Playable Holiday Songs and New Year’s Tools
The DJ TechTools staff spent most of the day cracking up over terrible christmas covers and collecting our favorite holiday songs that might be useful over the coming weeks. We found some good Christmas remixes, holiday covers, classic favorites and even a few New Years tools that will help you make the countdown smooth and easy. Download them all after the break.
BLOCK ROCKIN’ HOLIDAY SONGS
After racking our bins for hours, we have dusted off a jingle-riffic list of Christmas and Hannukkah songs to mix into your holiday sets. Knowing full well the Dj TechTools readers are the best stocked group in the land, we encourage you to add your favorites in the comments section and help round out the list of tracks.
SURPRISINGLY GOOD
A Plus D “Dick In a Box Christmas remix”
James Brown “Soulful Christmas” from the album Funky Christmas
Daz Dillinger “Christmas in the Hood”
Toots and the Maytals Christmas Ska
STARTING TO GET QUESTIONABLE..
The Quad City DJs “What I Want for Christmas”
JUST FOR A LAUGH…
Unknown Artist “Techno Jingle Bells”
NEW YEAR’S TOOLS
U2 “New Year’s Day (USA Remix/Kevorkian Remix)”
End of the night track courtesy of Abba
- Check out our list of new years dj tips from last year
- Limos are so 90’s. Roll up to your new year’s gig in a rental monster truck.
- Grab some great samples from Old School New Years PSA spots featuring Sam Cooke and the Sal Soul Orchestra to mention a few at 365 days.
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December 17th, 2009 at 10:21 pm Quote
Really not impressed by these tracks actually. There has to be something better out there?
December 17th, 2009 at 10:22 pm Quote
Thanks for the countdown! I’ve been looking for something usable like that!
I also love the cartman holy night track lol.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:54 am Quote
The Cartman song is the best.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:55 am Quote
My very favorite holiday track is Oh No’s remix of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, from Verve Remixed Christmas 2008. I highly recommend it—it’ll have a special place in my Christmas set for sure.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:05 am Quote
Wasn’t really taken by the tracks either.
Check out my last year’s christmas mix (it’s in the website link) I did for my friends and family for some nice and more traditional tracks. It’s more geared for listening and chilling rather than partying, though.
It was thrown together on a whim one morning on MixMeister, so ignore the shoddy transitions (MM is horrible to work with sometimes) and check the songs.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:19 am Quote
Man, I heard this one song one time in a pawn shop around christmas time, it went “I hate fruitcake, and fruitcake hates me, I’d rather trade my fruitcake for a beastie boys cd” … It’s just for a lark as well, but man I wanted to find it so badly, and I was wondering if anyone on here knows what it was.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:28 am Quote
Google tells me it’s “I Hate Fruitcake” by 1000 Clowns, but good luck finding it.
December 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am Quote
LOL!!
December 18th, 2009 at 2:51 am Quote
ouch, my ears are bleeding.
where did you get the music player though? i really liked that!
if i’m proved wrong, and any of these gets played at Ministry of Sound, London, either at tonight’s christmas party or the new years eve party I shall return and post a most humble apology.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:03 am Quote
After Christmas (Disco Mix) – Jackie Mittoo
Santa Claus Is Ska-ing to Town – Granville Williams Orchestra
December 18th, 2009 at 5:33 am Quote
I’ve heard a few djs in the UK play faithless – insomnia at the stroke of midnight new years eve, with loads of crazy bells before the main hook kicks in. How about some kind of controllerism routine with bells for the stroke of midnight lol.
December 18th, 2009 at 7:25 am Quote
you guys are on top of it as usual
always supply the ish we need!
December 18th, 2009 at 7:25 am Quote
where’s my midifigher?!!!!
December 18th, 2009 at 8:07 am Quote
how could you put Run-DMC “Christmas in Hollis” in the questionable section??? Thats one of the best rep x-mas songs, so many of them suck and this one is solid.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:21 am Quote
Yeah, the songs are aiight….I enjoy X-Mas mixes in this fashion:
*VERVE Christmas remixed. 2008 is the newest!
*Shaboom records – playtime toons(fatboy slim remix)
*Paul Mcartney – Wonderfull Christmas time(looped w fx)
*Marih Carey – Red vinyl, double pack from 94′ ish w/ RED Zone dubs)
*Tino Corp – Christmas breaks. Heavy laden slay bells on each track. The deepest Christmas ever probably
*Some various downtempo tracks that are uplifting(hed kandi)
??? – felice navidade
*Do they know it’s Christmas
December 18th, 2009 at 8:44 am Quote
The Daz Dillinger track is the heat. A celebration of what Jesus’ virthday should really be about. Smoking weed on the porch and stealin presents.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:37 am Quote
Wham! – Last Christmas. So campy, so eighties, so fun.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am Quote
The Kinks “father christmas”, Bryan Adams “Christmas time”, Canned Heat “christmas blues”, Foghat “all i want for Christmas is you”. i like your selection but i think it needed a little blues and rock. you also can’t forget about Gayla Peevey “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”.lol
December 18th, 2009 at 11:31 am Quote
Mmm thanks for that, But I’m I the only one noticing that the 10 seconds countdown, is way longer than 10 seconds ??!
December 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am Quote
“Christmas Rappin’” by Kurtis Blow (1979) is hands-down the BEST Christmas song of the past 30 years! But I will always love “Soulful Christmas” by James Brown,glad they included that one!
December 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm Quote
it is longer than 10 seconds. that’s funny.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm Quote
Any house mixes for christmas?
December 18th, 2009 at 4:22 pm Quote
Hmmm, I was hoping for proper good usable christmas songs. I was in a department store the other day and they were playing a really cool kinda breakbeat type remix of a proper christmas song – would love to know what it was, and hear a few more of them – like non cheesy/tacky actually good house etc remixes
If anyone knows any please post here :)
December 18th, 2009 at 6:16 pm Quote
The Japanese Popstars (Northern Ireland trio) have this dirty track.. ‘Eat – Christmas’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVuOKRxVcWI
December 18th, 2009 at 6:32 pm Quote
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
December 18th, 2009 at 7:26 pm Quote
Indeed! Has to be the best xmas song ever made! XD
December 18th, 2009 at 7:49 pm Quote
“Merry Christmas Happy New Year” – by The Chambers Brothers puts some definate soul in the mix!
December 18th, 2009 at 9:15 pm Quote
Benny Benassi bootleg of this track, so leftfield when it drops, as along as your feeling cheeky
December 19th, 2009 at 12:05 am Quote
Hmm… I usually don’t bother with any sort of seasonal tracks, but let’s see what my tiny “christmas folder” holds that might be of some limited use to someone…
- Cascada / Last Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6oTHYmqRc
- Basshunter / Jingle Bells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdT-OE0_k8
- Ice MC / Rainy Day (Xmasmix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXbGDZfZd0
- Bianca Ryan / Why Couldn’t It Be Christmas Every Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_H7_WtSf38
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Wizards In Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkAhmH40kiM
…so, yeah – nothing too usefull, though the last one seems like it is created for a bit of light show magic :-p
December 19th, 2009 at 7:40 am Quote
Hey, wanted to say that the song “New Years Count Down Remix” may not be that usefull to everyone, because after counting you hear the Dutch Anthem ;). Here is the Dutch anthem on youtube to compare it to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6pHJLAMto
(Just pointing out! Great site, keep it up ;))
December 19th, 2009 at 11:20 am Quote
Christmas Christmas
Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto
by Mojo Nixon
December 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm Quote
and a merry christmas to you too misery man…
love the funky stuff… try xmas remixed albums or the reindeer room for some mellow beats versions of old faves…
December 19th, 2009 at 3:01 pm Quote
i highly recommend anything off of the ‘hOMe for the Holidays’ cd that OM Records put out years ago. the Rithma remix of Jingle Bells is a favorite, and the Colussus remix of the Charlie Brown Xmas is the friggin bomb.
Gotta check those out…there’s even some cool mellow trax from Kaskade on there too!
-Dennis
December 19th, 2009 at 5:05 pm Quote
I can’t believe we couldn’t find a single HOE HOE HOE. Why doesnt DJ Assault have a Christmas album? Songs like Asses and Milk or Presents Under my Scraper. These missed the list.
http://www.iheartcomix.com/blog/franki/designer-drugs-xmas-fun-time
http://soundcloud.com/mutaterecords/si-begg-jinglin-boots
December 19th, 2009 at 7:56 pm Quote
You must’ve skipped Basshunter’s Jingle Bass? :)
December 19th, 2009 at 8:22 pm Quote
My middleschool crew and I definitely breaked to this at the school holiday party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5noclsXS4
December 20th, 2009 at 12:56 pm Quote
This picture is awesome hehehe
Cartman is the best singer ever!
December 20th, 2009 at 10:14 pm Quote
http://mfs.mixfreaks.org/895TC@PLAY – HANDS UP FOR CHRISTMAS.mp3/
Here is something that I may or may not have knocked up in ableton for christmas
Band aid v fedde le grand
Let me know what you think
Thanks
December 20th, 2009 at 10:56 pm Quote
im sure I just posted a link to a chrismas mashup on here
http://mfs.mixfreaks.org/895TC@PLAY – HANDS UP FOR CHRISTMAS.mp3/
band aid v fedde le grand
What do you think
Thanks
December 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am Quote
Definitely, was gonna say this one too.
Also Bass-X, Jingle Bells, nice hard techno/house tune.
December 21st, 2009 at 7:54 pm Quote
DJ STYLUS SUCKS AND IS OLD
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am Quote
I think Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul is a pretty solid song.
December 26th, 2009 at 3:34 am Quote
Finally a Decent Progressive House Xmas Song !
i always wanted one :)
http://www.4shared.com/file/179204534/b4e29bf4/Damian_DP_-_A_Progressive_Xmas.html