I’ve lost count of how many Friday night dance parties I’ve hosted on Twitch since the beginning of the pandemic. Even now, as most of the country has began adjusting to post-pandemic life, I still have an audience waiting for me every Friday night. It’s flattering, and it’s fun, but I wonder if it will be something that continues after the pandemic is but a distant memory.
Several members of last night’s audience asked that I share last night’s set list, so here it is:
Beam Me Up – Midnight Magic
Riders on the Storm – La Royale
Superstition [C2C Remix] – Stevie Wonder
This Is Not a Discotheque – Peza
Automatic – The Pointer Sisters
Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder
It Takes Two – Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
Lovefool – The Cardigans
Land Of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett
Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson
Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Rocket Man – Elton John
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer
Stayin’ in Black – Wax Audio
Oops!…I Did It Again – Britney Spears
All That She Wants – Ace of Base
Smile – Vitamin C
Fire Water Burn – The Bloodhound Gang
Ooh La La [feat. Greg Nice & DJ Premier] – Run the Jewels
Kaw-Liga [Prarie Remix] – The Residents
Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
Over & Over – Hot Chip
Kids – MGMT
Build a Bitch – Bella Poarch
Levitating [feat. DaBaby] – Dua Lipa
Pon de Replay – Rihanna
8TEEN – Khaled
Low Key [feat. Tyga] – Ally Brooke
Buttons [feat. Snoop Dogg] – Pussycat Dolls
Marvin Gaye [feat. Meghan Trainor] – Charlie Puth
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
Hey Little Girl – Bloodwitch
Wake Up – Arcade Fire
This Fire – Franz Ferdinand
An Honest Mistake – The Bravery
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight [DJ Downfall Persistent Beat Mix] – The Postal Service
Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld
Atomic – Sleeper
Common People – Pulp
Love Me Do – Beatles
Come Dancing – The Kinks
Transmission – Joy Division
One Step Beyond – Madness
I’m Not Okay (I Promise) – My Chemical Romance
Fell In Love With a Girl – The White Stripes
Help! – The Beatles
I’ll Be There For You – Rembrandts
Punka – Kenickie
Kung Fu – Ash
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight – The Jam
Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Razzmatazz [acoustic] – Pulp
Sick, Sober and Sorry – Gene
I Can’t Imagine the World Without Me – Echobelly
Ladykillers – Lush
Mansize Rooster – Supergrass
Star Sign – Teenage Fanclub
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Lucky Man – The Verve
One Big Family – Embrace
Sorted for E’s & Wizz – Pulp
Waiting Room – Fugazi
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
Secrets – The Cure
Drop – The Jesus and Mary Chain
One Man Show – Jarvis Cocker
Black Cab – Jens Lekman
Moonchild – Cibo Matto
Late Again – Stealers Wheel