Ranking the 100 Greatest Party Anthems of All Time

A buddy of mine programs a rock station in Billings, Montana. They will be celebrating New Year's Eve this year by counting down the Top 100 Drinking and Party songs of all time. Naturally, he reached out to me for help coming up with his list.

Here's what he had:

FOREIGNER	DOUBLE VISION
NAZARETH	Hair Of The Dog
CLAPTON, ERIC	Cocaine
DOOBIE BROTHERS	Black Water
AC/DC	Have A Drink On Me
THOROGOOD, GEORGE	I Drink Alone
GEORGE THOROGOOD & DESTROYERS	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One..
LED ZEPPELIN	Dazed & Confused
BUFFETT, JIMMY	Margaritaville
EAGLES	Tequila Sunrise
STEVE MILLER BAND	THE JOKER
JUDAS PRIEST	PAINKILLER
ALAN JACKSON/JIMMY BUFFETT	IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE
DOORS	ALABAMA SONG
HANK JR.	ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING…
JIMMY BUFFETT	WHY DON'T WE GET DRUNK AND SCREW?
BILLY JOEL	CAPTAIN JACK
THE CHAMPS	TEQUILA
LOU REED	THE LAST SHOT
DON McCLEAN	AMERICAN PIE
THE DOORS	ROADHOUSE BLUES
ROLLING STONES	HONKY TONK WOMEN
PETE TOWNSHEND	EMPTY GLASS
BRAD PAISLEY	ALCOHOL
GUNS N ROSES	NIGHTTRAIN
ZZ TOP	BEER DRINKERS AND HELL RAISERS
GARTH BROOKS	BEER RUN
LYNYRD SKYNYRD	GIMME THREE STEPS
LYNYRD SKYNYRD	WHAT'S YOUR NAME
METALLICA	WHISKEY IN THE JAR
PAT TRAVERS	SNORTIN' WHISKEY
TOM T HALL	I LIKE BEER
KISS	COLD GIN
GEORGE JONES	WHITE LIGHTNING
GARTH BROOKS	FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
THERE'S A TEAR IN MY BEER	HANK WILLIAMS
AC/DC	PROBLEM CHILD
SLAUGHTER	UP ALL NIGHT
LED ZEPPELIN	HEY HEY WHAT CAN I DO
PINK FLOYD	COMFORTABLY NUMB
STEPPENWOLF	THE PUSHER
ERIC CLAPTON	AFTER MIDNIGHT
RAMONES	I WANNA BE SEDATED
WEEZER	SAY IT AIN'T SO
TOOL	SOBER
TOBY KEITH	RED SOLO CUP
IRISH ROVERS	WASN'T THAT A PARTY
BLACK SABBATH	SWEET LEAF
VAN HALEN	CABO WABO
THIN LIZZY	WHISKEY IN THE JAR
MOTLEY CRUE	DR. FEELGOOD
KID ROCK	ALL SUMMER LONG
BUCKCHERRY	TOO DRUNK
STEVE EARLE	COPPERHEAD ROAD
W.A.S.P.	BLIND IN TEXAS
THIN LIZZY	THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
Here's my suggestions (in no particular order): Psychostick - Beer Skynyrd - Whiskey Rock and Roller Skynyrd - That Smell Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home Van Halen - Somebody Call Me a Doctor Van Halen - Bottoms Up ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving Blind Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot War - Spill The Wine AXS - Rock n Roll Party in the Street Molly Hatchet - Whiskey Man Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey Sublime - Badfish Poison - Nothing But a Good Time Tom Waitts - Warm Beer and Cold Women Dr. Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol Tom T Hall - I like Beer Hank II - Family Tradition The Replacements - Beer for Breakfast Carnivore - Jack Daniels and Pizza Clutch - Drink to the Dead Ozzy - Suicide Solution Ozzy - Demon Alcohol Hellyeah - Drink, Drank, Drunk Hellyeah - Alcohol and Ass Dropkick Murphy's - Kiss Me, I'm S---faced Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer Great White - Wasted Rock Ranger The Macc Lads - Beer+Sex+Chips+Gravy Scorpions - Black Out Love/Hate - Black Out in the Red Room Sammy Hagar - Mas Tequila Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies AC/DC - Sin City Def Leppard - High n Dry Def Leppard - Me and My Wine Reel Big Fish - Beer Volbeat - Pool of Booze Black Label Society - Stoned and Drunk Zimmer's Hole - That's How Drunks Drink Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk The Barenaked Ladies - Alcohol Clearly, compiling a list like this requires a legitimate passion for the subject. But surely, we have neglected at least a few of the greatest party anthems ever. What's missing? If you have any suggestions, shoot me an e-mail and I'll pass them along, rick.roddam@townsquaremedia.com.

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