Boys Night Out

Flo Rida's "Right Round" opens Boys Night Out like an invitation from the other side of midnight, and it's a damn good indication of what's to come. Designed to take you straight through your all-night jam, these tracks get straight down to business: Britney Spears shows us some sweet poison on "Toxic," Nelly Furtado celebrates the woman who makes you work hard/spend hard/want all on "Maneater," and the Josh Harris Club remix of the Killers' "Somebody Told Me" slams like a round of tequila shots . . . and it's only a taste of what every hard-charger needs to get (and keep) his groove. Our Next Steps are best served shirtless, so prepare for Cher.

You're blowing off steam after working hard all week. You're laughing loud, and you don't care who hears. The club is hot, your buds are all around, and you're dripping with sweat as you dance like it's your last night on earth. With bangin' mixes from Roger Prinz ("French Kiss"), Lil Louis ("I'm Hot for You"), David Guetta ("Love Is Gone"), and more, it won't be long before you lose your shirt. Cher delivers a burst of classic vocoder euphoria with "Believe," Duffy invites you to break out those soul moves with "Mercy," and Kraftwerk unleashes your inner android on "Computer Love." Basement Jaxx and Grace Jones fire up some funk, in Deep Cuts.

The night pulls you deeper and deeper into its hypnotic spell, and these final Boys Night Out tracks accompany you and your crew as the nocturnal beam gives way to the new day's sun. But fear not, boys: another night out is only hours away, and to get you there we've lined up Basement Jaxx (slappin' and samplin' through the funk-tastic "Red Alert"), Grace Jones (the slick groove of "Pull Up to the Bumper"), Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (the early synth classic, "Electricity"), and Ultra Naté (turbo-charging the Pointer Sisters "Automatic").

It's Friday night. Don't feel like staying home? Call all your boys, and let's groove until dawn. For all the rich boys, rent boys, cowboys, gay boys, str8 boys, and work boys around the world, nothing sets the perfect pace for party people like a supersonic backdrop of dangerous dance beats. Ranging from urban to Latin to Euro to rock, from Army of Lovers to Zombie Nation, these tracks are destined to become part of your personal party soundtrack, whether the party is out there in the streets, or in the spontaneous disco dungeon of your own living room. Devo's "Whip It," Moby's "Bodyrock," Madonna's "Celebration," Duffy's "Mercy" . . . you'll never want it to end.