2016 was another fantastic year for If You Need a DJ. We had more amazing parties around Essex and the South East, and filled dance floors with some great music and some wonderful people.
Our friends at DJ Event Planner have released the Top 200 most requested songs of 2016. Is your favourite in here?
| Rank | Song | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars | Uptown Funk |
| 2 | Journey | Don’t Stop Believin’ |
| 3 | Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) |
| 4 | Walk The Moon | Shut Up And Dance |
| 5 | Taylor Swift | Shake It Off |
| 6 | Pharrell Williams | Happy |
| 7 | Neil Diamond | Sweet Caroline |
| 8 | Cupid | Cupid Shuffle |
| 9 | Ed Sheeran | Thinking Out Loud |
| 10 | Black Eyed Peas | I Gotta Feeling |
| 11 | Bon Jovi | Livin’ On A Prayer |
| 12 | Bruno Mars | Marry You |
| 13 | V.I.C. | Wobble |
| 14 | Usher | Yeah! |
| 15 | Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl |
| 16 | Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris | We Found Love |
| 17 | DJ Casper | Cha Cha Slide |
| 18 | Maroon 5 | Sugar |
| 19 | B-52’s | Love Shack |
| 20 | LMFAO | Party Rock Anthem |
| 21 | John Legend | All Of Me |
| 22 | Beatles | Twist And Shout |
| 23 | Kenny Loggins | Footloose |
| 24 | Justin Timberlake | Can’t Stop The Feeling! |
| 25 | OutKast | Hey Ya! |
| 26 | AC/DC | You Shook Me All Night Long |
| 27 | Earth, Wind and Fire | September |
| 28 | Animal House | Shout |
| 29 | Beyonce | Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) |
| 30 | Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. | Blurred Lines |
| 31 | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean |
| 32 | Garth Brooks | Friends In Low Places |
| 33 | Elvis Presley | Can’t Help Falling In Love |
| 34 | Frank Sinatra | The Way You Look Tonight |
| 35 | Beyonce feat. Jay-Z | Crazy In Love |
| 36 | DJ Snake feat. Lil’ Jon | Turn Down For What |
| 37 | Pitbull feat. Kesha | Timber |
| 38 | Bryan Adams | Summer Of ’69 |
| 39 | Backstreet Boys | Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) |
| 40 | Maroon 5 | Moves Like Jagger |
| 41 | Sir Mix-A-Lot | Baby Got Back |
| 42 | Flo Rida | Low |
| 43 | ABBA | Dancing Queen |
| 44 | Montell Jordan | This Is How We Do It |
| 45 | Spice Girls | Wannabe |
| 46 | Michael Jackson | Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough |
| 47 | House Of Pain | Jump Around |
| 48 | Temptations | My Girl |
| 49 | Sister Sledge | We Are Family |
| 50 | Killers | Mr. Brightside |
| 51 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Wagon Wheel |
| 52 | Justin Timberlake | Sexyback |
| 53 | Foundations | Build Me Up Buttercup |
| 54 | Kool & The Gang | Celebration |
| 55 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky |
| 56 | Silento | Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) |
| 57 | Dexys Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen |
| 58 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama |
| 59 | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer | Give Me Everything |
| 60 | OMI | Cheerleader |
| 61 | Def Leppard | Pour Some Sugar On Me |
| 62 | Eric Clapton | Wonderful Tonight |
| 63 | Don Omar feat. Lucenzo | Danza Kuduro |
| 64 | Cobra Starship | You Make Me Feel |
| 65 | Meghan Trainor | All About That Bass |
| 66 | Village People | Y.M.C.A. |
| 67 | Miley Cyrus | Party In The U.S.A. |
| 68 | Etta James | At Last |
| 69 | LMFAO | Sexy And I Know It |
| 70 | Cyndi Lauper | Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
| 71 | Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music |
| 72 | Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz | Get Low |
| 73 | Chris Brown | Forever |
| 74 | Michael Jackson | Thriller |
| 75 | Pink | Raise Your Glass |
| 76 | Salt ‘N Pepa | Push It |
| 77 | Nelly | Hot In Herre |
| 78 | Christina Perri | A Thousand Years |
| 79 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Call Me Maybe |
| 80 | Train | Marry Me |
| 81 | Rednex | Cotton Eye Joe |
| 82 | DNCE | Cake By The Ocean |
| 83 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me |
| 84 | Justin Bieber | Sorry |
| 85 | Lumineers | Ho Hey |
| 86 | The Weeknd | Can’t Feel My Face |
| 87 | Bob Seger | Old Time Rock N Roll |
| 88 | Kings Of Leon | Sex On Fire |
| 89 | Drake | One Dance |
| 90 | Vanilla Ice | Ice Ice Baby |
| 91 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 92 | Los Del Rio | Macarena |
| 93 | BLACKstreet | No Diggity |
| 94 | Sia | Cheap Thrills |
| 95 | Psy | Gangam Style |
| 96 | Bruno Mars | Just The Way You Are |
| 97 | Lady GaGa | Just Dance |
| 98 | Louis Armstrong | What A Wonderful World |
| 99 | Flo Rida | My House |
| 100 | Zac Brown Band | Chicken Fried |
| 101 | Kanye West | Gold Digger |
| 102 | M.C. Hammer | U Can’t Touch This |
| 103 | Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up |
| 104 | Avicii | Wake Me Up! |
| 105 | Pitbull | Fireball |
| 106 | Guns N’ Roses | Sweet Child O’ Mine |
| 107 | LMFAO feat. Lil Jon | Shots |
| 108 | Michael Buble | Everything |
| 109 | Rick Springfield | Jessie’s Girl |
| 110 | Katy Perry | Firework |
| 111 | Luke Bryan | Country Girl (Shake It For Me) |
| 112 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Grease Megamix |
| 113 | R. Kelly | Ignition (Remix) |
| 114 | Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna | This Is What You Came For |
| 115 | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life |
| 116 | Jason Mraz | I’m Yours |
| 117 | Bee Gees | Stayin’ Alive |
| 118 | Fetty Wap | Trap Queen |
| 119 | Prince | Kiss |
| 120 | Iggy Azalea | Work |
| 121 | Aerosmith | I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing |
| 122 | Thomas Rhett | Die A Happy Man |
| 123 | Proclaimers | I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) |
| 124 | Justin Timberlake | Rock Your Body |
| 125 | Major Lazer and DJ Snake and MO | Lean On |
| 126 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition |
| 127 | Oasis | Wonderwall |
| 128 | Calvin Harris | Feel So Close |
| 129 | Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody |
| 130 | Queen | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
| 131 | Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) |
| 132 | Frank Sinatra | Fly Me To The Moon |
| 133 | Shakira | Hips Don’t Lie |
| 134 | James Taylor | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) |
| 135 | Queen | Don’t Stop Me Now |
| 136 | Billy Joel | Piano Man |
| 137 | Jason Derulo | Want To Want Me |
| 138 | Eddie Money | Take Me Home Tonight |
| 139 | Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj | Bang Bang |
| 140 | Franki Valli | Can’t Take My Eyes Off You |
| 141 | Jack Johnson | Better Together |
| 142 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together |
| 143 | Commodores | Brick House |
| 144 | Florida Georgia Line | Cruise |
| 145 | Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse | Valerie |
| 146 | Usher | Dj Got Us Fallin’ In Love |
| 147 | Michael Jackson | Beat It |
| 148 | Bruno Mars | Treasure |
| 149 | Chubby Checker | The Twist |
| 150 | Taio Cruz | Dynamite |
| 151 | David Guetta feat. Sia | Titanium |
| 152 | Ray LaMontagne | You Are The Best Thing |
| 153 | Jackson 5 | ABC |
| 154 | Rihanna | Don’t Stop The Music |
| 155 | Aretha Franklin | Respect |
| 156 | Clean Bandit | Rather Be |
| 157 | Marcia Griffiths | Electric Boogie (Electric Slide) |
| 158 | Lonestar | Amazed |
| 159 | Pitbull and Ne-Yo | Time Of Our Lives |
| 160 | Justin Bieber | What Do You Mean? |
| 161 | One Direction | What Makes You Beautiful |
| 162 | Supremes | You Can’t Hurry Love |
| 163 | Nat King Cole | L-O-V-E |
| 164 | K-Ci & JoJo | All My Life |
| 165 | Big & Rich | Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) |
| 166 | A-Ha | Take On Me |
| 167 | Toploader | Dancing In The Moonlight |
| 168 | Fifth Harmony | Work From Home |
| 169 | Avicii | Levels |
| 170 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz | Thrift Shop |
| 171 | Ellie Goulding | Love Me Like You Do |
| 172 | Frank Sinatra | New York, New York |
| 173 | Bell Biv DeVoe | Poison |
| 174 | Snap! | Rhythm Is A Dancer |
| 175 | 50 Cent | In Da Club |
| 176 | Creedence Clearwater Revival / Tina Turner | Proud Mary |
| 177 | Michael Buble | Save The Last Dance For Me |
| 178 | Nicki Minaj | Starships |
| 179 | Haddaway | What Is Love |
| 180 | Young M.C. | Bust A Move |
| 181 | Blake Shelton | God Gave Me You |
| 182 | Cali Swag District | Teach Me How To Dougie |
| 183 | Drake | Hotline Bling |
| 184 | Flo Rida | Club Can’t Handle Me |
| 185 | Daft Punk | One More Time |
| 186 | Flo Rida | G.D.F.R. |
| 187 | American Authors | Best Day Of My Life |
| 188 | Blake Shelton / Michael Buble | Home |
| 189 | Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive |
| 190 | Beatles | Don’t Let Me Down |
| 191 | K.C and the Sunshine Band | Get Down Tonight |
| 192 | Madonna | Like A Prayer |
| 193 | Elton John | Your Song |
| 194 | Lady GaGa | Poker Face |
| 195 | N’Sync | Bye Bye Bye |
| 196 | Beyonce | Love On Top |
| 197 | Robin S | Show Me Love |
| 198 | Dion | Runaround Sue |
| 199 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | You Make My Dreams |
| 200 | Mumford & Sons | I Will Wait |
There are some new ones in there, but also many classics that are sure to jog some memories and bring a smile to your face.
We hope this helps to provide some inspiration if you’re compiling a request list of your own, but rest assured, we have all of these covered and many many more less obvious tracks that will be great for your party. With a huge library of music from which to choose from, and the know-how and experience to work a crowd, we have what it takes to prove that we are one of the leading mobile discos for hire in Essex. Contact us now for more information.