Ian Stewart 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I was at a loose end so decided to do some analysis of my year In 2006 I did 194 gigs, of these 127 = Weddings 38 = Xmas Parties 14 = Dinner Dances 12 = Birthday Partys 2 = Sound Engineering Gigs 1 = Quiz Nig like most os us I send out planners etc, and ask for requests, I received 1,424 differant requests in advance by brides etc, and gere are the top 100, where there are a few tunes at the same position, that means that had the same amount of requests 1 Queen - Don't Stop Me Know 2 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life 3 Abba - Dancing Queen Barry White - You're My First My Last My Everything Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 6 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 7 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 8 Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 9 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 11 Beyonce - Crazy In Love Madonna - Hung Up Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha Robbie Williams - Rock DJ Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo Wham! - Club Tropicana 17 B-52's - Love Shack Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen Kool & The Gang - Celebration 20 Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Robbie Williams - Angels S Club 7 - Don't Stop Moving S Club 7 - Reach Take That & Lulu - Relight My Fire 28 Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayor Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free Lional Richie - All Night Long Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You Sister Sledge - We Are Family Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love Stevie Wonder - Superstition Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody 39 Bee Gee's - Stayin' Alive Diana Ross - Chain Reaction Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Elses Guy Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It Living Joy - Dreamer Luther Vandross - Never Too Much Proclaimers - 500 Miles Robin S - Show Me Love Sugababes - Push The Button Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love Faithless - Insomnia Fatback Band - I Found Lovin' Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling) John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix Outkast - Hey Ya Rose Royce - Car Wash Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Spandau Ballet - Gold Village People - YMCA Weather Girls - It's Raining Men Wham! - I'm Your Man 61 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You Arctic Monkeys - Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy Bee Gee's - Night Fever Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Diana Ross & Lional Richie - Endless Love Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie James Blunt - You're Beautiful Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy Lonestar - Amazed Madness - Baggy Trousers Madonna - Holiday Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme Spiller - Groovejet Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 79 Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Al Green - Let's Stay Together Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red Daft Punk - One More Time Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love Earth Wind & Fire - September Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December 63 (Oh What A Night) House Of Pain - Jump Around Jack Johnson - Better Together Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot Lional Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin Us Now Modjo - Lady, Hear Me Tonight Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing Oasis - She's Electric Pulp - Disco 2000 Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu Reef - Place Your Hands Up Rod Stewart - Maggie May Mobile Party DJ For Weddings Parties Corporate Events Covering London Essex Kent Sussex Surrey Bucckinghamshire Hertfordshire & Essex Link to post Share on other sites
UKHero 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I was at a loose end so decided to do some analysis of my year In 2006 I did 194 gigs, of these 127 = Weddings 38 = Xmas Parties 14 = Dinner Dances 12 = Birthday Partys 2 = Sound Engineering Gigs 1 = Quiz Nig like most os us I send out planners etc, and ask for requests, I received 1,424 differant requests in advance by brides etc, and gere are the top 100, where there are a few tunes at the same position, that means that had the same amount of requests 1 Queen - Don't Stop Me Know 2 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - I've Had The Time Of My Life 3 Abba - Dancing Queen Barry White - You're My First My Last My Everything Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 6 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 7 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 8 Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 9 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 11 Beyonce - Crazy In Love Madonna - Hung Up Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha Robbie Williams - Rock DJ Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo Wham! - Club Tropicana 17 B-52's - Love Shack Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen Kool & The Gang - Celebration 20 Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Robbie Williams - Angels S Club 7 - Don't Stop Moving S Club 7 - Reach Take That & Lulu - Relight My Fire 28 Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayor Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free Lional Richie - All Night Long Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You Sister Sledge - We Are Family Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love Stevie Wonder - Superstition Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody 39 Bee Gee's - Stayin' Alive Diana Ross - Chain Reaction Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Elses Guy Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It Living Joy - Dreamer Luther Vandross - Never Too Much Proclaimers - 500 Miles Robin S - Show Me Love Sugababes - Push The Button Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love Faithless - Insomnia Fatback Band - I Found Lovin' Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling) John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix Outkast - Hey Ya Rose Royce - Car Wash Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Spandau Ballet - Gold Village People - YMCA Weather Girls - It's Raining Men Wham! - I'm Your Man 61 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You Arctic Monkeys - Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy Bee Gee's - Night Fever Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Diana Ross & Lional Richie - Endless Love Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie James Blunt - You're Beautiful Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy Lonestar - Amazed Madness - Baggy Trousers Madonna - Holiday Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme Spiller - Groovejet Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 79 Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Al Green - Let's Stay Together Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red Daft Punk - One More Time Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love Earth Wind & Fire - September Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December 63 (Oh What A Night) House Of Pain - Jump Around Jack Johnson - Better Together Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot Lional Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin Us Now Modjo - Lady, Hear Me Tonight Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing Oasis - She's Electric Pulp - Disco 2000 Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu Reef - Place Your Hands Up Rod Stewart - Maggie May Very interesting leading on from another couple of threads recently... There seems to be a lot of what some of the guys on here would call cheese and also a Distinct lack of music of 150 BPM and over..... Goes to show that the area and market you are in they still want the old standards.... Even though the 90's club generation is now in the market for getting married etc..... Nik Niks Roadshow Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Stewart 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 if i'd copied the entire list there would have been more soul & dance stuff, out od the whole number of lists received (160) the no 1 requested tune was requested 26 times, which also proves the diversity of songs requested Mobile Party DJ For Weddings Parties Corporate Events Covering London Essex Kent Sussex Surrey Bucckinghamshire Hertfordshire & Essex Link to post Share on other sites
digitaldistortion 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I wouldn't call it all cheese, but the bookings were loaded for family(ish) get togethers rather than out and out dance fests. 12 birthday parties...of which not all would have been teenage do's (I would guess) Cheers! Roy B. Digital Distortion Disco (D3 Entertainments) See you around! Link to post Share on other sites
UKHero 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 if i'd copied the entire list there would have been more soul & dance stuff, out od the whole number of lists received (160) the no 1 requested tune was requested 26 times, which also proves the diversity of songs requested Excepted but your top 100 most popular request were mainly of the cheese variety lol... Not knocking it the tunes on your list are fantastic... Infact its No 11 that sees the first real newish Track Pussycat dolls - Don't cha and Byonce's Crazy in love... and its one of the equal 39th songs Faithless - Insomnia before we see any hint of modern dance music with a BPM of 126 (thats a whole 24 BPMs below one of our forum DJs sugested minimum for a modern wedding).... also at 39 Outkast - Hey Ya but that is already bordering on cheese with its repetative whiste synth sound FX.... Bar Faithless I would say the first real big Club hit of recentish times in the list is Daft Punk - One More Time at 79.... Like I say just interesting how some guys on here proffer the doom of the cheese playing DJ then your post shows this to be totaly untrue... More power to your arm sir... Nik Niks Roadshow Link to post Share on other sites
Paull 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I think any DJ is doomed if they are not flexible and able to change. This probably applies more to those on the leading edge of music technology than those that supply a cheese fest. But as long as we are able to the supply what the customer wants on the night then surely thats the most important thing, isnt it? www.spectrumdisco-dj.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites
digitaldistortion 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Very interesting leading on from another couple of threads recently... There seems to be a lot of what some of the guys on here would call cheese and also a Distinct lack of music of 150 BPM and over..... Goes to show that the area and market you are in they still want the old standards.... Even though the 90's club generation is now in the market for getting married etc..... Nik Strangely enough, I was letting my software run through my catalogue and BPMing it. Even the newest 'hard dance' was only coming out at around 130.... Cheers! Roy B. Digital Distortion Disco (D3 Entertainments) See you around! Link to post Share on other sites
mick 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 This is very interesting and shows that certain tracks seem to be popular all over the country and are asked for at nearly every gig. ie - Brown eyed girl (I get asked for this almost every week). What a good idea Ian, I hand out request slips but never keep them and analyse the frequency of popularity as you have done, there you go another new year resolution to keep - mick Link to post Share on other sites
centrestagediscos 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 some classics on the list, who cares whether its cheese or not as long as it makes the clients and there guests happy it gets my vote, also that list would be very useful for new djs starting as there are often threads as to what to play and thats pretty much universal classics for most parties. 07843106107 mobile 01752-296680 office Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk DJ 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I don't keep a list of requests or number of plays, but if I had done so, the list would have looked like that one. All those tracks are popular for weddings. A good list. Any new members to this forum getting involved in general function work this year, would be wise to make sure they have those tracks as a starting point. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesmurphy 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I also did a thread like this. Check it out to see if there is much diffenece between our two lists My Stats for 2006 Link to post Share on other sites
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