
Last week, to alleviate some of my friends’ boredom due to COVID-19 and social distancing, I streamed a DJ set on Twitch. You can read more about that in last week’s playlist post, but to make a long story short, a lot of strangers showed up, too, in a virtual sense, anyway. The next day I was asked if I could do it again the following Friday, so last night I hosted Online Dance Party, Part Deux. This time, we added a Zoom conference for those who wanted to see and be seen. That was a hit. People came in costume, brought props, and pets, and some even hooked up disco balls. In total, 448 people tuned in to dance and chat and socialize. When I played the last song I was told “can’t wait for next week” by a number of viewers, so apparently this one-off event has become a weekly staple until we’re all again free to roam the streets.

Like last week, I played pretty much only actual vinyl records, which means I again spent my Saturday morning reviewing the feed and noting track by track what I played… I hope you, my gentle readers, feel loved! Here are the songs I mixed together to entertain quarantined dancers the world over last night:
Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley and the Comets
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) – Betty Everett
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
Celebration – Kool and the Gang
1999 – Prince
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gee’s
Jungle Boogie – Kool and the Gang
You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
Upside Down – Diana Ross
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC and the Sunshine Band
Kiss – Prince
Cantaloop – US3
Vogue – Madonna
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Word Up – Cameo
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Let’s Get it On – Marvin Gaye
What I Like About You – The Romantics
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Bamboleo – The Gipsy Kings
Stop! In the Name of Love – Diana Ross and the Supremes
Love Me Do – The Beatles
Situation – Yaz
Don’t Stop the Rock – Freestyle
Oh L’Amour – Erasure
I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Into the Groove – Madonna
Magic – The Cars
Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News
The Final Countdown – Europe
Razzmatazz – Pulp
Baby Shark – Pinkfong
Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John
Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead or Alive
Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
Legs – ZZ Top
Xanadu [feat. Olivia Newton-John] – Electric Light Orchestra
When Doves Cry – Prince
Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
Paranoiattack – The Faint
It’s Tricky – Run-D.M.C.
Push It – Salt-N-Pepa
No Fun – The Stooges
House of Jealous Lovers – The Rapture
He Cuts So Fresh – Marley Marl
Pee Wee’s Dance – Joeski Love
Cold Gettin’ Dumb – Just-Ice
Hypnotize – Notorious B.I.G.
Paper Planes – M.I.A.
I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
You Can’t Hurry Love – Diana Ross and the Supremes
I’m Ready – Kano
Two of Hearts – Stacey Q
Girls on Film – Duran Duran
Fuck the Pain Away – Peaches
Blue Monday – New Order
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
Add It Up – Violent Femmes
Faith – George Michael
Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
Buona Sera – Louis Prima
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Loverboy – Billy Ocean
I Need You Tonight – INXS
Heartbeat – Wham
Kids – MGMT
We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
I Love It [feat. Charli XCX] – Icona Pop
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – George Michael and Aretha Franklin
Livin’ Thing – Electric Light Orchestra
New Generation – Suede
Laid – James
Refugees – The Tears
You Got It – New Kids On the Block
Rhythm of the Night – DeBarge
Holiday – Madonna
Cool It Now – New Edition
Private Dancer – Tina Turner
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
Major Tom – Peter Schilling
I Eat Cannibals – Toto Coelo
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Guns of Navarone – The Skatalites
Toxic – Britney Spears
Suffragette City – David Bowie
Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
Dreaming – Blondie
Transmission – Joy Division
Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
Go! – Tones on Tail
Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol
Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones
Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
All the Small Things – Blink-182
Cup of Life – Ricky Martin
Spice Up Your Life – Spice Girls
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Life on Mars – David Bowie
Vitamin C – Can
Daydreamer – Menswear
King of the Kerb – Echobelly
Metal Mickey – Suede
Ladykillers – Lush
Girl From Mars – Ash
Help the Aged – Pulp
Come Out 2Nite – Kenickie
Hotel Room – Richard Hawley
Elephant – Evelyn Evelyn
One Man Show – Jarvis Cocker
Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan