Well June is going to be a busy month for me! I have atleast 5 parties booked already! Most of them being graduation parties! Now these parties are a mix of both family and friends of the seniors graduating and i want to play a mix that will get the attention of both age groups (which can be very hard to tackle!) so i was wondering if anyone knows about some great songs to play! Now i know i have to play the ever so famous Vitamin C/Graduation but does anyone else have some ideas?? Drop me a list! Thanks guys for all the help!

Some Grad Song Ideas:
* Background songs with upbeat, winning, celebratory, inspiring, future and or summer themes�

Dreams - Ashanti
I Know I Can - Nas
Sing a Happy Song � War (parents might know)
Lovely Day � Bill Withers (parents know)
No Such Thing � John Mayer
Tupac - Until the End of Time
Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate (parents)
The Winner - Coolio
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
I�m Coming Out - Donna Summers
Summer Jam - Quad City DJ�s
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
I Feel the Earth Move - Carol King (parents know)
Summertime - Fresh Prince
Ice Cream & Cake - Buckwheat Boyz
(if ice cream/cake at party, fun fast hip hop)
or Cut the Cake - Average White Band
Chic - Good Times
James Brown - Get Up Off That Thing (parents know)
James Brown - Funky Good Time (parents know)
The Spinners - I�ll be Around (parents know)
My Future�s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3 (kinda lame but good grad stuff)
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) - Beach Boys (parents know)
Who�s That Lady - Isley Brothers (parents know; good if party for a girl)
Walk this Way - Aerosmith or version w/Run Dmc
Be True to Your School - Beach Boys (parents know)
Graduation Day - Beach Boys (kinda sullen)
Let Him Run Wild - Beach Boys ��
Respect - Aretha Franklin ��
Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight (parents know)
B.B King/Irma Thomas - We�re Going to Make It
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra (parents know)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'
(slower, from Meet Joe Black Soundtrack, but fantastic, touching, unique)
Because I Got High - Afroman (just kidding)

grad parties are also a time to say goodbye for many friends who may not see each other for some time. in that spirit, you might try
right now - van halen
and find out what the class song is and play it.

damn you edit button, damn you!

anyhow, here are some more that come to mind...

let the good times roll - ??? (artist slips my mind)
i hope you dance - faith hill
sunscreen - baz lurman
i will remember you - sarah mclachlan
heres to the night - eve 6
we are the champions - queen (everyone knows this one)
i'll remember - madonna
these are the days - 10000 maniacs
leaving town - dexter freebish
beautiful day - u2
going 2 college - blink 182
so hard 2 say goodbye 2 yesterday - boyz 2 men
i'll be there for you - the rembrants
bittersweet symphony - the verve
freshmen - verve pipe
here i go again (on my own) - whitesnake (parents maybe)
landslide - fleetwood mac (parents)
you've gotta friend - james taylor
closing time - semisonic
learning to fly - tom petty
tonight and the rest of my life - nina gordon
how's it going to be - third eye blind
we don't need no education - pink floyd (but still insist that they go on to college!)

Thanks guys for all the help! i will now plan to use many of those songs for my grad parties! Thanks for all the help and i appreciate it! If you have anymore I'll also take those into consideration!! Thanks

what about- - never say goodbye -bon jovi
times of our lives - dru hill
na-na hey-hey kiss 'em good bye -steam
school's out - alice cooper
photograph - paul simon

just some ideas - good luck

- ircoach

Some regular party favorites usually work for both groups. Think Frat/Sorority songs. Build Me Up Butter Cup, Shout, Twist And Shout, YMCA, Run Around Sue. This usually pleases the older generation. And play whatever is popular at your local school dances the rest of the time for the kids.