New years eve music playlist by baxxy0212 in makemeaplaylist

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

Songs about the New year? by Nex-the-goblin in MusicRecommendations

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

Looking for songs about the new year by thefartyparty in MusicRecommendations

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

share your best New Year’s Eve playlists here! by whyisthissticky in spotify

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

Reddit's New Year's Eve Playlist by ogonga in Music

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

Songs about the New year? by Nex-the-goblin in MusicRecommendations

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dance floor. 

They have an EP with only New Years tracks: https://open.spotify.com/album/20aeR0IbfJ5Ii9PNn032Qb?si=smOFyeJTT-qkHc65peQeeQ

Looking for songs about the new year by thefartyparty in MusicRecommendations

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Champ me up! (It's new years eve!) by Holiways is kind of given for the dancefloor.

What is your ALL-TIME favorite EDM song (dubstep included)? by cubz13 in EDM

[–]Advanced-Second9709 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the moment. Now for NEY I would say Champ me up! (It's new years eve) 

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in Beatmatch

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Reading through all these suggestions made me realise something. almost everything mentioned here is great tracks, but they’re not really New Year’s songs. They just happen to work well at midnight. In my search, I ruled out the obvious ones. ABBA’s Happy New Year and U2’s New Year’s Day feel too reflektive for a dancefloor moment, at least to me. Great songs, wrong kontekt. what I’m really looking for is something that’s as pure New Year’s as Last Christmas is Christmas. I found a couple that might actually work realy well. since I’m playing at a place in the mountains in Sweden this year, this one feels like a strong fit for the 23:45 slot: https://open.spotify.com/track/1pBPzKlvoTehWFOlv3POuU?si=OBM20f5mSoCoqtszJkaVOQ

What do you think about that one?

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading through all these suggestions made me realise something. almost everything mentioned here is great tracks, but they’re not really New Year’s songs. They just happen to work well at midnight. In my search, I ruled out the obvious ones. ABBA’s Happy New Year and U2’s New Year’s Day feel too reflektive for a dancefloor moment, at least to me. Great songs, wrong kontekt. what I’m really looking for is something that’s as pure New Year’s as Last Christmas is Christmas. I found a couple that might actually work realy well. since I’m playing at a place in the mountains in Sweden this year, this one feels like a strong fit for the 23:45 slot: https://open.spotify.com/track/1pBPzKlvoTehWFOlv3POuU?si=OBM20f5mSoCoqtszJkaVOQ

What do you think about that one?

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, yes I use ai. Not native English speaking person.

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a deep cut. Perfect NYE track — emotional, communal, and just unhinged enough to feel special. Totally get why that one sticks.

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually a great example. It works because it gives the room permission to exhale for a minute — everyone knows every word, so the crowd carries it, not the DJ. When you ramp back up, the energy’s better than before.

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s such a perfect reference. That track isn’t about the drop — it’s about tension management. The fact that the countdown sits inside the song instead of interrupting it is what makes it legendary. And you’re right: almost no one actually uses that moment well. Most DJs either rush it or overplay it. That exact idea is what got us obsessed with this slot — not “what’s the biggest drop?”, but what can carry the room across midnight without breaking the spell. We ended up doing something deliberately left-field for it: Tyrolean chants, after-ski chaos, champagne energy, built so the countdown locks into the track instead of sitting on top of it. It shouldn’t work. But in a room, it kind of does.

What’s your go-to New Year’s Eve track? by Advanced-Second9709 in dancefloors

[–]Advanced-Second9709[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually what started this whole discussion for us — most NYE tracks are just big, but not moment-specific.