Summer Party

Sure, there may be the occasional downpour, and our legs may remain a whiter shade of pale, but you know what . . . who cares, because there will always be summer parties (plus or minus a spot of overhead inclemency). You've chilled the drinks and set your speakers to stun, and we've provided the ideal playlist, pulled from seasons recent and ancient. Katrina & The Waves offer a blast of solar goodness from 1985 with "Walking On Sunshine", Madonna chimes in with her clubland anthem "Holiday", Bill Withers gets the feel-good remix treatment on "Lovely Day", and Lady GaGa turns up the heat with Colby O'Donis on "Just Dance".

Cascada, ABBA, "Gasolina" . . . you'll find all of that and more in Next Step.

There nothing like a blast of frazzlin' Eurodance to set your summer party aflame, so we've lined up Cascada's "Endless Summer" to transform your back-garden blow-out into a thumpin', bikini-bouncin' beach club. Want something a little more urban and Swedish? Allow ABBA to unleash "Summer Night City" into the evening air, and marvel as your neighbours start dancing like horny Vikings. Pour petrol on your party's flames with a can full of Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina", set your pants on fire to Girls Aloud's "Long Hot Summer", and really let go with a big splash of "Jai Ho!" courtesy of A.R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls.

The Summer Party continues with Dannii and DJ Sammy in Deep Cuts.

There's a song to match every phase of your summer party here, as we guide you from the first cocktail till the moment the last of your die-hard, fun-lovin' guests has finally hit the hay. DJ Sammy captures "Sunlight" in bottle, David Jordan conjures up a celebratory vibe to welcome the onset of the evening on "Sun Goes Down", and Dannii Minogue presumes there's plenty of you who have no intention of sleeping as she slinks you through to "Sunrise". In between, there will be more than enough time for a bit of "Dancing In the Street" with Atomic Kitten, and several toasts to everlasting good times with "A Glass of Chianti" from Dished Out Bums.

You know it must be summer . . . and not just because it's raining into your strawberries and cream. No, the real proof lies in the fact that your stormin' summer party has just gone ballistic, and everyone's flying on the adrenalin generated by a garden full of good friends having great fun to smokin' hot tunes. Thermometers will pop as everyone tries to match John Travolta's high note on "Summer Nights"; clothes will become more and more scarce as Nelly reminds us that it's "Hot in Herre" and Sisqo steams up the night some more with his "Thong Song"; and the only chill in the air will be the mellow kind provided by Bob Marley in his remixed Funkstar de Luxe guise on "Sun Is Shining". Our forecast? The best summer you've ever had.