Songs Every DJ Should Have in Their New Year's Eve Playlist

Tonight isn't for amateurs: New Years Eve is one of those holiday nights where people want to go out, have a guaranteed good time, and get properly in

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Tonight isn't for amateurs: New Years Eve is one of those holiday nights where people want to go out, have a guaranteed good time, and get properly inebriated. We won't say you DJs shouldn't be experimenting, but tonight should be pretty simple: drop shit that you know the crowd will feel. In an effort to make sure the DJ community has an idea of what they should be slaughtering the dancefloor with, here are a mixture of tunes that will be surefire smashes in the club tonight. We tried to make sure that you have some new tunes, some classic 2013 tracks, bits that will get crowds chanting, and tunes that will cause a riot if dropped appropriately. Hell, if you're not planning on going out, and are raging in your wreck room, you could get hype to these tracks. All DAD wants is that you party hard, but be safe. Happy new year!

Showtek - "We Like To Party"

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Showtek snuck this one out there just in time. We'd recommend dropping something like this early in your set. You could even lead off. Look, if someone's in the club on NYE, they like to party; this will get them on your side EARLY.

Flosstradamus ft. Casino - "Mosh Pit"

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Strictly for the ratchets. No way to stay un-turnt when this one is dropping. No pretty dresses around this cut, though.

Martin Garrix - "Animals"

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Unavoidable, especially if your crowd is on the younger side. They all want to be motherfucking animals, so why not drop their anthem?

Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - "Get Lucky"

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Daft Punk's huge 2013 single could be dropped at anytime - it might be the bomb your slide in after everyone gets their "happy new year!" chants in. Or during your "best of 2013" section, this one is great for a drunken crowd singalong.

Doorly - "Rush (New Years Eve VIP Edit)"

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Doorly's NYE edit of "Rush" has been around for a year, but if you're planning on taking things a bit old school after the countdown, especially in a throwback house or jungle vein, this is the perfect edit to unleash.

GTA, Henrix & Digital Lab - "Hit It!"

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This has been rinsed in 2013, but if you've been holding out on re-adding this to your arsenal, tonight's the night.

Knife Party - "LRAD"

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The festival massive will tear their hair out (or the hair of the person next to them) when you get to the mighty "LRAD." This is the sound of electro house in 2013, so you might as well make it count.

Zedd ft. Foxes - "Clarity"

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For all of the emotional feels out there. Another cut that will have the bubbly-sipping ladies going ham. They might even ask for this at the close of the night. No way you can avoid this if house is your thing.

Just Blaze & Baauer ft. Jay Z - "Higher"

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This is one you might save for 12:30/1AM. The bass on this one will shatter the club, so you have to time it just right. Send the crowd into a tizzy with this one.

"Auld Lang Syne (HULK's On Fire Remix)"

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Just in case you needed some gnarly dubstep to spice up your post-countdown set.

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