1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear [guardian.co.uk]

  1. Part 7: Party Songs

  2. Pluto Shervington "Dat" [1976]
  3. Nina Simone "Gin House Blues" [1975]
  4. Sister Sledge "Lost in Music" [1979]
  5. Sister Sledge "He’s the Greatest Dancer" [1979]
  6. Skee-Lo "I Wish" [1995]
  7. Sly and the Family Stone "Dance to the Music" [1968]
  8. The Specials "Nite Klub" [1979]
  9. Sylvester "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" [1978]
  10. Wayne Smith "(Under Mi) Sleng Teng" [1985]
  11. The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?" [1985]
  12. Soft Cell "Memorabilia" [1982]
  13. Sparks "Beat the Clock" [1979]
  14. The Spencer Davis Group "I’m a Man" [1967]
  15. Candi Staton "Young Hearts Run Free" [1976]
  16. Sueño Latino "Sueño Latino" [1989]
  17. The Sundown Playboys "Saturday Nite Special" [1972]
  18. The Surfaris "Wipe Out" [1962]
  19. The Sugarhill Gang "Rapper’s Delight" [1979]
  20. T-Connection "Do What You Wanna Do" [1977]
  21. Tears for Fears "Shout" [1984]
  22. The Temptations "Cloud Nine" [1968]
  23. The Ting Tings "Great DJ" [2008]
  24. The Trammps "Disco Inferno" [1976]
  25. Vampire Weekend "A Punk" [2008]
  26. War "Me and Baby Brother" [1973]
  27. West Street Mob "Break Dance – Electric Boogie" [1983]
  28. The Who "My Generation" [1965]
  29. Esther Williams "Last Night Changed It All" [1976]
  30. Jackie Wilson "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" [1967]
  31. Larry Young "Turn Off the Lights" [1975]
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Part Seven: Party Songs ((http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/table/2009/mar/20/party-1000-songs-every...)
Everyone knows that music makes a party. But what good-time tunes put you in a euphoric mood? Get your glad rags on and go to the music blog to tell us which prize songs we've overlooked, whether it's glossy disco, swooning cosmic soul, old-school rock or low-slung funk. It's your party, after all.