Girls Night Out

Put on your glad-rags and grab your handbags: it's Girls Night Out, and we've compiled the perfect soundtrack for an evening of lass-centric mayhem. Sugababes get us sassed-up and raring to go with their 2008 hit "Girls" from Catfights and Spotlights, with its supercharged interpolation of Ernie K Doe's 1970 party-startin' brass blasts, while Cyndi Lauper takes us back to 1983 with the fiercest, fun-est feminist anthem ever recorded, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". And former goody-goody Katy Perry, who was raised in Southern California by Christian pastors, increases the ladies-only heat with her cheeky 2008 breakthrough single, "I Kissed a Girl".

Gloria Gaynor will guide you from karaoke to boogie and back again, in Next Steps.

Any Girls Night Out worth its salt demands its own soundtrack, and whichever way the evening goes, we've got all options covered. For those of you let down by idiot men, Gloria Gaynor is on hand with her ultimate statement of independence and feminine strength, "I Will Survive", a track that demands a communal karaoke rendition and invites you to either unleash your most electrifying disco moves . . . or, failing that, dance like drunken gypsies round a hillock of handbags. The Weather Girls, on the other hand, sing hallelujah to the prospect of a man-storm with "It's Raining Men" and Beyoncé adds to the euphoria with "Crazy in Love".

The night is your catwalk, and you are going to strut through to daybreak . . . via our Deep Cuts.

Some songs invite an all-out boogie, others work better when you're sipping chardonnay, but "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross is perfect for that moment when you walk into a bar flashing a new pair of killer heels, turning heads, and saying to all the world: "This is me, these are my girls, and we're on a mission to paint the town bright red." Also underscored by a supremely strut-worthy, funky guitar is "Lovefool" by the Cardigans, which treats affairs of the heart with a nod and a wink, while Gabrielle's "Out of Reach" offers the perfect opportunity for a big group hug — so what if it was "never meant to be" with that man: tonight is girls night, and your sisters will never let you down.

Calling all good-time lasses! It's time for a monumental Girls Night Out, so round up a power-posse of your best friends and paint the town crimson, free from pesky parents, watchful boyfriends, whip-cracking bosses, and anyone else who tries to hold a good woman back. Aside from these feel-fantastic tunes, the only other sounds you'll be hearing tonight are the poppin' of corks, the clickin' of stilettos, the thunk of lusty jaws hitting the floor as you walk past, and the sweet chink-chink of glasses as your toast the virtues of sisterhood with your girlfriends. Whether you're all singing together in the taxi, letting it out on the dance floor, or — for the up-and-comers — rocking out at the sleep-over, our playlist offers the ultimate soundtrack for partying sisters.