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The club I work at is wanting to do a country night..(joy).I'm by no means a country Dj..

So I need your help were are the the charts to find the hottest Country dance songs. This is a one off night I hope are I might be finding a new club to work at, at least they are asking me to do it rather then to replace me so help me out..I been at this club for over 3 yrs so this could be why they asked me first..

Thank you..
 
geposted Fri 11 Dec 09 @ 7:48 am
billboard.com list the top 100 country songs if recall.
As for country dance songs.....do you mean line dancing or things like 2 step or such. Electric slide, cha cha slide, cotton eyed jo by rednex are some good ones to have they seem to be good for any music type as at least where I am most know them and dance to them

 
Billboard 100 lists the top country usually played on a radio somewhere. Most of these aren't too dance-able. Most dance country songs I use extend over the last two decades. In the past few years I have not seen many good ones.
 
try promo only,
They have a lists for all types of music and they are pretty much on with whats hot.
 
HERE is a list of Country hits from 01/01/1999 through 12/01/2009. It's in an XLS spreed sheet so you can sort by Artist ot Title. (More than 2200 titles)

This should help you.

Good luck and don't forget that cowboy hat!

Renee (Ye-Ha!)
 
i've been in the same country nightclub for over 10 years now - i am not a country dj either.
some info about general location and type of crowd they're expecting would help.

line dances? play at your own risk - unless you live in an area where line dancing is popular, some redneck is gonna get mad and leave his sister/wife/cousin (same woman either way) by the floor and come up an complain.

find a decent (word-of-mouth popular) country bar in your area and watch peoples reactions to songs to get an idea of what they like - regional tastes in country music differ greatly.

try to remember that you'll be playing some of the most depressing music on the planet and will have to find a selection of songs that wont make your customers fall asleep, or start slitting their wrists in the middle of the night.

beats per minute in country music does not decide the energy of the song, and you shouldnt let bpm's decide what to play next.

you still have to learn your intro and outro's for coming in and out of songs so its a good idea to listen to both BEFORE you play it - you can totally kill the mood out there by having the song come to a complete end before starting the next one.

there's more i can put in here, and if i remember to do it i'll bring home a typical set-list from work.
 
as for what wildcountry just said...regional is KEY...i used to got a country bar in west texas, they did 0 i mean 0 line dancing, they would play top hits of country and mainstream and 2 maybe max 90's songs like sir mixalot but no more..
 
Thank you guys for all the help, I forgot about Billboard and yes I already have promo only sub but for other genres so I could go there..

Renee thank you for the list I will look into that also.

Country club thank you for the input A set-list would give a good outlook on this genre, this would be great help..

I've also looked at yes.com if you guys are not aware of this site check it out, all you got to do is put in the call letters for any radio station and it will pull up there play list for you..
 
last friday night was pretty good for us so i'm gonna put the whole night here for you to take a look at, but with a really BIG caution for you - dont take it as a "make everybody happy list". the idea here is floor rotation to boost alcohol sales - playing a little something for everyone so that different groups of people are on and off the floor and getting to the bar so we can make money. from 8 to 9:30-10pm is essentially filler music while people filter in to the club, after that we start in on the more popular hits and proceed with our format ( it's a good format but try not to hold yourself to one too much - you'll get in a rut sometimes)

i've omitted the booty shakin' music list - its pretty much the same stuff you'd get in most nightclubs where the girls want to shake their butts - and will show you where the line dancing stuff is. or what they linedance to anyhow.

and i cant stress enough - please keep in mind that quite a few of the songs on this list are definitely REGIONAL - I've had to put up with the emergence of the "Texas Country" genre - most of it wont be played anywhere but in Texas and dont get national airplay, so alot of people who like country wont have heard of them or their songs.

#TIME:20:00
Tracy Byrd - That's What Keeps Her Getting By.mp3
#TIME:20:00
Wade Hayes - Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West).mp3
#TIME:20:04
Phil Vassar - Carlene.mp3
#TIME:20:07
Tim McGraw - All I Want Is A Life.mp3
#TIME:20:11
Blue County - Good Little Girls.mp3
#TIME:20:14
Brooks & Dunn - You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl.mp3
#TIME:20:17
Brad Paisley - Celebrity.mp3
#TIME:20:21
Tim McGraw - Down On The Farm.mp3
#TIME:20:24
Michael Peterson - Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie.mp3
#TIME:20:27
Trent Tomlinson - Cheatin' On My Honky-Tonk.mp3
#TIME:20:30
Clint Black - Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic.mp3
#TIME:20:33
Terri Clark - You're Easy On The Eyes.mp3
#TIME:20:36
Kenny Chesney - Beer In Mexico.mp3
#TIME:20:40
Collin Raye - My Kind Of Girl.mp3
#TIME:20:44
Mark Chesnutt - Fallin´ Never Felt So Good.mp3
#TIME:20:46
Aaron Tippin - People Like Us.mp3
#TIME:20:50
Neal McCoy - You Gotta Love That.mp3
#TIME:20:53
Tracy Lawrence - As Any Fool Can See.mp3
#TIME:20:56
Tracy Byrd - Big Love.mp3
#TIME:20:58
Rhett Akins - I Brake For Brunettes.mp3
#TIME:21:02
Mark Chesnutt - Goin' Through The Big D.mp3
#TIME:21:05
Craig Morgan - In My Neighborhood.mp3
#TIME:21:08
Confederate Railroad - Trashy Women.mp3
#TIME:21:11
Little Texas - Life Goes On.mp3
#TIME:21:14
Eric Heatherly - I Just Break 'Em.mp3
#TIME:21:17
Chris LeDoux - What'cha Gonna Do With A Cowboy.mp3
#TIME:21:23
Aaron Watson - Heaven Help The Heart.mp3
#TIME:21:26
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout.mp3
#TIME:21:29
Hank Williams Jr - Born To Boogie.mp3 slap-leather linedance
#TIME:21:30
Various Artists - Stealing Cinderella.mp3
#TIME:21:35
John Michael Montgomery - Dream On Texas Ladies.mp3
#TIME:21:38
Mark Chesnutt - Confessin´ My Love.mp3
#TIME:21:42
Joe Diffie - Bigger Than The Beatles.mp3
#TIME:21:43
Tim McGraw - Indian Outlaw.mp3
#TIME:21:45
Kevin Fowler - Speak Of The Devil.mp3
#TIME:21:46
Casey Donahew Band - Stock Yards.mp3
#TIME:21:52
Aaron Tippin - Kiss This.mp3
#TIME:21:53
Jason Aldean - Hicktown.mp3
#TIME:21:58
John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight.mp3
#TIME:22:01
Travis Tritt - T-R-O-U-B-L-E.mp3 slap-leather linedance
#TIME:22:02
Troubadour - George Strait.mp3
#TIME:22:05
Tim McGraw - Where The Green Grass Grows.mp3
#TIME:22:06
Tracy Lawrence - Meant To Be.mp3
#TIME:22:08
Tim McGraw - Where The Green Grass Grows.mp3
#TIME:22:11
Relentless-Jason Aldean.mp3
#TIME:22:16
I Run To You - Lady Antebellum.mp3
#TIME:22:18
Various Artists - Why Don't We Just Dance.mp3
#TIME:22:21
Kevin Fowler - Honky Tonk Junkie.mp3
#TIME:22:27
Pat Green - Take Me Out To A Dancehall.mp3
#TIME:22:31
George Strait - Stars On The Water.mp3
#TIME:22:34
Rodney Atkins - Chasin' Girls (Album Version).mp3
#TIME:22:36
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs.mp3
#TIME:22:41
booty shakin' time
#TIME:22:59
Alan Jackson - I'll Try.mp3
#TIME:23:02
Anne Murray - Could I Have This Dance.mp3
#TIME:23:07
Eddy Raven - Joe Knows How To Live.mp3
#TIME:23:08
Various Artists - Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song).mp3
#TIME:23:13
Stoney Larue - Oklahoma Breakdown.mp3
#TIME:23:16
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky.mp3
#TIME:23:20
Various Artists - Beer On The Table.mp3
#TIME:23:22
Tracy Byrd - Watermelon Crawl Dance Mix.mp3 linedance
#TIME:23:25
Lonestar - Amazed.mp3
#TIME:23:32
Billy Currington - Don't.mp3
#TIME:23:34
Various Artists - Need You Now.mp3
#TIME:23:39
Randy Rogers Band - Kiss Me In The Dark.mp3
#TIME:23:41
Tim McGraw - Just To See You Smile.mp3
#TIME:23:46
Various Artists - Toes.mp3
#TIME:23:49
Blue Edmondson W- Matt Powell - 50 Dollars & A Flask Of Crown.mp3
#TIME:23:52
Various Artists - Sideways (Album Version).mp3
#TIME:23:54
more booty shakin' - started with that song we love to hate - cupid shuffle. you'd be amazed at how many rednecks will dance to it.
#TIME:00:23
George Strait - The Chair.mp3
#TIME:00:26
John Conlee - Rose Colored Glasses.mp3
#TIME:00:29
Brooks & Dunn - Neon Moon.mp3
#TIME:00:34
Various - Chicken Fried.mp3
#TIME:00:38
Billy Currington - Good Directions.mp3
#TIME:00:41
Hank Williams Jr - Family Tradition.mp3
#TIME:00:44
Jason Boland & The Stragglers - When I'm Stoned.mp3
#TIME:00:47
Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy).mp3
#TIME:00:51
Aaron Watson - I Don't Want You To Go.mp3
#TIME:00:52
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road.mp3 linedance
#TIME:00:58
Next To Heaven.mp3
#TIME:01:03
George Strait - Easy Come, Easy Go.mp3
#TIME:01:04
David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name.mp3
#TIME:01:09
Out Last Night.mp3
#TIME:01:14
All Summer Long - Rock N' Roll Jesus.mp3
#TIME:01:18
Selena - Cumbia Medley ( Como La Hor-La Carcacha-Bidi Bidi Bom Bom-Baila Esta Cumbia) Live.mp3
party stuff - not exactly booty shakin'- just fun. i even played a version La Bamba... by clay walker of all people!
Steve Holy - Good Morning Beautiful.mp3
#TIME:01:46
George Strait - Let's Fall To Pieces Together.mp3
#TIME:01:50
Kyle Park - Day By Day.mp3
#TIME:01:54
Randy Rogers Band - Can't Slow Down.mp3
#TIME:01:56
Good Time.mp3
#TIME:02:00
Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up.mp3
#TIME:02:05
Various Artists - It Happens (Album Version).mp3
#TIME:02:07
Clarence Carter - Strokin'.mp3
#TIME:02:09
AFTER PARTY!!! - SERIOUS ASS SHAKIN' GOIN ON!
#TIME:02:37
Pat Green - Let Me(2).mp3
#TIME:02:40
Dierks Bentley - Come A Little Closer.mp3
#TIME:02:44
Various Artists - The Truth.mp3
#TIME:02:47
Various Artists - Only You Can Love Me This Way.mp3
#TIME:02:50
Randy Rogers Band - Lost And Found.mp3
#TIME:02:53
Honeybrowne--Texas Angel.mp3
 
Thanks Countryclub thats a list..
 
Wow COUNTRY, no Keith Urban in your list? He's HUGE here in Florida.
 
Renee' - i did get one keith urban towards the end - his newer one "Only You Could Love Me This Way" that someone visiting their fiance' who was TDY to ft. hood wanted to dance to.

like i said- regional tastes. aside from me throwing in a few spins every now and then to see if there was any change in floor reaction to his songs (5-10 couples at the most for any of his tunes, fast or slow) i havent had ANY customer requests for keith urban in the last year or two.

2brothers - if you could throw in some demographic AND geographic info that might help to try and figure out what you're gonna need to do with the music.
 
country club the demo crowd is 21 to 30 fresh to the club thing.. Like I said I'm a top 40, hip-hop, dance guy and there is never a issue with that but it's the owner that wants to do this one off night.. I think he's crazy but he's the one paying my bills, so I role with it..as far as the geographic I'm up in the NW to be more spot on Portland Or..
thanks again for the help..
 
ouch. sometimes that demo group is the worst to play for when it comes to country music. the girls are gonna want the more popular newer stuff for the most part and the guys are gonna ask for any and everything in between from johnny cash to new george strait.

just took a look at a couple of portland stations playlists - standard market driven nashville stuff mostly. only problem with that is there is a HUGE difference between a radio/bar song and a club song - a bar song they will sit there and listen to and drink a beer, a club song they will ask her to dance, they'll both get thirsty and want a drink and probably dance some more. club song = more alcohol sales and people getting laid. if they can't dance to it, its not gonna do you much good.

and yeah, most owners are crazy. goes with the territory i think.
 
Country you see my problem.. but this is my job it has been for 15 yrs so I'm sure it will work out in the end or atleast I hope so..

Thanks abounch for the help and input..

I've been at these forms for a few yrs just reading and seeing all the back and forth on stuff so I knew that somebody would help..
 
Here's my playlist from this past April (the last country night I did). We have a country night every Thursday at a club here and it is always packed. You probably just need to add a few newer songs to this list like the new Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Cassanova and Lady Antebellum new Taylor Swift, new Brooks and Dunn, Sugarland, Rascall Flatts etc... The great thing about country is that if initially successful, the songs tend to last far far longer than hip hop's very short expiration time. You can also get away with a couple of slow songs through the evening with country. It makes for a good dance floor rotation time.

21:40 : Alan Jackson - Mercury Blues
21:41 : Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog
21:47 : Trace Adkins - Swing
21:51 : Dwight Yoakam - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
21:55 : John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses
21:59 : Paul Brandt - Convoy
22:03 : Brad Paisley - The World
22:07 : Mavericks - Dance the Night Away
22:12 : Faith Hill - This Kiss
22:15 : Blue Rodeo - Rose-Coloured Glasses
22:19 : Dierks Bentley - What Was I Thinkin'
22:23 : Shedaisy - God Bless The Canadian Housewife
22:26 : Keith Anderson - Xxl
22:30 : Gretchen Wilson - Here For The Party
22:33 : Chris Cagle - Country By The Grace Of God
22:36 : Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free
22:40 : Kenny Chesney - Summertime
DANCE FLOOR STARTS HERE
22:43 : Shania Twain - Shoes (Country Version)
22:47 : Chris Cagle - Chicks Dig It
22:50 : Jason Michael Carroll - Where Im From (Single Edit)
22:54 : Craig Morgan - Redneck Yaught Club
22:58 : Brad Paisley - Alcohol
23:02 : Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang
23:05 : Alabama - I'm In A Hurry
23:08 : Lonestar - My Front Porch Looking In [Sin
23:12 : Gretchen Wilson - Homewrecker
23:15 : Jason Aldean - She's Country
23:19 : Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie
23:22 : Steve Holy - Brand New Girlfriend
23:25 : Toby Keith - She's A Hottie
23:28 : Lost Trailers - Holler Back
23:31 : Kellie Pickler - Red High Heels
23:35 : Shania Twain - Any Man Of Mine
23:39 : Garth Brooks - Callin' Baton Rouge
23:41 : Keith Urban - Sweet Thing
23:45 : Little Big Town - Boondocks
23:49 : Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
23:53 : Carrie Underwood - All American Girl
23:57 : Brad Paisley - Ticks
00:01 : Big & Rich - Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy
00:04 : Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman
00:07 : Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch (Explicit!)
00:11 : Kid Rock - All Summer Long
00:14 : David Lee Murphy - Dust On The Bottle
00:18 : Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
00:22 : Brooks & Dunn - Play Something Country
00:24 : Kenny Chesney - I Go Back
00:25 : Taylor Swift - Our Song
00:28 : Kenny Chesney - I Go Back
00:32 : Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
00:35 : Craig Morgan - International Harvestor
00:39 : Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried (Radio Edit)
00:40 : Toby Keith - God Love Her
00:46 : Alan Jackson - Country Boy
00:50 : Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
00:54 : Rascal Flatts - Fast Cars And Freedom
00:58 : Sugarland - It Happens
01:01 : Montgomery Gentry - One In Every Crowd
01:04 : Shania Twain - Dont Be Stupid
01:08 : Keith Anderson - Pickin' Wildflowers
01:10 : Kenny Chesney - She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
01:14 : Kellie Pickler - Best Days Of Your Life
01:17 : Rascal Flatts - Life is A Highway
01:22 : Tim McGraw - BBQ Stain
01:25 : Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin' In The Dark
01:28 : Carrie Underwood - Last Name
01:32 : Taylor Swift - Love Story (Pop Edit)
01:36 : John Michael Montgomery - Sold
01:38 : John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy
01:41 : Alan Jackson - Good Time
01:45 : Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places
01:49 : Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
01:53 : Miley Cyrus - The Climb
01:57 : Rascal Flatts - Here Comes Goodbye
DANCE FLOOR EMPTIED HERE

Additional Suggestions:

Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Dixie Chicks - Sin Wagon
Travis Tritt - It's A Great Day To Be Alive
Spirit Of The West - Home For A Rest
Dierks Bentley - Sideways
Sugarland - It Happens
Alan Jackson - Good Time
Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon - Jackson
Shania Twain - Who's Bed Have Your Boots Been Under
Gary Lee & Showdown - Rodeo Song
Tracy Byrd - Drinkin' Bone
Rascal Flatts - Life is A Highway
Josh Turner - Would You Go With Me
John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead
Paul Brandt - Leavin'
Alabama - Mountain Music
Brad Paisley - Celebrity [Single Edit]
Alan Jackson - Little Bitty
Julianne Hough - That Song In My Head
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Dwight Yoakam - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox
Lynrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama
 
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