Month: December 2019

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We have finally reached the end of the Top Dance Songs of 2019 series with Volume 3 featuring a non-stop mix of the Top Dance Club Songs of 2019.

THE EMO-FICATION OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

With few exceptions and the trend to a happier Disco sound as discussed in Volume 1 of this year’s recap — the overall feel in electronic and club music is generally fairly dark. A lot of the music has been emofied even when its original format is aimed at the dance floor. The biggest artist of the year Post Malone has made an entire career out of it. With one of Malone’s biggest hits “Circles” capping off the end of this set — it pretty much sums up the entire genre.

There’s nothing wrong with that and the moodiness of much of the music squares well with the current generation that’s growing up in a tumultuous time. That’s not to say any of these songs are political — because they aren’t. The very issues that affect the mood and mindset of the current generation like gun control, global warming, student debt, ongoing wars, racism, and on and on are sadly missing in today’s music. From the Boomer rebellion of the 60s to the GenX political activism of Punk Rock, New Wave, and Alternative Rock from the 80s and 90s — the very issues that stress the current generation of Millennials and GenZ are sorely missing. Instead, everything is about feelings and relationships.

This isn’t meant to be interpreted as criticism but merely an observation. We know you guys give a shit about these things – so bare your soul in the music and frankly open it up to true Rock ‘N’ Roll again. More than anything, it’s the big corporate labels that need to get with the program because I’m banking there’s a massive underground market somewhere waiting to be exploited.

Granted, there’s always room for all types of genres and styles from silly love songs, and personal testimonies to fun carefree disco and political discourse in our music. They just haven’t figured out how to make it work because the music industry as a whole, is run by a bunch of mindless clone machines. I digress.

IT’S ALL ABOUT DANCE MUSIC

If you haven’t figured it out yet, Party Favorz (more specifically me writing in the 3rd person), is a walking encyclopedia of popular music. I’ve devoured it ever since I was a kid.  As you well know — Party Favorz is about escapism and having a good time. It’s about perking you up during those long commutes to and from work, it fuels your workouts, it’s the soundtrack to your pool parties and gatherings with friends and it’s likely the thing that gets you pumped while getting ready to go out for a night on the town. If you’ve found other creative ways to make use of these mixes — I’d love to hear them.

For better or worse, the songs included in this year-end retrospective of the dance club music scene represents the best and worst (but still hugely popular) Top Dance Songs of 2019. Unlike the rigidity of the charts — Party Favorz attempts to pull all dance club music of relevance that is released throughout the year. Always remember to store these mini-time capsules in a safe place in the cloud. 10 or 20 years from now you’ll be glad you did.

I’ll be back on Saturday with the annual Blow Your Own Horn series, which will help everyone bring in the New Year in one giant roof-raising party mix.

Until then…Merry Christmas, Happy Hannakua, Happy Kwanza, and Happy Holidays. ENJOY!

Album: Year in Dance 2019 Volume 3
Genre: EDM, House, Dance, Club
Year: 2019
Total Time: 02:27:58

1. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You (Gryffin Remix)

2. Gryffin feat. ZOHARA – Remember (Extended Mix)

3. Kelly Clarkson – Heat (Kokiri Club Remix)

4. The Chainsmokers feat. Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine (Keanu Silva Extended Remix)

5. Post Malone – Wow. (James Scott & Luke Hepworth Remix)

6. Tones And I – Dance Monkey (AZ2A & Keepin It Heale Remix)

7. Jonas Blue – I Wanna Dance (Extended Mix)

8. Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me (Dave Aude Extended)

9. Bleona – I Don’t Need Your Love (StoneBridge Epic Extended Mix)

10. Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Jacked Remix)

11. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Senorita (Amice Remix)

12. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow (Chris Cox Anthem Club Remix)

13. VASSY – Concrete Heart (Colin Jay Remix)

14. Lizzo – Truth Hurts (Barry Harris Club Mix)

15. Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dave Aude Extended Remix)

16. P!nk – Secrets (Until Dawn Club Mix)

17. Gorgon City & MK – There For You (Extended Version)

18. David Guetta feat. RAYE – Stay (Don’t Go Away) (Don’t Go Away) (Charlie Lane Remix)

19. Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc – SOS (The Scene Kings Remix)

20. Gorgon City & Kaskade feat. Romeo – Go Slow (Extended Mix)

21. Marshmello & Bastille – Happier (Breathe Carolina Remix)

22. NOTD & Felix Jaehn feat. Georgia Ku & Captain Cuts – So Close (Gozzi Remix)

23. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (Don Diablo Remix)

24. Martin Garrix feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump – Summer Days (Dirty Werk Remix)

25. Jonas Blue feat. Liam Payne & Lennon Stella – Polaroid (Zac Samuel Remix)

26. Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd – Lost In The Fire (Rakurs vs. Cox Remix)

27. KLAAS & Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You (StoneBridge & Damien Hall Anthem Club Remix)

28. Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (Division 4 & Matt Consola Remix)

29. IYES & Ryan Riback – This Feeling (Cristian Poow Club Remix)

30. Jade Starling – Fired Up (Block & Crown KTU-NYC Remix)

31. FISHER – Losing It (Extended Mix)

32. Lizzo – Juice (Barry Harris Club Mix)

33. Jennifer Lopez & French Montana – Medicine (MetroMix John Hohman Club Remix)

34. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (Amice Remix)

35. Dido – Give You Up (Kue Club Remix)

36. Post Malone – Circles (Disco Fries Bootleg)

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Party Favorz is back with Volume 2 of our annual non-stop mix Top Dance Songs of the Year featuring the top Dance Club hits of 2019!

Even with the shifting genre tides in dance music, there’s always room for some darker songs that break through and become monster hits in their own right. FISHER’s surprise hit “Losing It” was released in July 2018 and then had a steady rise to the top of Beatport’s dance charts where it ruled for over a month. Shortly after — it made a steady climb up Billboard’s Dance Club charts finally nesting the number one spot last year. Spurring a mass amount of mashups and bootlegs, the song was so popular — it ranked again as one of the top tracks for 2019.  It was an unlikely candidate for such a monster hit but the infectious deep beats and repetitive refrain just stuck to our brains like super glue.

FISHER followed that up with the equally dark “You Little Beauty” which samples (once again) the fabulous Loleatta Holloway making it his second #1 dance club hit. You could say he’s had a very good year and a half.

One of the most mesmerizing and infectious dark tracks of the year is “Piece Of Your Heart” by Meduza featuring Goodboys. This song is an earworm that burrows into your brain and takes up residence while on repeat. Meduza followed up this monster hit with the same song but this time featuring the added vocals of Becky Hill in a reworked version called “Lose Control.” That version also topped the charts later in the year. I’m not certain, but this may be the first time two different versions of the same song topped any chart — but, I could be wrong.

HOT DANCE ELECTRONIC SONGS

The artwork for volume two of the Year In Dance features the top Hot Dance Electronic Songs Artists. This is a chart that I only muse with passing interest as it usually has some overlap with the Dance Club charts but is geared more towards streaming, and YouTube streams than anything else to compile its listings. Billboard has multiple sub-category charts under this, which frankly is redundant. This particular chart is important in that it features top songs that fare poorly on the Dance Club chart but often have more uptempo House versions that accompany them.

Marshmello appears to hit all the charts (including Top 40), while The Chainsmokers frat boy electronic dance music generally rules this chart, sometimes Top 40 but not Dance Club. The chart itself is often stale and lists songs that are over a year old — generally because of their ongoing streaming numbers.

Since a few of the Top 10 artists in this category never crossed over to Dance Club or were riding high from last year’s releases — I threw out three of them and picked up three more from the Top 15. From left to right there’s Kygo, Ellie Goulding, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Calvin Harris, Marshmello, Swae, The Chainsmokers, Bastille, and Bebe Rexha.

RIP AVICII

One of the greatest DJ/producers of the modern era passed away. Avicii was a genius whose music moved millions of people on dance floors and at festivals worldwide. Never content to rest on one style of music, he continued to experiment and even brought in folk music to create giant songs like “Wake Me Up.” The song “Levels,” which samples the vocals of the fabulous Etta James is a masterpiece in electronic dance music that will live on through the ages. He will be sorely missed.

Party Favorz is currently working on the third and final volume of the Top Dance songs of 2019 and expect to have this out on Monday. I’ve already begun compiling mashups, bootlegs, and roof-raising tracks for the annual “Blow Your Own Horn” and hope to drop that Saturday of next week. Until then…ENJOY!

Album: Year in Dance 2019 Volume 2
Genre: EDM, House, Dance, Club
Year: 2019
Total Time: 02:15:05

1. Tiesto & Mabel – God Is A Dancer (Extended Version)

2. Benny Blanco feat. Halsey & Khalid – Eastside (Charlie Lane Remix)

3. CamelPhat & Jake Bugg – Be Someone (Extended Mix)

4. DJ Regard – Ride It (Jonas Blue Remix)

5. FISHER – You Little Beauty (Original Mix)

6. Meduza feat. Goodboys – Piece Of Your Heart (Extended Mix)

7. Duke Dumont & Zak Abel – The Power (Original Mix)

8. Riton x Oliver Heldens feat. Vula – Turn Me On (Extended Mix)

9. Travis Scott feat. Drake – Sicko Mode (James Hype VIP Mix)

10. Black Eyed Peas, Corona & J Balvin – RITMO (Bad Boys For Life) (Liam Keegan Remix)

11. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike feat. Era Istrefi – Selfish (Ale Mora Extended Remix)

12. Halsey – Without Me (Danny Dove Remix)

13. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (James Godfrey Remix)

14. The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (Joe Bermudez Remix)

15. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care (Division 4 Mix)

16. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (Division 4 & Matt Consola Remix)

17. Roberto Surace – Joys (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix)

18. Tony Moran & Jason Walker – Perfect Bitch (Moto Blanco Club Remix)

19. Lizzo – Good As Hell (DJ Kue Remix)

20. Boston Bun – Don’t Wanna Dance (Extended Mix)

21. Katy Perry – Never Really Over (R3HAB Extended Remix)

22. DJs From Mars – Gam Gam (Extended Mix)

23. Meduza x Becky Hill x Goodboys – Lose Control (Charlie Lane & Ethan James Remix)

24. Ariana Grande – Breathin (Division 4 & Matt Consola Remix)

25. Ellie Goulding x Diplo feat. Swae Lee – Close To Me (Charlie Lane Remix)

26. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (Division 4 Remix)

27. Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love (Charlie Lane Remix)

28. Sam Feldt feat. RANI – Post Malone (Joe Stone Extended Remix)

29. Kygo & Rita Ora – Carry On (Tempo Elektrik Remix)

30. Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello – Find U Again (Country Club Martini Crew Remix)

31. Marshmello feat. Chvrches – Here With Me (Colin Jay Remix)

32. Post Malone – Better Now (Jacked Remix)