ok, so here's the deal. a local chicago radio station (Q101 for all of you in the area) played the "300 greatest party songs" over the fourth of july weekend and i thought i'd share what they came up with. i must say there are a few substitutions i'd make here and there, but they seem to have all the bases covered
1. Beastie Boys- Fight For Your Right To Party
2. Violent Femmes- Blister In The Sun
3. Sublime- What I Got
4. House Of Pain- Jump Around
5. Offspring- Self Esteem
6. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
7. Blink 182- Dammit
8. Pearl Jam- Alive
9. Nine Inch Nails- Closer
10. Green Day- Longview
11. Metallica- Enter Sandman
12. Snoop Dogg- Gin And Juice
13. Weezer- Buddy Holly
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Give It Away
15. Clash- Rock The Casbah
16. Cypress Hill- Insane In The Brain
17. Guns N Roses- Paradise City
18. Presidents Of The USA- Lump
19. Beastie Boys- Brass Monkey
20. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
21. Ramones- I Wanna Be Sedated
22. Alice In Chains- Man In The Box
23. Tone Loc- Wild Thing
24. Offspring- Come Out And Play
25. Crystal Method- Busy Child
26. Jet- Are You Gonna Be My Girl
27. Sublime- Smoke 2 Joints
28. Stone Temple Pilots- Interstate Love Song
29. Black Sabbath- Iron Man
30. Weezer- Undone The Sweater Song
31. Beastie Boys- Paul Revere
32. Local H- Bound For The Floor
33. Bob Marley- Jamming
34. Jane?s Addiction- Been Caught Stealing
35. Beck- Loser
36. Nada Surf- Popular
37. Dr. Dre w/ Snoop Dogg- Nothin But A G Thang
38. Blur- Song 2
39. White Zombie- More Human Than Human
40. Green Day- Brain Stew
41. Violent Femmes- Add It Up
42. Linkin Park- One Step Closer
43. Cypress Hill- Rock Superstar
44. Marcy Playground- Sex And Candy
45. Suicidal Tendencies- Institutionalized
46. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Love Rollercoaster
47. Offspring- Bad Habit
48. Metallica- Fuel
49. Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up
50. Rage Against The Machine- Guerilla Radio
51. Blink 182- What?s My Age Again
52. Faith No More- Epic
53. Sir Mix A Lot- Baby Got Back
54. Bush- Comedown
55. Bloodhound Gang- Fire Water Burn
56. Sublime- Santeria
57. Clash- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
58. Disturbed- Stupify
59. Weezer- Hash Pipe
60. Gorillaz- Clint Eastwood
61. AC/DC- Back In Black
62. Green Day- Basket Case
63. Beastie Boys- Girls
64. Metallica- One
65. Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin Beats
66. Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal
67. Billy Idol- Rebel Yell
68. Rage Against The Machine- Killing In The Name Of
69. Beck- Where It?s At
70. Soft Cell- Tainted Love
71. Weezer- Say It Ain?t So
72. Run DMC- Walk This Way
73. Marylin Manson- The Beautiful People
74. Sublime- Caress Me Down
75. Guns N Roses- Welcome To The Jungle
76. Veruca Salt- Seether
77. Puddle Of Mudd- She Hates Me
78. Dynamite Hack- Boyz N The Hood
79. Metallica- Master Of Puppets
80. Green Day- When I Come Around
81. Bob Marley- One Love
82. Stone Temple Pilots- Wicked Garden
83. Butthole Surfers- Pepper
84. White Zombie- Thunderkiss 65
85. Digital Underground- The Humpty Dance
86. Ween- Push Th? Little Daisies
87. Alice In Chains- Would?
88. Sublime- Wrong Way
89. Kiss- Rock And Roll All Nite
90. No Doubt- Just A Girl
91. Beastie Boys- She?s Crafty
92. The Cult- Fire Woman
93. Jay-Z- Big Pimpin?
94. Sum 41- Fat Lip
95. Soundgarden- Outshined
96. Sex Pistols- Anarchy In The UK
97. 311- All Mixed Up
98. Disturbed- Down With The Sickness
99. The Cure- Just Like Heaven
100. Filter- Hey Man Nice Shot
101. Smashing Pumpkins- Today
102. Young MC- Bust A Move
103. Rage Against The?-Bulls On Parade
104. Clash- I Fought The Law
105. Beastie Boys- Sure Shot
106. Danzig- Mother
107. Jane?s Addiction- Jane Says
108. Metallica- Wherever I May Roam
109. DMX- Party Up
110. Stone Temple Pilots- Vasoline
111. 311- Beautiful Disaster
112. Ramones- Rock N Roll High School
113. Ramones- Blitzkrieg Bop
114. Beastie Boys- So Watcha Want
115. Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me
116. 7 Mary 3- Cumbersome
117. Papa Roach- Last Resort
118. Sublime- Doin Time
119. Pixies- Here Comes Your Man
120. Soundgarden- Rusty Cage
121. Cake- Short Skirt, Long Skirt
122. Smashing Pumpkins- Zero
123. Rob Base- It Takes Two
124. Jimmy Eat World- The Middle
125. Godsmack- Whatever
126. Primus- Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
127. No Doubt- Spiderwebs
128. Orgy- Blue Monday
129. Black Crowes- Hard To Handle
130. Beck- Devil?s Haircut
131. Korn- ADIDAS
132. Beastie Boys- Body Movin?
133. Foo Fighters- Everlong
134. King Missle- Detachable Penis
135. Pearl Jam- Last Kiss
136. Blink 182- All The Small Things
137. Judas Priest- Living After Midnight
138. Stone Temple Pilots- Dead and Bloated
139. Big Audio Dynamite 2- Rush
140. Beastie Boys- Rhymin and Stealin
141. Toadies- Possum Kingdom
142. Violent Femmes- Kiss Off
143. Foo Fighters- Darling Nikki
144. Dead Milkmen- Punk Rock Girl
145. Eminem- My Name Is
146. Romantics- What I Like About You
147. Kid Rock- Bawitdaba
148. Linkin Park w/JayZ- 99 Steps Closer
149. Bob Marley- Stir It Up
150. Stone Temple Pilots- Unglued
151. Romeo Void- Never Say Never
152. Metallica- For Whom The Bell Tolls
153. White Stripes- Seven Nation Army
154. Run DMC- My Adidas
155. Pearl Jam- Go
156. Technotronic- Pump Up The Jam
157. Nirvana- Come As You Are
158. English Beat- Mirror In The Bathroom
159. Disturbed- Liberate
160. Social Distortion- Ball And Chain
161. Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio
162. Mudvayne- Not Falling
163. Nine Inch Nails- The Perfect Drug
164. Van Halen- Panama
165. X-Ecutioners ? It?s Goin Down
166. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Higher Ground
167. Trio- Da Da Da
168. Rage Against The Machine- Testify
169. Juraissic 5- What?s Golden
170. Tenacious D- Tribute
171. Flaming Lips- She Don?t Use Jelly
172. Slipknot - Duality
173. Outkast- Hey Ya
174. Rancid- Salvation
175. Musical Youth- Pass The Dutchie
176. STP- Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart
177. Linkin Park- Enth E End
178. Urge Overkill- Sister Havana
179. Devo- Whip It
180. Green Day- Geek Stink Breath
181. Ministry- N.W.O.
182. Modern English- I Melt With You
183. Soundgarden- My Wave
184. Eminem- Lose Yourself
185. Billy Idol- Dancing With Myself
186. AC/DC- TNT
187. Foo Fighters- My Hero
188. Duran Duran- Rio
189. Outkast- B.O.B.
190. Weezer- In The Garage
191. Led Zeppelin- D?Yer Maker
192. Matierial Issue- Valerie Loves Me
193. Pearl Jam- Corduroy
194. L7- Pretend We?re Dead
195. Godsmack- Awake
196. Coolio- Fantastic Voyage
197. Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get
198. Soundgarden- Spoonman
199. Fatboy Slim- Rockafeller Skank
200. Foo Fighters- This Is A Call
201. Reel Big Fish- Sell Out
202. Korn- Shoots And Ladders
203. Goldfinger- Here In Your Bedroom
204. Bush- Everything Zen
205. Cracker- Low
206. Beastie Boys- Hey Ladies
207. Jane?s Addiction- Stop
208. Korn- Freak On A Leash
209. Naughty By Nature- Hip Hop Hooray
210. Breeders- Cannonball
211. Green Day- She
212. The Cult- Love Removal Machine
213. Three Days Grace- I Hate Everything About You
214. Nine Inch Nails- Head Like A Hole
215. Cheap Trick- I Want You To Want Me
216. Pearl Jam- Jeremy
217. Beastie Boys- Sabotage
218. Motley Crue- Girls Girls Girls
219. Stone Temple Pilots- Plush
220. Clash- Train In Vain
221. Rage- People Of The Sun
222. Nirvana- In Bloom
223. Offspring- Why Don?t You Get A Job?
224. Underworld- Born Slippy
225. Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
226. Tone Loc- Funky Cold Medina
227. Green Day- Welcome To Paradise
228. Drowning Pool- Bodies
229. Presdients Of The USA- Peaches
230. Rage Against The Machine- Renegades Of Funk
231. Iggy Pop- Lust For Life
232. Jet- Cold Hard Bitch
233. Beastie Boys- Intergalactic
234. AC/DC- It?s A Long Way To The Top
235. Cake- Never There
236. Korn- Blind
237. Rancid- Time Bomb
238. Incubus- Pardon Me
239. Camper Van Beethoven- Take The Skinheads Bowling
240. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Suck My Kiss
241. Sublime- April 29, 1992
242. Green Day- JAR
243. Biz Markie- Just A Friend
244. Nirvana- Lithium
245. Strokes- Last Nite
246. Korn- Got The Life
247. Bob Marley- Is This Love?
248. Primus- Wynona?s Big Brown Beaver
249. Beastie Boys- Time To Get Ill
250. Offsrping- Pretty Fly For A White Guy
251. Def Leppard- Rock Of Ages
252. Tool -Sober
253. LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out
254. Lo- Fi Allstars- Battle flag
255. Stone Temple Pilots- Sex Type Thing
256. Cake- The Distance
257. Ramones- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
258. System Of A Down- Chop Suey
259. Harvey Danger- Flagpole Sitta
260. A Tribe Called Quest- Scenario
261. Rob Zombie- Dragula
262. Prodigy- Firestarter
263. Jim Carroll Band- People Who Died
264. Pearl Jam- Even Flow
265. Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out
266. Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet With Butterfly Wings
267. Run DMC- It?s Tricky
268. 311- Down
269. Cheap Trick- Surrender
270. Bush- Machinehead
271. Fun Lovin Criminals- Scooby Snacks
272. Rage Against The Machine- Down Rodeo
273. The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary
274. Offspring- The Kids Aren?t Alright
275. Ice Cube- It Was A Good Day
276. Nirvana- Breed
277. Beastie Boys- No Sleep Til Brooklyn
278. Beastie Boys- Check It Out
279. Social Distortion- Ring Of Fire
280. Queens Of The Stone Age- No One Knows
281. Cypress Hill- Hits From The Bong
282. Offspring- Gotta Get Away
283. Wild Cherry- Play That Funky Music
284. System Of A Down- Sugar
285. Tripping Daisy- I Got A Girl
286. Rancid- Ruby Soho
287. Pearl Jam- State Of Love And Trust
288. Billy Squier- The Stroke
289. Lit- My Own Worst Enemy
290. Rage Against The Machine- Bombtrack
291. Wreckx N Effect- Rump Shaker
292. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Around The World
293. Weezer- My Name Is Jonas
294. Afroman- Because I Got High
295. Billy Idol- White Wedding
296. Nine Inch Nails- Down In It
297. Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
298. Sublime- Date Rape
299. Modest Mouse- Float On
300. Anthrax w/Public Emeny- Bring The Noise
Rock on...
Kevin
I wanna be with you forever, and tomorrows not too late...
"Beware the fury of a patient man" ~John Dryden
too bad 'She's On It' didn't make it in the top 300. 
