Rick's dance music playlist
Every year, a group of 32 good friends from Pleasantville, New York, gather for what has become an annual tradition: The Holiday Bash Progressive Party. (See Our wonderful holiday progressive party.)
For the past three years, the dessert and dancing part of the evening has been hosted by Emily and Rick Persons. Rick loves to create dance mixes from his extensive collection of CDs.
Following is the playlist that Rick Persons put together for this year's wonderful Holiday Bash.
| Song title | Artist | |
| Paper Aeroplane | Angus & Julia Stone | |
| Fuoco Fatuo | Nicole Conte | |
| Baby Got Back | Richard Cheese | |
| Dancing with Myself | Nouvelle Vague | |
| Jackie Wilson Said | Van Morrison | |
| Smile Away | Paul & Linda McCartney | |
| My Society | De Phazz | |
| Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como | |
| I've Got to Learn the Mambo | Snowboy | |
| Glamour Girl | Louie Austen | |
| Psycho Killer | Talking Heads | |
| I Love Rock 'n Roll | Joan Jett | |
| Pump it Up | Elvis Costello | |
| Mambo #5 | Lou Bega | |
| I Will Survive (party mix) | Hermes House Band | |
| Let's Get it Started | Black-Eyed Peas | |
| Bole Bantu | Julius Papp | |
| O Loko | Miango | |
| You Spin Me 'Round | Dead or Alive | |
| Push It (remix) | Salt 'n Pepa | |
| Pick Up the Pieces | Average White Band | |
| Family Affair | Mary J. Blige | |
| Surround Me with Your Love | 311-Porter | |
| Glamour Girl (played twice) | Louie Austen | |
| White Lines | Grandmaster Flash Furious Five | |
| Need you tonight | INXS | |
| Trick Me | Kelis | |
| Dream Machine (downtempo) | Mark Farina Feat Sean Hayes | |
| Take Me to the River | Talking Heads | |
| Oh, What a Night | Frankie Valli | |
| How Gee | Black Machine | |
| I Wanna Be Sedated | The Ramones | |
| Respect (one rascal mix—more lively version) | Aretha Franklin | |
| Temperature | Sean Paul | |
| Hot in Here | Tiga | |
| Don't Go | Yaz | |
| I'm Too Sexy 2007 (tastemakers radio mix) | Right Said Fred | |
| The Love Cats | The Cure | |
| Around and Around | Chuck Berry | |
| Stuck in the Middle with You | Stealers Wheel | |
| Brown-Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | |
| I Saw Her Standing There | The Beatles | |
| And I Love Her | Jose Alberto El Canaro | |
| Ding Dong the Witch is Dead | Susana McCorkle | |
| I'll Be Around | Joan Osborne | |
| La Vie en Rose | Grace Jones | |
| Happy Together | Turtles |
