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Posted by: ► ▲ N 24th January 2015, 01:23 PM

Discuss classic dance songs, underrated or well-known, credible or novelty, put it all here

I'll get the ball rolling with one of the best trance songs EVER



everyone seriously needs to hear this, every minute of it is absolutely lush

Also discuss more recent classics right here, there's quite a few great dance songs from the 00s! Like this one which used to be my favourite song ever before it was beaten multiple times by more recent releases

Posted by: JSG 24th January 2015, 01:39 PM

I wouldn't call these classics, more unknowns but boy they're ace!





2 of my faves of 04

Posted by: JSG 24th January 2015, 01:40 PM

Posted by: JSG 24th January 2015, 01:45 PM

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 24th January 2015, 01:56 PM

Best dance song ever

Posted by: Insomnio 24th January 2015, 11:37 PM

One of my favourite classic dance hits is "Killer". It was released in May 1990 and it was No.1 in U.k for 4 weeks!!! There are also two other versions (George Michael & ATB).

Posted by: ETH▲N 25th January 2015, 03:01 PM

Pete Heller ~ Big Love (#12, 1999) [House]



Still tearing up dancefloors today!

Posted by: Dobbo 25th January 2015, 03:11 PM

A few of my faves:

Posted by: Jester 25th January 2015, 03:24 PM

A few of mine for starters:










Can't believe it has been nearly 20 years since I used to go out clubbing to these

Posted by: ETH▲N 25th January 2015, 03:27 PM

Shakedown ~ At Night (#6, 2002) [House]



Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Club Mix) [#89, 2009] {Electro House}

Posted by: Doctor Blind 25th January 2015, 04:28 PM

MUCH LOVE for the A-Trak club remix of "Heads Will Roll". I was more a mid-late 00s club-goer, but a track that gets mentioned here a lot and definitely makes me pine for those heady days of 2008 is Armin Van Buuren's "In And Out Of Love" which made it to the lofty heights of #198. : (



Extended remix obviously.

Posted by: Euphorique 25th January 2015, 04:59 PM

Well from this weeks 2000 chart retro, this trance gem:



Reached #5 this week 15 years ago

Posted by: ► ▲ N 25th January 2015, 05:02 PM

didn't love In And Out of Love at the time but now it sounds amazing. How even was that not a chart smash?!?

anyway I'm sure Armin's not complaining though as the radio edit video has over 150m views. To put that in perspective, This Is What It Feels Like only has 53m

Posted by: Blank Slayberry 25th January 2015, 05:47 PM

I'm kinda shocked at how many UK dance hits have appeared in DanceDanceRevolution

Posted by: M¤th 25th January 2015, 05:50 PM

'In And Out Of Love' is one of the defining songs that got me into dance music, absolutely euphoric and brilliant

Posted by: ✖ ketalina ✖ 25th January 2015, 06:06 PM

in and out of love is one of THE best songs ever never mind best dance songs!

Posted by: Jade 25th January 2015, 07:36 PM

Ooh yes at Shakedown - At Night

A few that came to mind:













And loads more like 'Toca's Miracle', 'Castles In the Sky' etc...

Posted by: ► ▲ N 26th January 2015, 04:37 PM

the new Chicane album being released reminds me of this CLASISC
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best listened to in all its 9 minutes, lush from start to finish

Posted by: Doctor Blind 26th January 2015, 09:42 PM

I really disliked this at first because I thought it had ruined what was a brilliant song, but then one day I was in a mate's car and we were driving to Bristol Airport (think it was 1st July 2009) and it was a steaming hot morning with full on sunshine, and Chris Moyles played it after Carrie had been mucking about at Wimbledon behind the BBC breakfast crew and it just HIT ME.

Posted by: ETH▲N 26th January 2015, 10:13 PM

A couple of underground gems~

Âme ~ Rej (2006) [Tech House]



Nathan Fake ~ The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix) [2004] {Tech House}

Posted by: ► ▲ N 26th January 2015, 10:25 PM

such an underrated gem

MSTRKRFT - Easy Love (2006)



can't believe it's already that old!

Posted by: JSG 27th January 2015, 08:16 AM

and this one

Posted by: ► ▲ N 1st February 2015, 06:49 PM

Lovefreekz 'Shine' (2005)



debuted at #6 10 years ago now (yes it's that old) samples Electric Light Orchestra (not that I knew that at the time) and makes a great job of it!

Posted by: gavindeejay 1st February 2015, 07:18 PM

Ian Van Dahl's follow up to 'Castles In The Sky' was 'Will I'. It was a Top 5 hit, but it's pretty much forgotten now, which is a shame as I think it would still have been a hit today.



Classic gem from Faithless from 2001.

Posted by: ETH▲N 1st February 2015, 08:44 PM

Rui Da Silva ~ Touch Me (feat. Cassandra) (#1, 2001) [House]



Justice Vs Simian ~ We Are Your Friends (#20, 2006) [House]

Posted by: Insomnio 1st February 2015, 09:52 PM

They were my ringtones for many years..

Posted by: Euphorique 15th April 2015, 02:13 PM

Posted by: Cody Slayberry 15th May 2015, 06:44 AM

Reviving this thread with a fave:



BT f/JC Chasez - "Somnabulist (Simply Being Loved)" (2003)

Posted by: 'Dan 15th May 2015, 03:47 PM

haven't heard of that before, not bad. Although this will always be BT's best effort for me

BT - Flaming June (BT & PvD Original Mix)

Posted by: Ethan 15th May 2015, 07:53 PM

Olive ~ You're Not Alone (#1, 1997) [House]



DJ Quicksilver ~ Bellissima (#4, 1997) [Trance]



Watergate (aka DJ Quicksilver) ~ Heart of Asia (#3, 2000) [Trance]

Posted by: Euphorique 15th May 2015, 07:58 PM

You're Not Alone is not house Breakbeat

Posted by: lewistgreen 18th May 2015, 02:42 PM

Sandy B - Make The World Go Round (Deep Dish Remix) [1996]

Posted by: Stu1985 18th May 2015, 03:20 PM

Love this!

This went on to inspire Let Me Show You by Camisra



Which was also remixed by Tall Paul, and featured in the excellent Channel 4 sitcom Spaced



Which was mixed specially for the show with The A Team theme tune!

Posted by: Danvicii 19th July 2015, 10:47 AM

for those of you who haven't been on plug.dj to rediscover this~

Love Inc. - Broken Bones



even better than the song they're best known for (You're A Superstar), well worth a listen!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 2nd September 2015, 10:33 PM

Another 50p buy from Woolworths bargain trance bin that I picked up during a stolen lunch hour back in the previous decade.

Josh Damon Gabriel & David Mitchel Dresden collab. with Jes Brieden on vocals which reached #11 (after selling 9,600 copies) on the UK singles chart in January 2004.

Posted by: dandystar 6th September 2015, 11:39 AM

Sounding just perfect this morning, a big favourite of mine from 1997.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 14th October 2015, 07:26 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20001001/7501/



SuReaL was an early alias of Lange.

Posted by: farris 11th December 2015, 06:12 AM

One of my favourite classic dance hits is "Killer". It was released in May 1990 and it was No.1 in U.k for 4 weeks!!!

Posted by: lewistgreen 6th February 2016, 11:30 AM

Been playing this a lot recently

Posted by: lewistgreen 4th April 2016, 03:36 PM

Overshadowed by Pump Up The Jam, Get Up was the second single released from Technotronic's debut album. It managed the same feat as its predecessor and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart way back in early 1990.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 17th April 2016, 09:49 AM

Anyone remember this Des Mitchell track from January 2000? Got to #5 (briefly!)

Posted by: Mack 17th April 2016, 09:58 AM

I remember it vaguely, hearing it though what a tune.

Anyone remember this:



From 2003 which got to #9.

Posted by: Dobbo 19th May 2016, 08:42 PM

Posted by: brianpol 21st May 2016, 01:17 PM

Has to be Daft Punk for classic dance electro.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 30th May 2016, 09:12 PM

Back to Moby and one from 1994 where he started to sound like The Prodigy ! Got to #30.

Set it up DJ!

Posted by: BillyH 31st May 2016, 04:18 PM

The Nalin & Kane remix was the version released in the UK, although both are pretty awesome:



Then the Fergie remix charted in 2001:

Posted by: danG 31st May 2016, 05:06 PM

the original and Nalin & Kane versions of Loveparade are both certified JAMZ

Posted by: *Ben* 31st May 2016, 06:32 PM

OK just listened to this song a couple of times back to back. Wonderful, soulful dance track

Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned In Love


I love the appearance of Tom Jones at the end of the video

Posted by: TheSnake 1st June 2016, 01:04 PM

I like this one from early 2005, great funky dance track with so much disco influence I decided not to post the notoriosly dreadful video though

Posted by: TheSnake 14th June 2016, 09:25 AM

I remember this one from 2003. Such a great tune in an otherwise bad (imo) year for dance music in the charts

Posted by: danG 14th June 2016, 05:25 PM

2003 really was a bit dry in terms of dance music, though we got some great songs out of it. Notably;

• Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
• Tomcraft - Loneliness
• XTM & DJ Chucky - Fly on the Wings of Love
• Room 5 - Make Luv

Posted by: Doctor Blind 14th June 2016, 05:32 PM

2003 a bit dry?


The summer that brought us “Pretty Green Eyes” and “Deepest Blue”. Just because you are too young to remember it doesn't mean you can brush it aside like that. Brilliant chart year!

Posted by: danG 14th June 2016, 05:42 PM

I was never a fan of 'Deepest Blue'. Don't even remember it at the moment.

'Pretty Green Eyes' is quite good too but there have been better years for dance music.

Posted by: Harve 17th June 2016, 07:36 PM

I've been listening to this 1999 masterpiece ALL WEEK. I love those dreamy dub guitar melodies laid over bubbling and intricate techno/house. <3 <3

Posted by: TheSnake 23rd June 2016, 10:14 AM

The Angel City one was the best though imo

The early 2005 follow up to Fly on The Wings Of Love was good.

Posted by: TheSnake 23rd June 2016, 10:29 AM

Summer 2004 into early 2006 was my favourite...weird retro phase with disco vocals and strings.

Example

I did like 2010-12 dubstep...it was really different to anything that I had heard before.. I had never heard anything like this when it was released

Posted by: Dobbo 23rd June 2016, 10:37 AM

Love the Modestep shoutout! That was amazing when that charted, they would then go on to produce the masterpiece that is Sunlight which did even better

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 20th July 2016, 06:29 PM

This one from 2003 I remember and I really liked it at the time.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 21st July 2016, 07:03 PM

In my top 100 songs of all time^

Are you also a fan of DJ Marky feat. Stamina MC - LK from 2 years prior? He really had the BEST voice ever for Drum & Bass songs.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 12:47 PM

I dont really remember it but I will listen to it now

This funky house song from 2004 is great



This is a tune as well .

One of the best dance songs from a pop act. It even has some trance influences.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:59 PM

I love The Saturdays' dance songs tbh

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:23 PM

I though this was their only one, All Fired Up?

Anyway, All Fired Up for me was much better than the standard dance pop of 2010 to 2012, fantastic production (and good vocals of course) as I said the synths in it are even a bit reminiscent of trance.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 22nd July 2016, 05:28 PM

My favourite of the "dancey" Saturdays tracks is definitely Not Giving Up.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 05:11 PM

I know this is from 2010 but I am sure you wont mind me posting it. For me this is better than any of the Avicii records and the uncredited vocal from Amanda Wilson (on the Freemasons' first two tracks Love On My Mind and Watchin') is insanely good, I think it is one of the best vocals on a dance track in the 2010s at least.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 25th July 2016, 05:22 PM

Yeah I actually think looking back it's one of my faves of his for sure, the vocal melody is one of the best on any dance song & I miss that uplifting euphoric sound he had in his first few tracks - see Levels & Silhouettes of course (although the vocals are a little more downbeat in the latter).

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 09:53 PM

I cant believe I am posting a Will.I.Am song but this one was quite different and was less commercial sounding with the heavy bassline than the rest of them. Easily my favourite will.i.am song.

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 06:43 PM

The 'No Limits' of the 2000s. Was this the only rave track in the 2000s?

Posted by: Euphorique 16th August 2016, 04:52 PM

Early 00s style



Mix of UK and EU hits.

Posted by: lewistgreen 17th October 2016, 12:42 PM

Livin' Joy are currently playing through my earphones at the moment, so thought I'd share their classics! 5 Top 20 hits *.* (but Deep In You isn't here because it's more of a ballad).

Posted by: Addy Boo! 26th October 2016, 09:17 PM

Oh this actually samples Novy Vs Eniac - Superstar from 1997

Posted by: Count Snakula💀 26th October 2016, 09:57 PM

Yes Attention.I remember really well because it got played quite a lot on The Box at the time and that video with the woman on the chair I remember too.

This one I remember a lot from The Box too in 2005 despite the fact it didn't chart that highly in the top 40



Remix of a 90s dance tune, which had a lovely vocal but a rather boring piano based house sound imo, so I prefer this remix as this style of synths in dance tracks is something I like as it is so relaxing - similar style of synths in Sunfreakz Counting Down The Days and Cahill's Trippin on You, and more recently Michael Calfan's Nobody Does It Better.

Posted by: BillyH 2nd December 2016, 01:58 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny43zFochi8

Major Europe-wide hit way back in 1990, bafflingly I don't think it was even released here. Surely a huge UK top 3 smash was missed, hugely 'on-trend' sound for the era given the success of Soul II Soul, Beats International etc.

Dr. Alban would of course finally get a massive (and deserved!) UK hit single two years later.

Posted by: Danta Claus 20th December 2016, 12:55 PM

well this is a bit of a jam that I just discovered.

Was (Not Was) (feat. Madonna & Ozzy Osbourne) - Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)


the above version features Madonna but she refused to let them use her vocal in the end so it was re-recorded with Kim Basinger and made UK #4 in 1992.

Was (Not Was) (feat. Kim Basinger & Ozzy Osbourne) - Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)

Posted by: BillyH 2nd January 2017, 02:57 AM

Astonishingly the album Now Dance 92 features the unreleased Madonna version of Shake Your Head, but only on the vinyl and cassette versions - the (much inferior) CD version has the normal Kim Basinger radio mix. I think it's the only album in the world to feature it, and god knows how Now acquired it and how they got away with using it!

Posted by: DannyAdelante 11th January 2017, 10:03 PM

Just seeing this thread now - so many classics!

I love some of these

Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You


Moloko - Sing It Back


Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)


Basement Jaxx - Red Alert


York - On The Beach

Posted by: 🚡🚟🍥-b 11th January 2017, 11:09 PM

The last of the 00s eurodance tracks. There where two types of eurodance in the 00s, trancepop and the retro style (like this one), both were cheesy but I prefer the retro type as it was more fun. Anyway dance music shouldn't always be serious and thats why I like 00s dance music, there was a mix of serious and not so serious.



More seriously this 2007 track is fantastic, I don't like most 2007 dance music but this is a rare gem.

Posted by: 🚡🚟🍥-b 12th January 2017, 12:02 AM

I really like this track too from 2007. Excellent chilled summery track which I remember quite a bit from the time, which is unusual as it undeservedly charted low in the top 40.

Posted by: lewistgreen 21st January 2017, 03:42 PM

Featured on last night's EastEnders

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 22nd January 2017, 01:51 PM

Nice tune! Another one I've surprisingly not heard, given how much I was into dance classics back in 2013/14

Posted by: Snake Got Hissed 22nd January 2017, 02:09 PM

On The Beach is great, I do like those instrumental trance tracks from 2000 (Sandstorm too).

Posted by: mdh 19th February 2017, 08:49 PM

There's so much I love about this.

1. The bassline is so simple but infectious, and instantly recognisable to anyone that followed music in the late 90's.
2. The fact it's totally instrumental just shows how you don't need vocals to make a hit.
3. The video is unique, humourous, and effective.
4. The simplicity of the song works in its favour, just so addictive.
5. It's literally just a looped bassline yet managed to hit #1, how strange is that?
6. Genuinely just an amazing track

We need more music like this in the charts. Opinions?

Posted by: lewistgreen 19th February 2017, 09:24 PM

It's annoying af

Posted by: mdh 19th February 2017, 09:57 PM

it's amazing

Posted by: Dobbo 19th February 2017, 10:03 PM

Well it was only #1 because of the Flat Eric ad but still, a song doesn't get to #1 through mass publicity alone, amazing something like this actually took to the public & it sold a f***ton too iirc?

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of it myself!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 19th February 2017, 10:22 PM

The week this entered the http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990328/7501/ with 284,000 copies in week 1, System F debuted at 14 with “Out Of The Blue” and Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker” was new at 16. Both of those are FAR better IMO!

Posted by: danG 19th February 2017, 10:25 PM

sold upwards of 270k first week(!!!) iirc, wasn't there at the time but the advert/video/song combination must've been the reason for it having such an impact.

I do like this a fair bit myself, it's a fun track - though going a bit too far to call it one of the best of all time personally.

Also I'm going to merge this with the Dance Classics thread, as that's what it should be used for.

Posted by: danG 19th February 2017, 10:28 PM

oh wow, those two are amazing classics also both by legendary dance producers too (System F of course being an alias for Ferry Corsten)





'Windowlicker' particularly sounds like basically no other hit single ever, although that's to be expected by Aphex Twin.

Posted by: Dobbo 19th February 2017, 10:29 PM

Out Of The Blue

Ngl tho, Witch Doctor & The Vengabus are the best songs in that top 10

Posted by: danG 19th February 2017, 10:35 PM

'The Vengabus' is a bit of a choon tbh

I don't go back to 'Witch Doctor' though, it's a bit too novelty for me.

I'd actually say 'Flat Beat' is my fave in that top 10, though we have two great non-dance songs entering as well in 'You Get What You Give' and 'No Scrubs'.

Posted by: BillyH 20th February 2017, 07:58 AM

'Flat Beat' definitely sold huge numbers on the back of this famous Levi's commercial, which aired all the time in early 1999.

Posted by: The Wise Sultan 20th February 2017, 09:10 AM

Although You Get What You Give would be turned into quite a good dance song in 2006 by LMC and Rachel McFarlane.

You Get What You Give, along with Kiss Me by Sixpence None The Richer were definitely the two I remember most from 1998. I think my parents were listening to adult contemporary radio stations as there was loads of other jangle pop/alternative I remember being played on the radio in the late 90s like Don't Marry Her by The Beautiful South and Breakfast At Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something.

For dance I remember Ultra Nate 'Free' and Horny 98' - the first one I did like but the second was too rude for me to appreciate at the time.

Witch Doctor was from the time it was popular to do Eurodance versions of country songs, see also 5,6,7,8 by Steps. Both were staples of children's discos which I remember from the time (in 1998 I was 6 years old)

Posted by: Addy K!ng 28th February 2017, 07:13 PM

Just rediscovered this beauty



Why don't we get dance music like this anymore

Posted by: MacGirl 28th February 2017, 07:46 PM

I think I jus came to the right thread. I love all your guys choices. I'm a big fan of "Deepest Blue" Nice choice JSG!

I cant add a link yet but I like Spencer & Hill "Get It On"

Posted by: Slitherhisser 31st July 2017, 10:14 AM

That is brill, the wintery snowy video really goes with the music too.

Love this from System F too, one of the best vocal trance tracks ever imo.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 2nd August 2017, 10:18 PM

Nice rave track from 1991

Posted by: lewistgreen 22nd August 2017, 08:26 AM

Got recommended to listen to Enigma's first album last night. Amazing stuff

Posted by: HissingSparkler 12th October 2017, 06:59 PM

This is my favourite 90s dance track I think, just amazing! Featuring Vincent Covello (who isn't credited on this video).



Also one of the first vocal trance songs to become a hit in the UK (#28 in September 1995 and #14 in February 1996)

I would love the likes of Jonas Blue to do something like this today (he has had similar soulful male singers on a few of his records).

Posted by: dancember 10th December 2019, 03:52 PM

Following the unfortunate news of Marie Fredriksson of Roxette's death, I recommend this lesser known track of theirs, a Clubland classic with Dancing DJs which lifted from their 1991 track.



#18 in 2005.

Posted by: dan.G 13th February 2020, 04:34 PM

think it might be time to revitalise this thread and now we're into 2020 you could even recommend something from the early 2010s. I'll start with a trance fave that hasn't popped up in this thread yet



Veracocha was the collab project of Ferry Corsten & Vincent De Moor.

Posted by: jszmiles 13th February 2020, 11:26 PM

you know it's a cover of Sarah McLachlan song with the same title? I love this (shame it reached only #54 in UK) and I love Sarah original.

Posted by: Cow P 14th November 2023, 02:30 AM

Bumping this thread as I wanna introduce you to the Italian trio Datura.

Despite having zero UK hits, they had a couple of Italian hits in the '90s. With two of their tracks sampled by two different DJs this year, they surely became one of the most influential dance acts in 2023.

Infinity (#2 in Italy):

Gabry Ponte 2023 version:


Angeli Domini (#5 in Italy):

2023 cover by VIZE and Axel Cooper:

Posted by: TheSnake 14th November 2023, 09:01 PM

Don't know them, but know USURA from 'Open Your Mind' fame.

Posted by: Phoenix Wright 22nd December 2023, 08:02 AM

Wonder if anyone's familiar with this Castle In The Sky by Italian musician DJ Satomi (real name: Simone Bocchino). This has been covered on 2 different hardstyle songs in the last 2 years. Released in 2004, the original version has 11M Spotify streams and 24M YouTube views so far.

Original: