Santanera around midnight (Selena, too, sometimes) is the cue for people to stand up and fill the dancefloor.

Killers - Most of what people at dance parties request
OTM. From a wedding I was at last week: 'Brimful of Asha' (I didn't request it, but me and my wife were the only ones dancing).
Instant floor filler at that same wedding: Culture Beat - 'Mr. Vain'

Killers - Most of what people at dance parties request

So true!

From my own experience, and in the wrong context some of these would probably be killers.

Fillers:
Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
Mr Flagio - Take a Chance
Debbie Jacobs - Don't You Want my Love
Patrick Cowley - Menergy
Colonal Abrams - Trapped
Davina - Don't You Want It
Cajmere Feat. Dajae - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)

Killers:
Peekay - Up In The Air feat Phily. I once got the best reaction of the night playing this track, and was convinced I'd discovered the most underrated garage banger of all time. Next time I played it I completely misjudged the mood of the after party I was playing at, completely cleared the room and decided it was the worst track of all time.

Last nights fillers:
Fat Freddy's Drop - Shiverman
Missy Elliot - Work It
Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Lindstrom/Prins Thomas mix)
Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Chi-lites -Stoned out of my Mind
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Delroy Wilson - I Want Justice

killer:
Lindstrom - I Feel Space