So, who plays Top 40 hits here?

**bumtsch** · 06-09-2011, 07:53 AM

Which bar is that? I'm not one for top40, but I might drop by if I'm in the area

Also I guess scouting the location and asking the current Guy for some tips may not be an option (if they even have one at the moment).

**Ryan Leo** · 06-09-2011, 08:42 AM

Whatever remixing your doing,

I'd have a dirty version of the the originals on hand. I don't live in Paris, but when people wanna here songs around here it better be the god damn original, i'm telling you. haha.

10 to 5 is a while.

Id have a set early in the night that would have most of the songs straight up and when everyone gets good and going throw of the remixs.

I think its cool to replay top 40's every 3 hours if thats what they ask for.

**Remington** · 06-09-2011, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by bumtsch

Which bar is that? I'm not one for top40, but I might drop by if I'm in the area

Also I guess scouting the location and asking the current Guy for some tips may not be an option (if they even have one at the moment).

It's called "Le Dock" and is near Opéra.

They have a few DJs, don't know how many. Like I said, I'm not usually up for DJing that kind of night, but am feeling like a change and it seems quite funny there.

Have to force myself into cheesy top 40 mode though, it's hard hard hard. I can do it, I can do it.

**fellis** · 06-09-2011, 09:24 AM

I usually alternate between more electro based poppy stuff and some electro stuff that I like but is similar in style to some of the poppy stuff. For example, Blowin Up - Gigi Barocco, or the Bodybangers 2k remix of What is Love, stuff like that. I usually have about a 70-30 balance of pop to electro at the start (more pop while the night is young and people haven't warmed up yet) and then go about 40-60 towards the end.
And by "pop" I mainly mean the 4 on the floor pop stuff coming out these days (ie david guetta, benny benassi, even afrojack has some pop stuff) or electro remixes of them.

Good luck!

**Johnv** · 06-09-2011, 09:44 AM

Do you belong to a record/mp3 pool?

**Frank112916** · 06-09-2011, 09:48 AM

Secret to top 40's DJing: find remixes to the songs, apply Fatman Scoop liberally, drop everything on the one, make sure to do tons of shoutouts to hype the crowd up

Seriously though if it's just a job to you and not something where you are looking to get overly artistic and creative just go over to crooklyn clan and check out some of the remixes, transitions, intros, etc... they got over there. I mean, you'll sound like every other top40's DJ...but every top40's DJ sounds the same to everyone on the floor dancing anyway. They just want to hear the same shit they've been hearing on the radio, which i'm not hating on at all, just something to remember. Actually dutch house remixes of songs seem to be really popular right now.They're really high energy and has a good swing so it gets people dancing.

**miikkeeyy92** · 06-09-2011, 09:55 AM

Ive djed at many 18ths for my friends, and so they want just the club bangers and top 40, but heres the stuff that gets them all going..

Barbara streisland
LMFAO - party rock anthem
mann - buzzin
commander - kelly rowland + guetta
get shaky - ian cary project
gold digger - kanye west
put your hands up for detroit
beautiful people - chris brown
yeah 3x - chris brown
on the floor - jennifer lopez
take over control - afrojack
save the world - SHM
one - SHM
kickstarts - example
wont go quietly - example
forget you - cee lo green
we speak no americano
let the bass kick in miami - lmfao
like a g6
miami 2 ibiza - SHM
pon de floor - major lazer
flo rida - get low
alors en danse - stromae
day n nite - kid cudi (crookers)
yeah yeah - bodyrox
riverside - sidney samson
ghosts n stuff - rob swire
bonkers
zombie nation
in da club - 50 cent
show me love
be faithful
jump around
im not alone - calvin harris
dirty talk - wynter gordon
bounce - calvin harris
satisfaction
one more time
louder - dj fresh
gold dust - dj fresh
i bet that you look good on the dancefloor - arctic monkeys
mr brightside - killers
niave - kooks
shut up and drive - rhianna
dancing in the mooonlight - toploader
heaven is a halfpipe - OPM
yeah - usher
all the small things - blink182
teenage dirt bag - wheatus
good times - roll deep
in too deep - sum 41
sandstorm
only girl in the world - rhianna
let the sun shine - labrinth
kids - mgmt
s&m - rhianna
dynamite - taio cruz
i need air - magnetic man
katy on a mission - katy b
stereo love - edward maya
frisky - tinie tempa
written in the stars - tinie tempa
hot - inna
memories - guetta
slam - pendulum
flashback - calvin harris
sex on fire - kings of leon
infinity 2008 - guru josh
insomnia
i gotta feeling - black eyed peas

Ok thats almost most of my '18th/top 40' playlist so enjoy

EDIT: and if your 'only' doing 4 hours.. that should be enough!

**soundinmotiondj** · 06-09-2011, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Karlos Santos

Dont get me wrong (cus someone will). Its good to be creative with a Top40 nite, of course it is... But it seems to me that when people talk about TOP40 nites the first thing they do is try to persuade people to play stuff that isnt TOP40.

+1

When faced with requests for "Top 40" that last longer than an hour (or so)...I look to the Billboard Top 100 list...and a couple other lists they keep.

There are a lot of ways to find more than 40 "Top 40" style songs. Look at the Top 100 list, and find songs that are climbing fast, but not yet in the Top 40. Look at the Top 40 charts for the last year (or so) and find good songs that were on the list, but have fallen off. Look for the "next" single from artists that are on the current Top 40.

What I would specifically avoid are remixes and mashups of Top 40 songs. That is NOT what the crowd at a "Top 40" club wants to hear.

**DJMpress** · 06-09-2011, 10:57 AM

I DJ in a top 40 bar every week, heres some tips that work for me and the crowd:
1. Get extended club mixes, essentially the radio edit with an intro and outro so you can mix easier.
2. Try to play 3-5 songs of a genre and rotate through, eg, hip hop, pop, dance, rock and repeat (depending on the crowd there is lots of room to manover, this just gives you a guide)
3. Check out the top 40 chart of the country you are playing in, as well as the American and BBC 1 radio playlists
4. If possible some charts let you look at what was in the top 40 in weeks prior sometimes up to years, sometimes I will just pick a year, say 2007, and play a whole lot of songs that were popular then. People most likely would not have heard them in a while and will enjoy hearing them again.
5. Get ready for requests, you will get them a lot in a top 40 bar

There are some tips, hope they help and you rock the place

**Remington** · 06-09-2011, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by miikkeeyy92

Ive djed at many 18ths for my friends, and so they want just the club bangers and top 40, but heres the stuff that gets them all going..

Barbara streisland
LMFAO - party rock anthem
mann - buzzin
commander - kelly rowland + guetta
get shaky - ian cary project
gold digger - kanye west
put your hands up for detroit
beautiful people - chris brown
yeah 3x - chris brown
on the floor - jennifer lopez
take over control - afrojack
save the world - SHM
one - SHM
kickstarts - example
wont go quietly - example
forget you - cee lo green
we speak no americano
let the bass kick in miami - lmfao
like a g6
miami 2 ibiza - SHM
pon de floor - major lazer
flo rida - get low
alors en danse - stromae
day n nite - kid cudi (crookers)
yeah yeah - bodyrox
riverside - sidney samson
ghosts n stuff - rob swire
bonkers
zombie nation
in da club - 50 cent
show me love
be faithful
jump around
im not alone - calvin harris
dirty talk - wynter gordon
bounce - calvin harris
satisfaction
one more time
louder - dj fresh
gold dust - dj fresh
i bet that you look good on the dancefloor - arctic monkeys
mr brightside - killers
niave - kooks
shut up and drive - rhianna
dancing in the mooonlight - toploader
heaven is a halfpipe - OPM
yeah - usher
all the small things - blink182
teenage dirt bag - wheatus
good times - roll deep
in too deep - sum 41
sandstorm
only girl in the world - rhianna
let the sun shine - labrinth
kids - mgmt
s&m - rhianna
dynamite - taio cruz
i need air - magnetic man
katy on a mission - katy b
stereo love - edward maya
frisky - tinie tempa
written in the stars - tinie tempa
hot - inna
memories - guetta
slam - pendulum
flashback - calvin harris
sex on fire - kings of leon
infinity 2008 - guru josh
insomnia
i gotta feeling - black eyed peas

Ok thats almost most of my '18th/top 40' playlist so enjoy

EDIT: and if your 'only' doing 4 hours.. that should be enough!

You are the man!

Thanks to everyone for your help, it's been a while since I've top 40ed it.

PS. No I don't belong to a record pool.