MaxFun Block Party Playlist!

Songs to get the neighborhood partying. A playlist full of picks from MaxFun HQ staff, hosts, and shows!
(If you’re listening with the whole family, you might want this version.)

Scroll down to learn who submitted each song.

 

Song name / artist name [the name of the staff member, show, or host who submitted the song]

  1. Goin’ to the Party / Alabama Shakes [Bikram Chatterji]
  2. Shake [Paris]/ Otis Redding [Bikram Chatterji]
  3. Tank! / SEATBELTS [Steph Prader]
  4. Make Me Feel / Janelle Monae [April Pendergraft]
  5. My Life Is Better With You / Montaigne [Daniel Baruela]
  6. Dynamite / BTS [Steph Prader]
  7. Right By Your Side / Eurythmics [K.T. Wiegman]
  8. Speeder Ride / Mission to Zyxx [Mission to Zyxx]
  9. Don’t Carry It All / The Decemberists [April Pendergraft]
  10. State of the Art / Gotye [April Pendergraft]
  11. MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)/ Lil Nas X [Tre’vell Anderson]
  12. Elevate (feat. Denzel Curry, YBN Cordae, SwaVay, Trevor Rich) / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Soundtrack [Steph Prader]
  13. Wannabe / Spice Girls [Cassie Josephs]
  14. That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed) / Panic! at the Disco [Cassie Josephs]
  15. Odds Are / Barenaked Ladies [Cassie Josephs]
  16. Don’t Fence Me In / David Byrne [K.T. Wiegman]
  17. Mamma Mia / Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack [Cassie Josephs]
  18. Liquid Spirit / Gregory Porter [April Pendergraft]
  19. Higher Ground / Stevie Wonder [K.T. Wiegman]
  20. Tarzan Boy / Baltimora [Justin McElroy]
  21. Joy / Bastille [Cassie Josephs]
  22. Torto Troopers Assemble / Mission to Zyxx [Mission to Zyxx]
  23. Banquet / Bloc Party [Jesus Ambrosio]
  24. Birding / Swet Shop Boys [Bikram Chatterji]
  25. Black Averageness / Shad [Jarrett Hill]
  26. Life Itself / Glass Animals [April Pendergraft]
  27. still feel. / half-alive [April Pendergraft]
  28. Kiss / Prince [April Pendergraft]
  29. California Friends / The Regrettes [K.T. Wiegman]
  30. Hey Ya! / Outkast [Daniel Baruela]
  31. Because I’m Me / The Avalanches [April Pendergraft]
  32. Don’t Stop Me Now / Queen [Daniel Baruela]
  33. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out / Bruce Springsteen [Stacey Molski]
  34. Weapon of Choice / Fatboy Slim [Daniel Baruela]
  35. We All Become (feat. Ashley Barrett) / Darren Korb, Ashley Barrett (Transistor Soundtrack) [Steph Prader]
  36. Soft Drink / Cherry Glazerr [Kira Gowan]
  37. Cool on Your Island / Y Kant Tori Read [Kira Gowan]
  38. Portia’s Chant / Sun-El Musician [Kira Gowan]
  39. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) / Alain Toussaint [K.T. Wiegman]
  40. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing / Leo Sayer [Stacey Molski]
  41. Helicopter / Bloc Party [Jesus Ambrosio]
  42. Power Glove / Knife Party [Steph Prader]
  43. CHRONOTORIOUS / Tim Sheehy [Steph Prader]
  44. Once Around the Block / Badly Drawn Boy [Stacey Molski]
  45. Mr. Blue Sky / Electric Light Orchestra [Stacey Molski]
  46. Starman / David Bowie [Cassie Josephs]
  47. Spaceship / Kesha [Cassie Josephs]
  48. Do It All The Time / I Don’t Know How But They Found Me [April Pendergraft]
  49. Aawake at Night / half-alive [April Pendergraft]
  50. Safe and Sound / Capital Cities [April Pendergraft]
  51. Grace Kelly / MIKA [Travis McElroy and April Pendergraft]
  52. Can I Get Get Get / Junior Senior [Gabe Mara]
  53. Genius of Love / Tom Tom Club [Gabe Mara]
  54. Lucky Girl / Fazerdaze [Gabe Mara]
  55. Everytime / boy pablo [Gabe Mara]
  56. Bambi / Hippo Campus [Gabe Mara]
  57. Katchi (feat. Leon Bridges) / Nick Waterhouse [Gabe Mara]
  58. Most Messed Up / Old 97’s [Gabe Mara]
  59. Not Coming Down / Cleopold [Gabe Mara]
  60. Shine / Years & Years [Gabe Mara]
  61. Block Party / Chuck Brown [Richard Robey]
  62. Before I Let Go / Maze & Frankie Beverly [Richard Robey]
  63. Got to Give It Up / Marvin Gaye [Richard Robey]
  64. Here and There / Chon [April Pendergraft]
  65. Golden / Jill Scott [Richard Robey]
  66. Groove is in the Heart / Deee-Lite [Kyle Clark (Jackie and Laurie Show)]
  67. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team [Bullseye]
  68. Cut To The Feeling / Carly Rae Jepsen [Griffin McElroy]
  69. Golden Years / David Bowie [Can I Pet Your Dog? and Kevin Ferguson]
  70. Boogie Wonderland / Earth, Wind & Fire [Lorraine Wheat]
  71. I Feel For You / Prince [Benjamin Partridge]
  72. Animal Spirits / Vulfpeck [Just the Zoo of Us and Travis McElroy]
  73. Addams Groove / MC Hammer [Kyle Clark (Jackie and Laurie Show)]
  74. For Sure – Dan Deacon Remix / Future Islands, Dan Deacon [Stacey Molski]
  75. Portal – Still Alive / Vitamin String Quarter [Cassie Josephs]
  76. Fins / Jimmy Buffett [Justin McElroy]
  77. Tell Mama / Etta James [Justin McElroy]
  78. Square Biz / Teena Marie [Judge John Hodgman]
  79. Uncontrollable Urge / DEVO [Kevin Ferguson]
  80. Gloria / Laura Branigan [Griffin McElroy]
  81. Are You Jimmy Ray? / Jimmy Ray [Travis McElroy]
  82. Barefoot and Pregnant / Joan Armatrading [Kevin Ferguson]
  83. When I See U / Fantasia [Tre’vell Anderson]
  84. Erotic City / Prince, The Revolution [Kyle Clark (Jackie and Laurie Show)]
  85. Let Me Go / Mykal Kilgore [Jarrett Hill]
  86. Please Don’t Fall in Love / VINCINT [Jarrett Hill]
  87. CROWN / CHIKA [Jarrett Hill]
  88. SUN GOES DOWN / Lil Nas X [Jarrett Hill]
  89. Send Me On My Way / Rusted Root [Griffin McElroy]