1980 High School Class Reunion Playlist
This Orange County corporate event DJ has performed at half a dozen 40th high school class reunions recently (La Puente High School, Riverside Polytechnic, a German high school, Pomona College, etc)…which means I’ve created a battle-tested 40th reunion playlist! I started by researching the top hottest songs around 1980 and then added the tried-and-true party jams that people born around 1960 would know and like. (This playlist is being published in 2024. The song versions below are the ones I use in my personal set.)
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1980 High School Class Reunion Playlist
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1980 High School Class Reunion Playlist
Dinner + Dancing Music
1980 High School Class Reunion Playlist
1980 CLASS REUNION DINNER MUSIC PLAYLIST
Sultans Of Swing (Short Edit) – Dire Straits
Sailing (DJ Johnny Flores) – Christopher Cross
Breakfast In America (Flat Intro) – Supertramp
Let My Love Open The Door (Short Edit) – Pete Townshend
Too Much Heaven (Short ReDrum) – Bee Gees
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (DJ Johnny Flores) – Police
Give A Little Bit (Short Edit) – Supertramp
What You Won’t Do For Love (Bobby Caldwell Deep House) – Blank & Jones
The Tide Is High (DJ Johnny Flores) – Blondie
Waiting For A Girl Like You (Clean Short) – Foreigner
Turn Your Love Around (Short Edit) – George Benson
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
Hungry Heart (Re-Drum) – Bruce Springsteen
Hot In The City (DJ Johnny Flores) – Billy Idol
I Can’t Go For That (Short Edit) – Hall & Oates
Got To Be Real (Short Edit) – Cheryl Lynn
Bette Davis Eyes (DJ Johnny Flores) – Kim Cames
Don’t Do Me Like That (Short Edit) – Tom Petty
Centerfold (Short Edit) – The J. Geils Band
The Logical Song (Redrum) – Supertramp
Hold Me – Fleetwood Mac
Abracadabra (Intro Clean) – Steve Miller Band
Double Vision (Short Edit) – Foreigner
Don’t Stand so Close to Me – Police
1980 CLASS REUNION PLAYLIST (DANCING)
1979 Billboard Hits
I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick
He’s The Greatest Dancer (Short) – Sister Sledge
Do Ya Think I’m Sexy (DJ Johnny Flores) – Rod Stewart
Heart Of Glass (Short Edit) – Blondie
I Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough (Quick Hit) – Michael Jackson
Bad Girls – Donna Summer
Hot Stuff (Short Edit) – Donna Summer
Good Times Delight (House Mash-Up) – Sugarhill Gang
I Will Survive (Dance Remix Short) – Gloria Gaynor
September (Short House Remix) – Earth, Wind & Fire
We Are Family (Luca Debonaire Remix) – Sister Sledge
Le Freak (Short House Remix) – Chic
Ring My Bell RENIIX – Anita Ward
YMCA (remix) – Village People
Boogie Wonderland (Short Edit) – Earth, Wind & Fire
Born to Be Alive (Krewella Intro, TRACK STAR MIX) – Disco Kings
Double Vision (Short Edit) – Foreigner
Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches & Herb
Knock On Wood (DMS) -Amii Stewart.
My Sharona (Short Edit) – The Knack
1980 Billboard Hits
Brass In Pocket (DJ Johnny Flores) – Pretenders
Ladies Night (Quick Hit) – Kool & The Gang
Off The Wall (Short Edit) – Michael Jackson
Take Your Time Do It Right (Short Edit) – S 0 S Band
Funkytown (Short) – Lipps Inc
Call Me (House-Electrorz) – Blonche
Fame – Irene Cara
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me (Short Edit) – Billy Joel
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Quick Hit Clean) – Queen
1981 Billboard Hits
You Make My Dreams Come True (Quick Hit Clean) – Daryl Hall & John
I’m Coming Out (DMS) – Diana Ross
Heart Of Glass (Short Edit) – Blondie
Another One Bites The Dust (Short Remix) – Queen
Celebration (DJ Edit) – Kool & The Gang
Just the Two of Us (Disco Remake) – Disko Junkie
9 to 5 (Remix) – Dolly Parton
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Rowshay) – Pat Benatar
Master Blaster SHORT REDRUM – Stevie Wonder
Jessie’s Girl (Quick Hit Clean) – Rick Springfield
Whip It (Short Edit) – Devo mp3
1982 Billboard Hits
Jack & Diane (Short Edit) – John Cougar Mellencamp
Eye Of The Tiger (Acapella Out) – Survivor
Get Down On It – Kool and the Gang
I Love Rock N Roll TRACK STAR REDRUM – Joan Jett
Don’t You Want Me (Short Edit) – Human League
Tainted Love (Julien Jeanne Remix) – Soft Cell
Physical (Short Edit) – Olivia Newton-John
Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
Let’s Groove (Short Edit) – Earth, Wind & Fire
Hurts So Good (DJ Johnny Flores) -John Cougar Mellencamp
Who Can It Be Now (Short Edit) – Men At Work
Don’t Stop Believin (Dark Intensity Remix) – Journey
Through the Years – Kenny Rogers
Gloria (Short Edit) – Laura Branigan
Let It Whip (Short Edit) – The Dazz Band
Our Lips Are Sealed (Short) – The Go Gos
Jenny 867-5309 (ReDrum Short) – Tommy Tutone
We Got The Beat (Short) – The Go Gos
Vacation (ReDrum Short) – The Go Gos
OTHER BABY BOOMER/GEN X PARTY JAMS
Satisfaction (I Cant Get No) (Flat Intro Re-Drum) – Rolling Stones
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis
Bohemian Rhapsody (ReDrum)- Queen
Keep Me Hangin’ On (Remix) – Diana Ross
Hanky Panky TRACK STAR REDRUM – Tommy James
Shake Your Booty (Short House Remix) – KC & The Sunshine Band
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac Cover) – David Guetta
Let’s Groove (Short Edit) – Earth, Wind & Fire
Sweet Dreams (edited) – Eurythmics
You Dropped the Bomb On Me (Short) – Gap Band
That’s The Way I Like It (Electro House Remix)- KC & The Sunshine Band
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough REDRUM – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
We Are The Champions (Quick Hit Clean) – Queen
You Shook Me All Night Long – ACDC
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Short) – Michael Jackson
Ring My Bell REMIX – Anita Ward
Rock The Casbah (Short Edit) – The Clash
Rock You Like A Hurricane (Remix) – Scorpions
Somebody To Love (Ext. House Mix) – Ben Kim, Jefferson Starship
Push it REMIX – Salt N Peppa
Sweet Caroline (Scooter Mix) – Neil Diamond
All Night Long (Short Hype Edit) – Lionel Richie
You Spin Me Right Round [Like A Record] (Short) – Dead Or Alive
Tears Of A Clown (Bmore RMX) – Smokey Robinson
Louie Louie (Bmore Remix Short) – Kingsmen
Super Freak (Tiktok Bootleg Remix)- Sickick x Rick James
Blue Monday (Quick Hit) – New Order
I Get Around (TRACK STAR TRANS. 130-146) – Beach Boys
Pretty Woman (Re-Drum) – Roy Orbison
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (ReMiX) – Cyndi Lauper vs Benni Bennassi
Old Time Rock n’ Roll (Remix Short) – Bob Seger
Turn the Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson
Love Shack (Quik Kut DJ Edit) – The B-52s
Jessie’s Girl (Quick Hit Clean) – Rick Springfreld
I Got You (I Feel Good) SHORT – James Brown
My Sharona (Short Edit) – The Knack
Peggy Sue TRACK STAR REDRUM – Buddy Holly
Crocodile Rock (Re-Drum) – Elton John
That’s What I Like About You (Trans 145-160)- Romantics
La Bamba (Re-Drum) – Ritchie Valens
Twist and Shout REMIX – The Beatles
The Twist (Re-Drum) – Chubby Checker
Love Man (Short Redrum) – Otis Redding
Runaround Sue (Re-Drum) – Dion
Major Tom (DJ Edit) – Peter Schilling
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Short Edit) – Wham
Land 1000 Dances (Short Redrum) – Wilson Pickett
I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
La Grange (Short Edit) – ZZ TOP
Joker (Quick Hit Clean) – Steve Miller Band
Pour Some Sugar On Me (Quick Hit) – Def Leppard
Proud Mary (Short Edit) – Tina Turner
Johnny B. Goode (Short Re-Drum) – Chuck Berry
Electric Boogie (Short Re-Drum) – Marcia Griffiths
Play That Funky Music (Snap Intro TRACK STAR REMIX) – White Cherry
Dirty Dancer – Time of my Life (TRACK STAR Trans 124 to 110) – Block & Crown
Night Fever (ReDrum) – Bee Gees
Suspicious Minds (Short Redrum) – Elvis Presley
Walking On Sunshine (Short Edit) – Katrina & The Waves
Another One Bites The Dust (Short Edit) – Queen
Enjoy The Silence (Short Edit) – Depeche Mode
Obsession (Short Edit) – Animotion
She’s A Bad Mama Jama (Short Edit) – Carl Carlton
Bad (Quick Hit) – Michael Jackson
Respect (Short Redrum) – Aretha Franklin
ABC (Andie Roy Remix) – Jackson 5
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Clap Intro) – Steam, Paul Leka
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Superstition (Remix) – Stevie Wonder
Jump In The Line (Shake Senora) SHORT – Harry Belafonte
I Just Dance (With Somebody) MASHUP – Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) SHORT – Abba
Stayin’ Alive (Trans. 104-120) TRACK STAR REDRUM – Bee Gees
Early In The Morning (DMS) – The Gap Band
Give It To Me Baby (Quick Hit) – Rick James
Son of a Preacher Man (Jax Remix) – Dusty Springfield
Take A Chance On Me (Re-Drum) – ABBA
Hot Stuff (Short Edit) – Donna Summer
Grease Megamix – John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
Livin On A Prayer (Short Edit) – Bon Jovi
I’m Too Sexy (Rowshay) – Right Said Fred
Funkytown (Short) – Lipps Inc
Conga (Dance mix) – Gloria Estefan
Philly Phunkin (House Remake) – Block & Crown
Vogue (House Remix) – Madonna
Physical (Short Edit) – Olivia Newton-John
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling (Remix) – Righteous Brothers
Jumbo Electra (Clean) – Lionel Richie vs Aqua Sin Gas
I hope you enjoyed my 1980 High School Class Reunion Playlist! I appreciate your follows & “virtual tips” more than you know 🙂 What’s your favorite jam on the list? What is the playlist missing…please let me know in the comments below.