Friday At Home (Or New Parent) Playlist

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When you become a parent, Friday nights are pretty much confined to the house. You can't just go out and party every week, and on the odd day that you have someone to look after your kid, the thought of having to wake up with him at 6:00 am, with the worst hangover, is enough to stop you in your tracks. Since stay-at-home Friday nights become the norm, you are going to want to vary it every once in a while, and that's how you end up with two kinds of Fridays: the ones where you just want to chill out, open a bottle (or two) of Rosé and have a nice meal before watching a movie with your partner. And then you have the ones when you really feel like going out but can't, so you invite some friends over, and get in "faux-party" mode.

That is what prompted me to develop two separate playlists: one for the relaxing mode and the other for partying mode, to really help set the mood and make us feel a little better that our Fridays have pretty much been spent within four walls for the last three years. So this is what we have been listening too lately, depending on what kind of Friday it is:


CHILL-OUT-FRIDAY PLAYLIST:

• It's time (Imagine Dragons)
• Royals (Lorde)
• Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
• The City (The 1975)
• How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)
• Can't Remember To Forget You (Shakira feat. Rihanna)
• The Man (Aloe Blacc)
• Not Giving In (Rudimental)
• Ready For Anything (Landon Austin)
• Make It To Me (Sam Smith)
• Little Talks (Of Monsters And Men)
• Give Me Love (Uncle Jed)
• This Year (Meghan Tonjes)
• Please Don't Say You Love Me (Gabrielle Aplin)
• Just Give Me A Reason (Pink)
• No Ordinary Thing (Op Shop)
• Cool Me Down (The Black Seeds)
• Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
• Somebody Loves You (Betty Who)

PARTY-FRIDAY PLAYLIST:

• DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (Usher feat. Pitbull)
• Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha)
• Wake Me Up (Avicii)
• Don't You Worry Child (Swedish House Of Mafia)
• Red Lights (Tiësto)
• Hey Porsche (Nelly)
• Feel This Moment (Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera)
• Under Control (Calvin Harris)
• Take Me Home (Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha)
• Thank You (MKTO)
• Without You (David Guetta feat. Usher)
• Wild Ones (Flo Rida feat. Sia)
• I Love It (Icona Pop)
• Good Time (Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen)
• I Could Be The One (Nicky Romero & Avicii)
• Just One Last Time (David Guetta)
• Dance Again (Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull)
• Titanium (David Guetta feat. Sia)

What do you like to listen to on those Fridays when you find yourself at home?