A bit of shameless crowdsourcing here - I’m playing a 3 hour set on NYD here in Sydney and there are 15 other DJs on the bill across 2 rooms.
What is a secret weapon track that would suit a day party and make the crowd all bug out with extreme happiness/excitement? Can be a chugger, a hidden Italian house gem, a funk weapon, a Balearic nugget etc etc.
Not sure if all these are available on digital, or if you have time to buy them on wax. Some def are though.
I think I posted this in the RnB thread:
there’s always the old, reliable C2 if the soundsystem is good enough to make the most of it:
slow chugger:
Another one that prefers good sound:
circular chugger:
I got a bunch more that I rely on to really make an impact, but I won’t clog up the thread. Happy to PM some but I know you know your stuff anyway 
Thanks @walshtron - I didn’t have any of these!
The vibe I’m currently at
I’ll be playing digital as well.
Great if you need a wee as well
These things are so dependent on your crowd. What might play well to people in their 30s and 40s could be a complete dud for those in their 20s. I also feel that these moments inherently come with jeopardy - you can’t have the element of surprise without a degree of risk.
There’s a recording of Gatto Fritto at Spanners where he drops ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’, a song I absolutely love and would have sent me bonkers. I don’t think I’d have had the guts to deploy it myself at the end of a house/techno set though.
I played ‘Sledgehammer’ at the end of Cocktail Amore once, there was a moment of indecision in the crowd but it worked very nicely.
I love Francesco Del Garda playing this (massively slowed down) Charli XCX edit here -
Yep, these moments are definitely fraught with risk and can go either way. I like to err on the side of caution, play something the crowd will know but maybe a cover version. Something like this:
Our crowd is typically the 30-50 range who know not to come expecting to hear much music they know already. However, a day like New Year’s Day needs some familiar bangers of the unexpected kind. A mixture of both will be the tactic here.
Idjut Boys are the masters of this shit.
They recently brought hysteria to a small backroom in Leytonstone with the one-two punch of Dimitri From Paris’ edit of ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover’ followed by ‘While You See A Chance’
Another Idjuts one, they dropped this at a Lowlife a few years back.
I was at an idjuts NYE set where they dropped this closer to the end and it made people cry and shit:
They ended the set with Love is in The Air…
This is consistently the most Shazammed track in any of my sets. I feel like by the end people are singing along and having a blast.
Finally this is something I play that surprises a lot of people. Cheesy? Yes. But it’s U2 done by Italians so what did you expect?
To build up to the silliness:
Right time, right record:
Not sure when you’re playing but this works:
And everyone loves this record:
And maybe a bit obvious but it works every time:
Gets better as it goes on as well:
And this will get everyone in a good mood:
These are all dancefloor winners
A bit of Prince always discharges this remit perfectly. Raspberry Beret, perhaps?
This…
That.
Some killers so far - thanks to everybody contributing!
I’ll be playing a midday - 2pm set and then an 8pm-9pm set if that’s any help referencing tunes.
