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Posted by: danG 22nd July 2016, 04:00 PM

Hello Buzzjackers and welcome to the Dance Chart Number Ones of the 2000s.

As you are familiar, in this thread we will post a chronological run-down of all the singles that would have reached number 1 if only dance singles had been available to purchase in the 2000s. There are about 185 of these.

Of course, many dance singles did reach number 1 in that decade and we will see if their run at the top could have been extended if there were no competition from other genres. Some of them you'll be very familiar with and others you've likely not heard much of, if at all.

There will be disputes about what constitutes dance as ever. These have been discussed with the hosting team. It has been decided that some songs that are very much on the line between dance and pop have been excluded such as Madonna's 'Hung Up' and The Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling'. Oppositely, novelty dance songs such as those by Crazy Frog will be included.

During the 00s many trends happened, which will be reflected here. These include UK Garage (2000-01), trance (2000-03), eurodance (2003-05 and again in 2006-08), funky and looped house (2004-06), electro-house (2006-07), bassline garage (2007-08) and progressive house (2008-09).

Which acts will get their well deserved spell on the top of the pile, when in reality they were thwarted by some humongous selling pop song? Who kept hold of the dance #1 even when they weren't top 40 in the official chart? What kind of house music will take the most #1s? How will trance and garage do? Discuss and predict here.
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The countdown will begin following the chart show where TheSnake/Mountain Marquis will give us the first two Dance #01s of 2000, one of which also appeared in the 90s thread. Also helping run the thread will be Ethan and myself.

Also, shoutout to Colm for the idea and format of this thread. Alas, his interest in dance music is mostly with the 90s decade so he won't be doing any writeups here.

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Reference

2000
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5451753
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5451848
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5451865
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5451901
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5452194
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5452212
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5452848
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5452853
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5454860
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5455588
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5455678
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5456432
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5456815
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5456912
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5456972
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5457855
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5458138
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5458550
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5459347
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5459519
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5463941
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5464144
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5465648
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5469131
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5469661
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5469883
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5471003

2001
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5471164
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5472273
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5472575
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5473014
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5473664
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5475644
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5476185
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5480529
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5481000
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5482051
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5482287
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5483421
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5484366
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5485775
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5485805
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5485893
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5489655
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5489842
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5493107
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5493847
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5494092
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5494961
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5494975

2002
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5495394
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5495438
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5496761
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5497466
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5498987
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5499466
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5499625
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5500478
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5506696
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5506894
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5509001
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5511230
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5511643
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5511724
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5513134
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5514744
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5515800
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5516008
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5518398
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5518403

2003
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5520866
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5527627
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5528408
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5532397
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5535552
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5539220
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5546116
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5554099
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5557377
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5560325
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5565940
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5576139
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5576250
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5590058
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5591975
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5592024
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5592059
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5594525
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5594960
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5602704
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5602710

2004
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5602717
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5606766
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5616475
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5617100
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5617114
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5617182
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5622097
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5626684
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5629370
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5630169
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5630482
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5631957
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5633666
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5641517
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5642524
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5642682
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5642965

2005
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5643325
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5644177
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5646366
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5646831
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5648841
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5651417
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5673088
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5673109
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5676538
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5688020
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5691252
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5691966
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5694439
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5694831
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5696354
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5696565
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5698869
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5699765
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5703079
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5713647
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5719771
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5720820

2006
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5725192
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5726831
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5741804
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5751216
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5764938
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5770793
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5771249
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5772400
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5773219
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5776331
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5781019
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5781764
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5793195
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5807543
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5811446

2007

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5828411
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5841915
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5861821
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5878520
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5885964
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5886697
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5890028
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5905302
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5926256
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5934463
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5935501
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5943988
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5962339
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5975542
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5975557

2008

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=5987022
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6004389
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6012961
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6015298
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6016629
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6016744
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6019508
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6021931
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6024312
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6027455
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6030161
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6031333
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6031336

2009

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6035043
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6036052
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6038303
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6040847
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6044200
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6045637
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6045667
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6046736
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6049404
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6054142
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6055660
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6060303
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6061804
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=192119&view=findpost&p=6061807

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:02 PM

Yay, nice to see this continuing with the 2000s

Thank you guys

(PS: I just hope TheSnake/Mountain Marquis won't post everything twice )

Posted by: meme 22nd July 2016, 04:02 PM

Ah right, I remember this in the dance forum I presumed it'd be moved over to here eventually

Posted by: Ðøßßø 22nd July 2016, 04:05 PM

Take two

The early noughties will be the most interesting with a lot of songs not well-known as in some cases the #1 Dance song was only in the 20s or 30s in the official chart so keep an eye out for those

Posted by: Doctor Blind 22nd July 2016, 04:08 PM

UK Funky House. *.*

Should be a sub-forum of Dance tbh

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 04:21 PM

I will be commenting!

Hoping for hits for



Moloko, Darude, Delirium, and maybe Missy Elliot's 4 My People.

Rui da Silva, Roger Sanchez, Ian Van Dahl, Daniel Beddingfield

Posted by: Doctor Blind 22nd July 2016, 04:22 PM

I am hoping the Saint Etienne / Paul Van Dyk has made it in 2000, but I have a sinking feeling that it won't.

I started a personal chart in 2000 so will be interesting to see how many number 1s I share given my tastes were much more ~mainstream~ and UK Top 40 orientated back then.

HYPED!

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 04:23 PM

Hoping for encyclopedic knowledge from you guys

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:23 PM

Me too (apart from the last one)

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 04:25 PM

We have started now. I hope the formatting is OK.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:25 PM

He did it

Posted by: meme 22nd July 2016, 04:26 PM

Love Re-Rewind, also really hope their next hit M***n' **o *a** gets in.

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 04:26 PM

Obviously a genius track which stands up to playing to day and for many the peak of UK Garage. It had sold 390,000 in 1999 alone. I wonder what it's total sales were in the end - perhaps 600,000?

Posted by: meme 22nd July 2016, 04:26 PM

omg mess !!! Ben deleted the wrong one

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 04:27 PM

Can ben get it back, i didn't save it.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:29 PM

Why did you edit the first one?

Plus please please please stop clicking twice on send message and this won't happen again!

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 04:29 PM

OH NO! This would never have happened in my day!

Posted by: danG 22nd July 2016, 04:29 PM

SAVED.

Artful Dodger ft Craig David - Re-Rewind - The Crowd Say Bo Selecta



Date 2nd Jan 2000
3 Weeks
Official Chart Run 2-2-6-5-3-2-3-7-11-17-21-29-34-52-60-62-64-x (17 weeks)
(note the three in red are only for 2000, not 1999)



An array of interesting sound effects in this one. Breaking glass, cars screeching and of course that squelching sound 'Craig David all over your *squelch*'. I assume it covers up an assumed swear word although I don't know.

The video for the song features the extremely serious looking Artful Dodger but Craig David appears to be absent.

Of course this is the song that launched Craig David as a musical force and arguably UK Garage into the mainstream although there were a few UK Garage hit songs like 'Sweet Like Chocolate' by Shanks and Bigfoot before this.

Of course it was the inspiration for the name of the hit comedy show 'Bo Selecta' where comedian Leigh Francis had a spoof Craig David type character. Leigh Francis now goes by the name Keith Lemon in his comedy programmes.

Artful Dodger are from Southampton and got their name from a character in Oliver Twist because they were making so many bootlegs in the early days of their career. Craig David is also from the city, so this is a Saints special. He later had a hit 'When The Bassline Drops' in 2015 which made subtle references to this song in the lyrics.

commentary by Mountain Marquis

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 04:30 PM

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:30 PM

No, I didn't, I deleted the second one.

At least if you post something twice than don't edit the first post because the second willbe deleted.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:32 PM

Thanks Dan, just wanted to check if I can save the deleted message, but now I don't have to

I hope now everything will be fine

Posted by: danG 22nd July 2016, 04:34 PM

I just looked in the Trash Can and quoted the post~

Hopefully it all runs smoothly from here on.

Posted by: danG 22nd July 2016, 04:35 PM

as for the song itself, 'Re-Rewind' is quite a jam, and a very fitting start to the rundown as it would very much influence the UK garage trend of 2000-01. We'll be seeing a few more songs from the genre including from Artful Dodger themselves.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:40 PM

Good idea! I note this

Posted by: Ðøßßø 22nd July 2016, 04:40 PM

Ahem.

As previously mentioned Re-Rewind is still a brilliant track to this day which gets a lot of club coverage thus surviving the ultimate test, the test of time!

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 04:41 PM

I was never a big fan of Re-Rewind but the singles by Artful Dodger afterwards were great. I hope we will see some more number 1s by Artful Dodger

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:15 PM

Thank goodness it is saved.

I found UK Garage a bit sad sounding because of the acoustic guitar/zylophone bits in them.

Out Of Your Mind - True Steppers ft Victoria Beckham and Dane Bowers was such a tune, sadly it doesn't make dance number 1 though.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:28 PM

Because of You - Scanty Sandwich



Date 23rd Jan 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 3-7-16-23-35-47-71-72-x (8 weeks)



This is the first new Dance Chart number 1 of the millennium. Scanty Sandwich's real name is Richard Marshall and he is a London based DJ who goes by a variety of guises. The sound, a mix of disco house (a thumbs up from me for this ) and rock influences is obviously similar to that of Fatboy Slim's most famous records, and it is no surprise that he was signed to Fatboy Slim's record label Southern Fried. I don't know why he is called Scanty Sandwich, although it is undoubtedly a great stage name. I never really knew this record, although I did hear it on a minor radio station recently.

The song was originally called Jacko On Acid before it was changed to Because of You probably to avoid offending any global pop stars enough to attract a lawsuit for defamation. It samples Michael Jackson's interestingly titled Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day, a cover of a 1968 Stevie Wonder song which appeared on Jackson's 1972 album Ben.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 22nd July 2016, 05:35 PM

Fantastic to see this starting already! 90s was stronger for dance, but I will definitely be more familiar with a lot of songs here as it was when I first started following the charts, 2006 onwards in particular.

2000 had two of my favourite dance songs of all time that never made number 1 officially so hope to see them here

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 05:38 PM

SPOILER TAGS PLEASE!


Also, I'm mildly offended that Re-Wind end up in the trashcan.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 22nd July 2016, 05:40 PM

Not especially mad about Scanty Sandwich (lol) definitely recognise it but not one I'd be rushing to add to any classic playlists.

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 05:42 PM

I have a vague memory of Because of You. It certainly does sound like a Fatboy Slim track. It's probably better in an extended mix.

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 05:43 PM

I have no memories of it at all
But I don't really like it, now that I've listened to it.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:47 PM

It is more like the 80s remixes from a few years later than anything else that was popular in 2000. So i suppose you could call it ahead of its time.

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 05:48 PM

Kinda surprised that it didn't feature on Now 45 Disc 2 which was very heavily dance oriented.

It was on New Hits 2000, though.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:55 PM

Adelante - Sash!



Date 6th Feb 2000
1 Week
Official Chart Run 2-4-8-16-28-36-43-51-57-70-x (10 weeks)



The first trance dance chart number 1 of the millennium, it is also the first non - English language dance chart number 1 of the new millennium. The song is in Spanish and Adelante means 'ahead' in English. Sash! are a German DJ duo who had already had several big hits in the late 1990's, probably the most famous of these is their 1998 collaboration with Tina Cousins, Mysterious Times. The video showcases presumably one member of Sash's enviable ability to play two keyboards at once.

Another thing I noticed by listening to the song, which I have never heard before is that the song is trance but has possibly Spanish inspired accordion-esque synths in it and similar woodwind-ish sounds in it in the background to Fly On The Wings of Love.

Dance songs were now coming thick and fast in 2000 after the Christmas break and that is probably why there was only one week at number 1 on the Dance Singles chart for this song.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 05:56 PM

Btw I have to say this is my favourite of the first three. It sounds so epic. Just when you think its over it comes back for more Never heard it before though Also those accordion samples are quite funky. If there was such a thing as funky trance this would be it.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 22nd July 2016, 06:05 PM

Sash were a fantastic group with such a variety of tracks they put out. Shame they still hold the distinction of most #2s without a #1 this particular track of course was their 5th out of 5!

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 06:15 PM

I would argue that Encore Une Fois or Ecuador would be the songs that Sash are remembered for most.

Also, 2000 will see many many dance number ones - much like the official chart.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 06:24 PM

Yes 2000 was full of dance music in the chart, lots of garage, trance and funky house and other types of house songs all became hits in that year.

I am going to put up one more song tonight and then DanG takes over tomorrow.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 06:59 PM

Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body



Date 13th Feb 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 3-6-9-18-23-31-36-45-60-75-x (10 weeks)



The follow up to Blue (Da Ba Dee), this song is similar to the first in that it has the robotic voice. It is of course not as well known as the first one, but the singing is less monotone in it and perhaps owing to having heard the other one too much in a recent advert for an energy company, I prefer this one at the minute

Eiffel 65 are from Milan in Italy and are part of the Italo Dance scene of the late 90s and early 2000s. Italian dance acts have produced some classic dance records such as 'Ride On Time', 'Rhythm of The Night' and 'Satisfaction' the last one may or may not be appearing in this thread

Eiffel 65 at that time consisted of three members, Maurizio Lobina, Jeffrey Jey and Gabry Ponte. Aptly, considering their futuristic form of music, they all met originally in the science-fictiony sounding Bliss Corporation. Ponte left the group in 2005 to start a solo career. The remaining members started a similarly named group Bloom 06 which released two albums. Eiffel 65 reformed in 2010.
The name Eiffel 65 was partly chosen, aptly considering the futuristic nature of their music, by computer, but the 65 bit was an accident that came from part of a phone number.

Robot voice effects are of course also used by French House producers Daft Punk and Les Rhythmes Digitales and perhaps we may see some tunes by these producers in the thread.

The video also shows some blue cartoon people too in a reference to their first song and a real life woman with a blue face, somewhat reminiscent of a certain well known science fiction movie.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 07:04 PM

I really enjoyed that btw. The video was great, those moving keyboards. I do vaguely remember it, although I don't remember it as much as the classic that was Blue though.

Actually Eiffel 65 if you are reading this, please release a new song. We need some stuff like this in the charts NOW. And it is still relevant because it is futuristic and probably always will be. I wonder in 100 years, will all music be like this?

Posted by: *Ben* 22nd July 2016, 07:27 PM

I really liked Adelante, although not as good as his earlier tracks.

Move Your Body is OK, but nowhere near as good as Blue was.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 07:57 PM

You wouldn't get anything as epic and vibrant as Sash's Adelante or anything as fun as Eiffel 65 in the charts today.

So far this seems like a different world of dance music to today's or any in the 2010s, one that in my opinion is more fun and vibrant. I am enjoying doing this and listening to these tunes, some of which i remember and some I don't.

Posted by: Ethan 22nd July 2016, 08:09 PM

'adelante' and 'move your body' are serious bops

Posted by: N-S 22nd July 2016, 09:03 PM

The obscure downtempo 3rd single

Posted by: Iz~ 22nd July 2016, 09:07 PM

Adelante (a BJSC entry at one point not too long ago I believe, but a bit too cheap really) and Move Your Body are both alright dance songs but nowhere near as good as the tracks the acts are mainly known for.

Great to see this starting though, I'll try to follow it, I expect I'll know a lot more than in the 90s.

Posted by: Colm 22nd July 2016, 09:23 PM

Move Your Body might have been ok if they took the vocals out.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 22nd July 2016, 11:32 PM

I like the vocals they are great, so catchy if I was an astronaut I would listen to Eiffel 65 in space it is that sort of spacey music like Magic Fly by Space back in the late 70s.

Eiffel 65 were better than Alice Deejay I think. They were different its a pity they didnt have another hit after this.

I have only heard bits of other Sash songs but I doubt any would beat the power of Adelante for me.

Posted by: BillyH 23rd July 2016, 12:27 AM

This is going to be interesting to see when dance's so-called "decline" really began, at least for me - apologies for those who love the mid or late noughties dancewise but they're not for me I'm afraid! 2000-2003 contain most of the best of the decade, for the mid-noughties it's the indie rock that ruled and the late-noughties is all about the pop, although I have fond memories of the mini-Eurodance comeback around 2008 and looking forward to seeing if a few Clubland acts make it to #1! It's odd when I think about it as I was eleven when the decade started and twenty-one while it ended, so in theory I should enjoy the songs more as the decade goes on as I evolve from a S Club 7-listening primary school kid to a cider-swilling student raver, but it's the stuff that was released before I even went near a club I like the best.

I was following the charts quite heavily by 2005, but often with frustration as dance just seemed completely dead as a chart force, the very occasional breakout/crossover hit that would go top 10 but on the whole very few standouts. But at the time I dismissed all the 80s looped-house stuff as not "proper" dance music, so there was probably a lot more around than I noticed at the time - looking forward to hopefully being pleasantly surprised! By 2009 it was getting harder and harder to differentiate between dance and pop, as the "club banger" sound came in and started to take over the charts - I'm somewhat relieved the decade does end there so we don't get any arguments as to whether the likes of 'We Found Love' or 'Starships' etc are pop songs or dance songs, and god forbid the poor sod who ends up doing 2010-2019 as it's surely an impossible task!

But yeah, without getting too ahead of myself - early 2000 was phenomenal for dance music, the charts in the first few weeks of the year were crammed full of underrated classics and disc 2 of Now 45 is a brilliant listen for the sounds of the time. I've always really liked 'Adelante' especially (#1 in Scotland and a really random huge hit in Australia, who hadn't really taken to Sash before but it peaked at #4 over there) - it's all about the different layers coming in one by one, particularly after that odd stuttering accordion bit in the middle, and struck me as a great update of his usual sound.

Posted by: danG 23rd July 2016, 07:47 AM

Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast



Date 27th Feb 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 2-4-7-12-19-25-32-36-43-60-68-x(4)-64-x (12 weeks)



After a successful debut with the song you saw earlier in this thread, Artful Dodger would go on to have a very successful 2000 releasing three singles all of which made the top 10. 'Movin' Too Fast' was the immediate follow-up and would give them their second and final UK #2 single, which would remain their highest chart peak.

The song was a more subtle approach to garage, with a prominent bassline synth but quite minimalist in production, which worked in its favour after their debut being a more in-your-face anthem. If anything the song feels like it would work well as a house song also, certainly moreso than 'Re-Rewind'.

Featuring the smooth vocals of session singer Romina Johnson, it sold nearly 126,000 copies in its first week of release, and about 320,000 in total. This was not nearly enough to dethrone All Saints whose 'Pure Shores' remained at #1 for a second week. Johnson would make the lower end of the chart only once more after this, having a #59 hit with 'My Forbidden Lover', a cover of the Chic 1979 single.

The song and band's success would be mainly limited to the UK, though 'Movin Too Fast' would also make the top 40 in Ireland and Norway. An album would come at the end of the year which would eventually reach #18. It would be their only one, although apparently they are still active (according to Wikipedia anyway) however with different members to those that produced this song.

This is not the last we see of Artful Dodger in this rundown.

Posted by: *Ben* 23rd July 2016, 08:20 AM

Now this is a lot better than Re-rewind!

Posted by: dandy* 23rd July 2016, 08:22 AM

I liked that Scanty Sandwich track at the time, very much capitalising on the Fatboy Slim sound though as you say in the write up.

I also really enjoyed Movin' Too Fast, pretty sure that's my favourite of all the Artful Dodger tracks. I remember really disliking Adelante at the time but I listened to it again when you posted it and it's really not that bad, probably aged better than most of the other Sash! singles actually.

Posted by: danG 23rd July 2016, 08:51 AM

Chicane (feat. Bryan Adams) - Don't Give Up



Date 12th Mar 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-3-5-7-16-25-37-47-44-52-56-72-65-72-x (14 weeks)



English producer Chicane, real name Nicholas Bracegirdle, was one of the most prolific trance producers of the late 90s and early 00s - first breaking through with 'Offshore' which made the top 20 in '96 as well as '97 following a vocal mix. 'Saltwater' would give him his first top 10 hit in '99, going to #6, which would be followed up by this. Both songs are taken from his second studio album 'Behind the Sun', and the album version of 'Don't Give Up' is 8.5 minutes long. The video edit is linked above at a more digestible 3.5 minutes. Label troubles meant his third album wouldn't be released until 2007, but since then albums have come more regularly, with his sixth album having been released last year.

The song would debut at #1, giving Chicane and the label Xtravaganza its first #1, but not without strong competition from the previous week's chart topper, Madonna's 'American Pie'. Chicane would win by just 1,224 sales, selling 75,470 copies that week. By today's standards it would probably be considered a non-number one, having only sold about 270,000 sales in total. In fact it's probably not even Chicane's signature song.

It would also be the second number one single for Bryan Adams. His vocal on this however is heavily processed so as to not sound like a rock vocal as he usually would, although it is still recognisable. It would be the second time Chicane worked with Bryan Adams, previously remixing his single 'Cloud Number 9' which was used as the single mix, reaching #6 in the UK chart.

Chicane would go on to have two more top 10 hits, 2006's 'Stoned In Love' and 2009's 'Poppiholla' (my personal favourite from him), both of which reached #7. He still releases music to this day (his latest single 'Carry Me Home' was released just last month).

Posted by: Ðøßßø 23rd July 2016, 08:54 AM

Movin' Too Fast is also excellent, very easy on the ears & one of those tracks I think a lot of people recognise but don't know who made it. Their first 2 singles were in a different league to the rest of their output.

Don't Give Up is one of those songs I completely forget about until reminded of, nothing really outstanding about it really & definitely didn't deserve #1 over a lot of songs in 2000.

Posted by: dandy* 23rd July 2016, 08:57 AM

That Chicane album wasn't too bad actually, they had a really strong run of singles from Offshore all the way through to Poppiholla and are definitely one of my favourite chart style dance acts to have emerged.

Posted by: Colm 23rd July 2016, 11:41 AM

Two absolute tunes. I got Don't Give It Up on 12" when I was in Manchester in May. Love it to bits. I like the video a lot too.

Moving Too Fast is great too. My fave Artful Dodger song is Think About Me which featured Michelle Escoffery. MTV Base used use the intro piano riff with their ident.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 23rd July 2016, 12:43 PM

The music in Artful Dodger and Romina Johnson one sounded quite sad to me when I was younger and it still does really, especially that zylophone bit.

Its hard to know the difference between UK Garage and deep house, especially in the 2013 to 2015 period when a lot of dance songs had both (Shift K3y, Disclosure, Gorgon City etc.) and even now the likes of Freak like Me by Lee Walker, DJ Deeon, MNEK and Katy B has elements of both.

The Chicane and Bryan Adams song is an amazing deep house tune, much better than early 2010s deep house for me anyway as it was less about the 'drop' then and more about the song itself so songs were smoother. Later on in the 2000s there were good deep house tracks that did well (although not all of them well enough to make this thread) from Roger Sanchez, Jakatta, DB Boulevard, Moony, Angel City and Lara McAllen (Love Me Right), LMC and Rachel McFarlane, Deepest Blue, Deep Dish (Say Hello and Dreams), LNM Projekt (Everywhere), Solu Music, Fish Go Deep and Deadmau5 (I Remember).

My favourite Chicane song is still Stoned In Love with Tom Jones, although the Bryan Adams one is close for me.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 23rd July 2016, 01:03 PM

I love Don't Give Up & Moving Too Fast

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 23rd July 2016, 01:19 PM

The 80s looped stuff was dance music of course, if you say that it wasn't then Philip George - Wish You Were Mine, Joe Stone - This Is How We Do It and Sigala - Easy Love aren't either as those are also looped remixes. I preferred the 2005 80s remixes to the 2015 organ house looped remixes, they were more fun, nostalgic and retro sounding.

But there were lots of dance tracks that weren't looped 80s remixes that made the top 40 in 2005. Most of them were disco influenced funky house songs. I can see why dance purists may not like them especially after trance (which was producing gradually less chart hits as eurodance started to take over in 2003 and was mostly dead itself as a chart force by the middle of 2004) but I think the retro revival was good and made a change back to retro nostalgic sounding dance music after futuristic trance and before futuristic electro. Also it has good crossover appeal, which we are seeing now with a few disco influenced dance songs in the charts recently like Tears and Cry.

If you didn't like funky house though, there were other dance tracks in 2005 that made the top 40 that were progressive house, deep house, minimal house, trance, eurodance and even drum and bass.

Posted by: N-S 23rd July 2016, 02:34 PM

I adored Chicane back in the day, Offshore and Saltwater are nothing short of masterpieces. Don't Give Up is good but somehow underwhelming in comparison with those two.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 23rd July 2016, 02:37 PM

By the way, the next one is an absolute tune, the production/style of the song reminds me a lot of a certain dance act that has had a quite a few hits this decade, it is especially like their most recent hit It's up to DanG to post it though.

I think the question is whether All Fired Up by The Saturdays makes the 2010s thread - lets hope so that it is one of the best dance tunes in the charts in 2011 and an absolute classic.

Posted by: Colm 23rd July 2016, 08:16 PM

Something tells me that We Found Love would be a dance track where as Starships would not be.

Posted by: danG 23rd July 2016, 08:29 PM

Indeed. 'We Found Love' certainly qualifies as dance as Calvin Harris is on it, whereas 'Starships' is very much too dancepop for the list.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 23rd July 2016, 10:17 PM

Would the Saturdays All Fired Up make it then? It is very dancey almost with trance synths in it and a dance beat?

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 23rd July 2016, 11:10 PM

Not really. There were Pet Shop Boys, Kylie, & Madonna singles that weren't in the '90s ones since they were seen as pop.

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 07:22 AM

Moloko - The Time Is Now



Date 26th Mar 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 2-4-11-16-25-38-36-44-58-75-x (10 weeks)



The next entry on our list comes from singer Roisin Murphy from Ireland and producer Mark Brydon from England, who make up Moloko. They were a real life couple at the time too and the band name is a reference to the drink Moloko Plus, a narcotic-filled milk drink in the novel 'A Clockwork Orange'.

The duo were active from 1994 but did not gain much popularity until their track 'Sing It Back' got remixed by Boris Dlugosch and peaked at #4 in 1999. They would follow the single up with 'The Time Is Now', a hybrid of bass and acoustic guitar, disco strings and funky house. It certainly made more use of 'real' instruments than many others on this list.

It could only make #2 in the real charts, but it wasn't even close. Melanie C debuted at #1 this week selling nearly 145,000 copies - over twice the amount Moloko sold. The song would be the first single taken from their third album 'Things To Make And Do', a UK #3 album. They would release one more album after that in 2003 before Roisin and Mark split up and Roisin would start to focus on a solo career.

Roisin Murphy is still active today with her fourth studio album 'Take Her Up to Monto' having been released earlier this month.

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 07:46 AM

Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers



Date 9th Apr 2000
1 Weeks
Official Chart Run 2-4-8-9-10-17-21-27-39-49-68-72-x(407)-62-x (13 weeks)



The impact of garage lives on in this rundown as we go on to our next entry, which comes from English duo Sweet Female Attitude, real names Leanne Brown and Catherine Cassidy. 'Flowers' began life as a ballad but the version here would be a remix from Sunship, who would go on to remix Mis-Teeq's 'All I Want' for its single release, also a UK #2 hit.

'Flowers' would enter at #2 selling 80,000 copies, with Craig David beating it to #1 with over double that figure. The entire top six were new entries that week in fact, a record at the time. SFA would never see the top 40 again after the success of this - the follow-up '8 Days A Week' could only reach #43. This song however is still well known and recently got a set of new remixes to celebrate its 15th anniversary. It also got sampled in the M.O single 'Dance on My Own'.

They are still together and play at clubs and events, though they haven't released any new music since their debut and only album, 2000's 'In Person'.

Posted by: dandy* 24th July 2016, 08:52 AM

I've been listening to Moloko & Róisín Murphy a lot over the past fortnight and I've been reminded just how great The Time Is Now actually is, it's so distinctive and has aged really very well indeed. At the time I remember being really surprised when it made #2 as, the Sing It Back remix aside, Moloko were always a bit of a niche act up until that point. I'd also not really expected it to feature on this list as I'd never even vaguely thought of it as dance but I guess they were a band you could arguably file under 'electronic'.

Posted by: Iz~ 24th July 2016, 09:42 AM

The Time Is Now and Flowers are two hits (and I guess this is semi-common in 2000) whose success seems really isolated, two good tracks and some cool electronic/garage sounds but I think they're improved for me by appearing so underdog and yet still grabbing #2s, something I miss in the charts now.

Posted by: Colm 24th July 2016, 11:20 AM

I think The Time Is Now is dance for several reasons. The band themselves described it as a dance track made with acoustic instruments. Also, Mixmag listed it as one of its Top 100 dance songs of all time in 2001.

It is one of my all time most played songs and was my song of 2000 but the overplaying has really taken its shine off. I now get more of a kick from the similar Familiar Feeling from 2003. I'm so glad it was included here as I had already included in my provisional list of 2000 before I handed the reins over to the guys doing this thread.

Posted by: dandy* 24th July 2016, 11:47 AM

I love Familiar Feeling also, in fact they're back to back on my Róisín comp...

01 Mastermind
02 Familiar Feeling
03 The Time Is Now
04 Let Me Know
05 Fun For Me
06 Indigo
07 Night Of The Dancing Flame
08 Sing It Back (original)
09 Boadecia
10 Momma's Place
11 You Know Me Better
12 Bankrupt Emotionally
13 Sow Into You
14 Checkin' On Me
15 Pure Pleasure Seeker
16 Primitive
17 Ten Miles High
18 Overpowered
19 Forever More
20 Yellow Moon
21 Never Enough
22 Exploitation
23 Ramalama (Bang Bang)
24 Unputdownable
25 Over & Over
26 Sing It Back (Boris Dlugosch Mix)

I really had forgotten just how varied and essential she is, it's made me realise she's one of my favourite vocalists ever.

She's one of those acts who appears on all sorts of other tracks as the featured artist too so I suspect I'm missing some greats.

From a dance thread perspective, I always think Momma's Place was a hit that just never seemed to happen, the PSB style dance synths work so well.

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 12:16 PM

I haven't really heard her solo stuff (or indeed any Moloko song besides the two big hits) though I do like this:



Anyway those two songs are today's batch. The next four songs in this rundown will be posted by Ethan.

Posted by: liamk97 24th July 2016, 12:16 PM

First time posting in one of these threads; will probably just dip in and out but I'll try comment when I can!

I agree that 'Re-Rewind' is a very fitting song to kick of the Noughties dance thread; I can't say I'm particularly wowed by garage/Craig David but this is alright. I quite like the hook.

'Move Your Body' definitely lacks what made 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' so special but the hook and instrumental that follows is catchy enough.

'Movin' Too Fast' feels like a dance classic now and I agree it is a more subtle approach to garage music which is probably why I like it and is perhaps key to its longevity in relevance as it caters to various radio stations. Sounds lovely in the gorgeous weather.

The first song I properly love on this countdown is 'Don't Give Up'. I suppose the crediting would have got the same reaction as Sigma ft. Take That etc. does today, but it really works and I actually like the vocal manipulation on Bryan Adams' voice, even if it does mean he's barely recognisable. I also remember really liking Chicane's interpretation of 'Hoppípolla' too.

Similarly to 'Movin' Too Fast', 'Flowers' feels like a dance classic too and is one I still hear on radio today. Not one I'd listen to through choice but that chorus really works its way into your head.

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 12:27 PM

speaking of 'Flowers', I had radio 1 on this morning and on one of his features Dev was talking about how bad he thought it was

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 24th July 2016, 01:32 PM

The Time Is Now is so much like Clean Bandit today. Similar sort of music, orchestral influence.

I actually thought it was by Texas at the time for some reason

There was so much orchestral influence in dance music the 2000s with both funky house using strings/string samples (like Moloko) and trance which is orchestral based. Now only Sigma and Clean Bandit have that influence in dance music.

Also disco strings like in the Moloko track were a big thing in 2000s dance music compared to the 2010s, particularly around the middle of the decade but there were some in the early period too.

Never really liked the Sweet Female Attitude song at the time, to me like most UK Garage very sad sounding probably because like most UK garage it is 'deep'. I like it a bit more now though.

Its annoying because lots of dance tracks sound like it this decade especially with the R&B vocals and the chopped up vocals at the end of the chorus.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 24th July 2016, 03:55 PM

I can't listen to The Time Is Now without the Sky Sports segments popping into my head Sing It Back was FAR superior as a track though.

FLOWERS genuinely the best garage song of all time

Posted by: Colm 24th July 2016, 04:24 PM

I find that very hard to agree with. Time is Now has such an original approach to constructing a dance song.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 24th July 2016, 04:29 PM

Well I do agree with that but for me it just sort of plods along whereas Sing It Back had such a great hook, just my personal taste I guess.

Wouldn't be against more of that type of music around now however.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 24th July 2016, 04:59 PM

Yes funky house's place in the market has been sadly mostly taken by the duller (imo) tropical house this decade.

Posted by: Colm 24th July 2016, 05:06 PM

I'm still trying to get a hold on what exactly defines tropical house.

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 05:12 PM

Basically songs in the style of Felix Jaehn, Kygo, Lost Frequencies, Sigala etc.

There's an article on it on Wikipedia I believe.

Posted by: Colm 24th July 2016, 05:18 PM

Thanks. Just reading it. Learning about the common characteristics. Very minimal. You can clearly hear the XX aesthetic in all this stuff. Like chill-wave it sounds interesting at first but then every song starts to use the same tricks.

Posted by: *Ben* 24th July 2016, 06:33 PM

Isn't tropical house mainly deep house with some chill-out tropical vibes? that's what I thought actually so far

Posted by: Ðøßßø 24th July 2016, 06:35 PM

It's just deep house with steel drums & panpipes right?

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 24th July 2016, 06:41 PM

Tropical house is very cool and minimal sounding like deep house but it has tropical instruments in it like pan pipes, saxophone, steel drums, saxophone, trumpets or accordion.

The first big tropical house hit was Dario G - Sunchyme. Then a particular producer who had hits that make it on to the thread in 2005 and 2006 may have been tropical house too. But the first one that sounded like today's tropical house was Stereo Love in 2010.

I preferred 2000s funky house as it was less minimal, had more to it, those epic disco strings like in that Moloko track and also it had a retro feel too due to the disco influence in it. Also it tended to have disco style vocals as you will see later on in the thread towards the middle of the decade.

Whereas tropical house tends to have extremely chilled sounding vocals. I find funky house to be warmer sounding like disco, whereas deep and tropical house sounds cool and distant.

I compare the two because funky house was the main lighter, crossover form of dance music in the 2000s whereas tropical house is now in the 2010's. The harder forms of dance music in the 2000s were trance and electro whereas now in 2010s it is minimal and tech house.

Not all of Sigala's tracks are tropical house, Give Me Your Love is funky house whereas Say You Do is actually similar to 2000s cheesy 'Clubland' eurodance c.2003-early 2004 for me especially with the vocals. Also similar to clubland is Galantis - No Money it has those immature vocals that many 'Clubland' eurodance songs had.

Posted by: BillyH 24th July 2016, 09:44 PM

The general pattern for many dance trends tends to follow roughly this:

* Emerges underground, perhaps not quite fully formed yet but with some of the characteristics already there - will later form the basis for arguments on dance music forums about which songs "came first".

* Evolves quickly into a huge scene - one or two tracks stand out as huge club favourites and anthems of the time. Record labels perk up their ears.

* Said one or two anthems are cut down to three minutes, released as singles and become massive chart hits, at least one of them going top 5 or even #1. The "mainstream" takes notice.

* Another dozen or so tracks that sound fairly similar jump on the bandwagon and fill the top 40, many of them with ill-fitting raps or vocal tracks - some from people you'll later see announced as the BBC Sound of (YEAR) in January - awkwardly thrown over the top to sound more commercial. A "The Sound of (GENRE)" compilation is immediately released with as many songs crammed on as possible, along with a ton of underwhelming remixes to fill up the album.

* Various dodgy cover versions of 80s songs remixed to sound vaguely like the genre in question get rush-released, gain little to no critical acclaim but do stonkingly well in the charts, probably outpeaking the tracks they inspired. "Not as good as the original" arguments rage until the end of time.

* Pop acts jump on board and quickly stick smatterings of the elements of the genre onto their newest singles, watering down the original sound even further but getting the needed top ten hits they require.

* The inevitable "novelty" hit or two, sampling a kids TV show/viral youtube video/bloke in the street etc gets released, barely sounding like the genre at all anymore and by this time it's all retreated back underground or died a sad death, UNTIL...

(twenty years later)

* A new dance track uses elements of the original genre, sounding hugely inferior to the tracks it's been inspired by, is labelled a "revival" and the whole thing begins all over again.

Rave, Eurodance, UK garage, dubstep, every time...

Posted by: danG 24th July 2016, 09:58 PM

that does seem to often be the case. The first sign that a dance genre has peaked is when pop stars all jump on the craze (see Britney Spears and Taylor Swift putting "dubstep" on one of their songs followed by the genre quickly falling out of favour). Today it's Justin Bieber and tropical house, just wait a year or so and there'll be a new dance sub-genre taking over. must be hard for dance producers who specialise in one sub-genre, unless your name is David Guetta or especially Calvin Harris and you're eternally relevant.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 24th July 2016, 11:08 PM

I think trance died out because there was a shift to more retro stuff. One track in particular in mid 2004, Lola's Theme by The Shapeshifters I think was responsible for this. By the middle of 2006 I think there was a shift to futuristic stuff again. Again one track was responsible for this - Bodyrox and Luciana - Yeah Yeah.

It was a battle in the 2000s between the futuristic dance music (trance and later electro) and the retro sounding stuff (funky house). For a period in early 2001 funky house started to take off and then by mid 2001 it had died away for a while as trance took off again.

It only takes one iconic track to completely change things I think.

Also I agree about things sounding similar too even outside tropical house now there seems to be a formula for a deep house dance song now whether it is How Deep Is Your Love, Freak Like Me or Piece Of Me, a soulful R&B vocals buildup with ever more passionate vocals as it reaches the drop and then the drop and the inevitable chopped up vocals.

For future bass it is also formulaic, chilled out vocals of Took A Pill in Ibiza, Sex, Dont Let Me Down and then the similar trap sounds for the drop often including high pitched vocals.

I think there was more variety between trance songs, funky house songs and garage songs in the 2000s than there is between songs this decade. Even for deep house this decade, Kieszas Hideaway, Karen Hardings Say Something, David Zowies House Every Weekend and DJ SKTs Take Me Away all had similar music, ie a similar electronic bassline and percussion.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 02:45 PM

Where is the new entry ? If this thread is completed it will be a miracle.

Posted by: Colm 25th July 2016, 02:50 PM

Relax.

Posted by: Colm 25th July 2016, 02:52 PM

Brilliant summary.

Posted by: Bjork 25th July 2016, 02:59 PM

my favourite from the ones we got so far is Chicane's Don't Give Up. Chicane really got some fantastic singles, especially the early ones like Offshore... he kinda lost me when he did the one making a dance cover of Sigur Ros :/

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 02:59 PM

Haha. This thread is starting to fragment

Posted by: dandy* 25th July 2016, 04:46 PM

Not really... There were gaps of days when Dr B & the Antoinettes did their 90s one. These things don't have to be rushed.

Posted by: danG 25th July 2016, 04:58 PM

He's joking guys. If you look at his posts closely, it may give you a hint of what the next song on the rundown is going to be

Posted by: Colm 25th July 2016, 04:59 PM

Posted by: Colm 25th July 2016, 05:00 PM

Fragment

Miracle

Posted by: *Ben* 25th July 2016, 05:22 PM

That hurts ...

Posted by: N-S 25th July 2016, 08:11 PM

I will never forget that chart week where the top 6 was new entries (Fill Me In, Flowers, Song For The Lovers, The Bad Touch, Deeper Shade Of Blue, Blow Ya Mind) plus Rank 1's Airwave new at #10.

Posted by: danG 25th July 2016, 08:20 PM

7 new entries in the top 10 is insane, even for the time it was quite a lot.

Of course, it would never happen today thanks to OA/OS and streaming.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 25th July 2016, 08:43 PM

I think the last time we had 7 new entries in the top 10 was that week in 2013 where Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Conor Maynard, Saturdays, John Newman & a couple others maybe entered? Not sure though.

I'd say it's still possible in the future but only if a huge artist dropped an album which got insane streaming numbers. Don't forget Bieber managed 9 entries total & 6 new top 40, most on streams alone so 5 year down the line those streams will only be bigger so it's definitely achievable.

Posted by: danG 25th July 2016, 08:46 PM

Not quite seven, we had six:

01 [NE] Miley - Wrecking Ball
02 [NE] Eminem - Berzerk
03 [01] OneRepublic - Counting Stars
04 [NE] Conor Maynard - R U Crazy
05 [NE] The Saturdays - Disco Love
06 [NE] James Blunt - Bonfire Heart
07 [04] Katy Perry - Roar
08 [03] Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty
09 [NE] John Newman - Cheating
10 [02] The Vamps - Can We Dance

Posted by: Ðøßßø 25th July 2016, 08:52 PM

Ah ok not quite then! Forgot poor old James Blunt.

There was also that week in late 2014 with 5 (Band Aid 30, Clean Bandit, Olly Murs, David Guetta & Wretch 32) with Rixton just outside too but would have got there on sales only.

Looking through charts in the early noughties it was insane how fast the turnover was. I think I'd get annoyed at it tbh it's too much the other way, I'd be invested in a track then as soon as I hear it a few times on the Chart Show it's gone!

Posted by: danG 25th July 2016, 09:10 PM

yep it does seem silly for a #1 single to only spend 5-8 weeks in the top 40. Some of my favourite #1s of the early 10s got barely any time on the chart show - poor 'Promises', 'Stay Awake' and 'Loca People'

the charts as they are now are still at 2008 levels of slowness but hopefully it'll improve soon and we get a reasonable turnover but with the huge hits still having chart runs long enough to justify their hugeness

Posted by: liamk97 25th July 2016, 09:11 PM

I imagine only Miley and Eminem would have stood a chance of entering the Top 10 out of those new entries had streaming been as big as it is now and OA/OS releases were the norm.


I've always been a fan of longer chart runs (not too long though, going by my personal chart, I like big hits to have had little more than 20 weeks Top 40) so I too would be annoyed by the turnover if I was old enough to follow the charts back then. That said, and this may partly be down to being to young to comprehend time, I remember hearing songs a lot on the TV and radio for much lengthier times than their chart runs would suggest, so it probably wouldn't have been a problem in that sense.

Posted by: danG 25th July 2016, 09:20 PM

I wouldn't have minded that actually, the other new entries that week weren't really good enough to be top 10 hits.

I'd predict the top 10 that week to have been

01 OneRepublic - Counting Stars
02 Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball [this was huge, but wouldn't have been #1, though it would've spent more than the 4 weeks top 10 it got officially]
03 Katy Perry - Roar
04 Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty
05 Drake - Hold On, We're Going Home
06 Avicii - Wake Me Up
07 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love
08 Avicii - You Make Me
09 Ellie Goulding - Burn
10 Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness

Berzerk would've peaked weeks ago when the song premiered.

Posted by: Ethan 25th July 2016, 09:46 PM

Fragma - Toca’s Miracle (feat. Coco Star)



Date 16th Apr 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-1-2-4-10-11-17-24-33-36-36-39-51-66-72-78-58-52-81-x (20 weeks)



Fragma, alternatively known as The Fragma Project, are a German trance collective consisting of Ramon Zenker and brothers Dirk and Marco Duderstadt. The trio first came to prominence with the mostly instrumental trance hit ‘Toca Me’ which reached #11 in September 1999, having reached #81 a month earlier on import sales, after impacting dance floors across Europe over the summer.

That would’ve been the end of the story, but miraculously in early 2000 a pirated bootleg - by a British producer DJ Vinto - mashing the instrumental track ‘Toca Me’ with the vocals from Coco Star’s 1996 version of ‘I Need A Miracle’ blew up.

CoCo Star, born Sue Brice in Hertfordshire, first came to the attention of Jody Wisternoff of Massive Attack in the early 90’s Bristol club scene. She released a string of underground tracks in the mid 90’s culminating in ‘I Need A Miracle’ in 1996,which secured her a major label re-release, with a live launch at Pacha in the summer of 1997, reaching a creditable #39 in a fiercely competitive fourth quarter that November.

Faced with huge demand from radio and the public Fragma’s record company put them to work on producing a legit version. Storming to #1 in April 200 on sales of just under 188k, a then first week record for Positiva, ‘Toca’s Miracle’ spent 2 weeks at the summit and shifted over 500k copies, a veritable success by 2000 standards.

Posted by: liamk97 25th July 2016, 09:49 PM

That's one of the things I've liked about streaming: songs have to 'earn' a position in the Top 5, 10, 20 etc. instead of relying on weeks of pre-sales to get them there. There are problems with that, especially as streaming has become bigger, but I do like that about it.

Posted by: liamk97 25th July 2016, 10:01 PM

'Toca's Miracle' makes me feel so nostalgic even though I don't recall having an opinion on it when I was little. It's such a classic, possibly the biggest dance track of the year 2000. It has the ability to make you want to rave and sing along in a club but I've found there's also a lot of emotion involved and it has a melancholy feel to it. Now could you imagine a dance track of today ever having that power?

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 25th July 2016, 10:16 PM

Love Toca's Miracle.

It's a shame that CoCo never made any money from it though.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 10:17 PM

Tocas Miracle - Its really good - Didnt appreciate it enough at the time as I was only 8 and didnt listen to the radio much. Trance with a disco style female vocal. Dance vocalists were much better in the 1990s and 2000s than today and there was more disco influence in thevoxal whereas now it is more modern R&B sadly.

DanG surely the chart is much much slower today than it was in 2008?

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 25th July 2016, 10:20 PM

Omg I remember that 2014 week! The Veronicas entered as well so that was six! And nearly 7 as Swift was new in 11th!

EDIT: Ignore I'm talking crap My memory fails me!

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 10:47 PM

Why were the charts so slow in 2008?

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 25th July 2016, 11:01 PM

I remember hearing Little Love by Lil Love loads in 2005 and it only managed a week in the lower end of the top 40. Also I heard High Again by Thomas Falke loads and that didnt even reach the top 40.

I hate slow charts like this year and 2008, it is bad for new music. There will only be a handful of dance tracks to choose from this year to be your favourite one that has been in the charts compared to loads in each year from 2000 to 2007 and loads in each year from 2010 to 2015. Same goes for other genres. My goodness just looking at OCC in 2008,radio playlists must have been even slower to change than today as that wasnt even streaming.

Posted by: Iz~ 26th July 2016, 12:24 AM

I've always been a fast run is better kind of person, it takes a very special song to stick with me for more than 8 weeks so a #1 with that run in the top 40 would be no problem. And, as I can attest from whenever I've looked up old charts, it's amazing to see top 10 songs from 2000-2003 (or so) that I had no idea existed, shows so much was being given a chance. I don't imagine there'll be much of that in 2016. Of course the best is when it quickly climbs then peaks then falls away and streaming could move to that but we aren't at that level of turnover at all.

Toca's Miracle is a good example of why 2000 was lovely, clearly a big hit but doesn't outstay its welcome either - imagine its run in 2016, probably wouldn't have left the top 10 until the start of July. The song itself is a nice enough mashup (although it's probably relegated its component parts to history).

Posted by: Euphorique 26th July 2016, 01:39 AM

Don't Give Up and Toca's Miracle, ah the days trance reached #1.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 26th July 2016, 05:59 AM

DJ Vimto! *.*

Amazingly Coco Star's twitter handle is @No1tocasmiracle

Hanging on to the past much!

Oh and here is the original from Coco which was recorded in 1994!

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 26th July 2016, 08:26 AM

I thought Dont Give Up was deep house?

Posted by: *Ben* 26th July 2016, 09:05 AM

No, it's trance.

Although a bit watered down trance imo.

Posted by: Bjork 26th July 2016, 10:11 AM

Toca's Miracle, great song and crazy sales!!

Posted by: N-S 26th July 2016, 10:13 AM

I always loved the Toca's Miracle video with the female futsal game. From the goalie wearing heels and liming nails during the game to Coco shaking her boobs while lipsynching. And of course Coco had to be the top scorer of the game.

Posted by: Mountain Marquis 26th July 2016, 02:08 PM

N-S this thread might interest you http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=191864&st=40&start=40

Posted by: Ðøßßø 26th July 2016, 06:14 PM

Toca's Miracle is one of the all time greats of dance

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 06:43 PM

There is one more all time great in the 2000 year of the thread and it is also trance too.

Posted by: dandy* 26th July 2016, 06:50 PM

Oh haha! I totally took it seriously!

Anyway, liked the Fragma track but at the time was all cool so preferred the lesser heard original instrumental and spent lots of time telling people that I liked it back when the original was released - How tragic! :/

Posted by: Ethan 26th July 2016, 08:19 PM

Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)



Date 30th Apr 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-2-5-8-13-22-38-48-52-65-66-82-x-91-83-94-x (15 weeks)



London garage duo Oxide & Neutrino, DJ Alex Rivers and MC Mark Osei-Tutu, exploded onto the scene in spring 2000 with this BBC medical drama Casualty theme sampling jam ‘Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)’. The song had shifted over 20,000 copies in 1999 on white label before being picked up East West.

“Ah, I've been shot!”
“I don't f**king believe this, could everyone stop getting shot?”

There was some minor controversy over the use of spoken samples, courtesy of Tony McMahon and Frank Harper, from the film ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”.

‘Bound 4 Da Reload’ narrowly edged out Fragma by around 1.5k to snatch a week at the top with ~71k. Incidentally the week ending 06/05/2000 was a particularly fruitful one for garage as True Steppers ‘Buggin’ (7), Sweet Female Attitude ‘Flowers’ (8) & MJ Cole ‘Crazy Love’ (10) joined Oxide & Neutrino in the top10.

This wasn’t to be the only time Oxide & Neutrino tasted #1 success as they also belonged to a larger London garage/grime collective...

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 08:30 PM

I think there may be more than 1.

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 08:33 PM

Bound 4 Da Reload was ok. 21 Seconds was better.

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 08:42 PM

Bound 4 Da Reload - Dont remember it at all but it was actually one of the more different garage tunes because of that Casualty theme tunes and it was uplifting and I prefer it to the deeper garage such as Flowers and Moving Too Fast

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 08:53 PM

I suppose the modern example was David Guetta and NeYo's Work Hard, I think we all preferred the original of that one.

This year I preferred the original by Jade of Be Right There by Dlplo and Sleepy Tom (not that I knew it before the Diplo and Sleepy Tom one came out) it was completely ruined by that generic 'future house' drop after the chorus.

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 08:54 PM

When you say deeper garage what do you mean?

Posted by: danG 26th July 2016, 08:55 PM

I've never really 'got' Bound 4 Da Reload, the other big garage hits around the time were better.

Toca's Miracle is incredible, really good trance that's very much helped by its vocal. Also it would end up as the #2 in the year-end 2000 dance chart. Keep #1 guesses in spoiler tags.

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 08:58 PM

But not the number 2

Posted by: danG 26th July 2016, 09:00 PM

I'm just trying to drum up excitement for the end of year chart

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 09:03 PM

*on the edge of my seat*

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 09:24 PM

Well there was the more soulful deep garage like Moving Too Fast and Flowers and the more uptempo stuff like Re-Rewind thats what I mean.

Posted by: Ethan 26th July 2016, 09:27 PM

Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby



Date 14th May 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-2-5-10-17-20-23-32-41-56-60-70 (12 weeks)



Australian dance duo Madison Avenue was comprised of producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer Cheyne Coates from Melbourne. They enjoyed massive success down under in the fall of 1999 with ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ reaching #2 in Australia and #1 in New Zealand, however it received a more muted response in the UK reaching #30 during November 1999.

‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ features a bassline sample from Pino D'Angio’s 1980 Italo disco track 'Ma-quale-idea', which itself was based on the 1979 McFadden & Whitehead #5 disco hit 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now'.

Reissued on Virgin, with a major promotional drive, ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ raced to #1 on sales of 93k in May 2000. It was the first UK #1 recorded in the country by an Antipodean act for 17 years (since Men At Work in 1983) as Kylie, Jason, and Peter Andre’s hits were all cooked up in the UK.

Sadly this is the only appearance in this rundown for Madison Avenue, but happily they weren’t a one hit wonder as ‘Who The Hell Are You?’ reached #10 in October 2000. ‘Everything You Need’ was their third and final UK hit reaching #33 in January 2001. They soon split up with Van Dorsselaer going to form a new group Vandalism, who’ve enjoyed minor chart success in Austrialia.

Posted by: danG 26th July 2016, 09:29 PM

Don't Call Me Baby is quite a choon, great example of funky house too

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 09:33 PM

I'm not getting the "deep" part.

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 09:34 PM

Not a big fan of this Madison Avenue track the bassline is good (one of the best and just shows you dont need an electronic bassline for a dance song) but I dont like the generic early 2000s jazz funky house vocal (like Just Wont Do) in 2003 Funky house was at its best with a disco vocal and string samples I think and thats why I liked the Moloko track. Best time for funky house was between 2004 and 2006 imo although there is a fantastic funky house track in 2001 by a group named after a shop apparently which is a classic.

Posted by: Colm 26th July 2016, 09:35 PM

Don't Call Me Baby is awful. I dont like the tone of the singer's voice and I dont like the melody of the song.

Posted by: TheSnake 26th July 2016, 09:50 PM

The melody is good. The vocal ruins it though. The kind of vocal that unfairly gave funky house a bad name. I dont think its the singers fault as it is heavily autotuned (I think) Could have been a good track with a retro disco style vocal.

We will see some great nu disco dance tracks later including some from production duos named after things that are mentioned a lot in conspiracy theories.

Posted by: liamk97 26th July 2016, 11:09 PM

I like 'Bound 4 Da Reload' for its novelty value but that's about it!

ADORE 'Don't Call Me Baby' though. Childhood defining and I remember having a crush on Cheyne in the video. Not sure what the hate on the vocals are; dance tracks are rarely a source of fantastic singing.

I'm not sure, but I'm sure it'll be totally bonafide.

Posted by: *Ben* 27th July 2016, 05:14 AM

Bound 4 Da Reload awful...

Don't Call Me Baby on the other hand brilliant song

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 02:02 PM

There were much better funky house songs around than this in the early 2000s imo as we will see in 2001 with a classic, a title which refers to something you might get in McDonalds

Bound 4 The Reload is a great remix of the casualty theme tune and puts a bit of fun into usually serious UK garage so i don't understand the hate for this one. Would have been better without the rap though and just music and the controversial quote.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 02:15 PM

I disagree, I think the singing is very important in dance tracks, and that's probably why I like the middle of the 00s decade, those songs with retro sounding female disco vocalists. There were some great trance vocalists too in 2001 and 2002. For a dance song with great vocals, see the next one one the list.

Dance vocals were better in the 2000s than they are this decade in general I think.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 03:33 PM

There was no really trance in the charts by 2002. IIO brought in an era where the music took second place to a female vocal and in 2002 many of the so called trance songs were really bland dance pop with a weedy lead vocal from a woman.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 05:09 PM

Yes there were so many big female vocals on dance songs from 2002 to 2006 but I liked that. They were disco vocals so it provided a retro feel. Worse for me was the second half of 2006 and 2007 when horrific annoying vocals from the likes of Luciana and Princess Superstar started on the electro songs, the worst year of dance ever for me apart from 2016 was 2007.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 27th July 2016, 05:54 PM

Trance was still around in parts, with 2003's Loneliness & 2004's Now We Are Free but it was definitely fading out i.e. becoming less popular.

LOVE Bound 4 Da Reload, not too often you got a novelty garage track but I still love it to this day. Don't Call Me Baby is also very good but not something I've ever been rushing back to play, pales a bit compared to a lot of the other tracks around.

Posted by: Jade 27th July 2016, 06:01 PM

Going to try and remember to comment before I get about 30 pages behind!

My highlights so far are 'Movin' Too Fast' and 'Toca's Miracle' The former is the first single I ever bought for my record player, a very shabby copy from the charity shop The latter is the song that reminds me of my childhood the most so that holds a special place. Although apparently I used to drive my parents crazy singing it, oops

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 07:09 PM

And 2005's Need To Feel Loved too.

Yes by 2004, house was growing in popularity first deep and progressive (Angel City's first track and Deepest Blue responsible for this) and then increasingly disco based by the middle of 2004 largely because of one big track that summer that will feature on this thread.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 07:13 PM

I never liked dance music back then much I don't think. I liked the Moloko one but i thought it was by Texas and I thought it was the follow up to Summer Son. I suppose Roisin Murphy sounds a bit like Sharlene Spiteri. Apart from the next track, I remember my mum liked the next one and I did too it is so memorable

Posted by: dandy* 27th July 2016, 07:20 PM

Fun fact. I always hum the Madison Avenue track when you respond to me never using your new username!

Don't Call Me Tony, you got some nerve and baby that'll never do.

Posted by: N-S 27th July 2016, 08:14 PM

Let's enjoy the original, shall we?

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 08:22 PM

You love it when I call you baby

Posted by: Ethan 27th July 2016, 08:30 PM

Sonique - It Feels So Good



Date 28th May 2000
3 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-1-1-2-4-10-17-17-22-26-27-32-32-36-41-62-75-x(11)-94-90-98- (20 weeks)



It proved to be a long haul to a number one single for Sonia Marina Clarke, or as we know her by her stage name Sonique, starting out at the age of 19 her first taste of chart action was the cheesy disco record ‘Let Me Hold You’ which reached #99 in September 1985.

By 1990 Sonique had joined late 80’s dance outfit S’Express for their second album ‘Intercourse’, which was the follow up to ‘Original Soundtrack’ including their 1988 #1 ‘The Theme From S’Express’. The biggest S’Express hit to feature Sonique’s vocals was ‘Nothing To Lose’ which hit #32 in September 1990. Alas the album failed to make the top100, and the group disbanded at the conclusion of the promotional campaign, however band mate Mark Moore gave Sonique a pair of decks as a parting gift.

Fast forward to the late 90’s and Sonique had established herself as a top DJ, becoming the DJ-in-residence at the legendary Club Manumission Nights in Ibiza in 1997. She gained some notable success mixing dance album compilations which opened the door to recording her own album ‘Hear My Cry’ in 1998. ‘I Put A Spell On You’ was the first single, a cover of the old blues standard made famous by Nina Simone, which reached #36 in June 1998. Next followed ‘It Feels So Good’ which reached a creditable #24 in December 1998, selling 30k in total by the end of the millennium.

‘It Feels So Good’ a lush house track, featuring elements of trance, eventually gained massive support in Florida, from the Miami Winter Music Conference, in early 2000 propelling the track to #8 in the Hot 100. Universal consequently won the race to re-release the track and in May 2000 ‘It Feels So Good’ stormed to the top of the charts on sales of 195k, it went on to become the 3rd biggest seller of 2000 shifting over 700k copies to date, 'IFSG' was also only one of two tracks that year to spend 3 weeks at the summit (the other was Bob The Builder).

Dance was so dominant in 2000, that despite scoring another huge hit with ‘Sky’ #2 in September 2000, she doesn’t feature in this countdown again. A re-release of ‘I Put A Spell On You’ (#8 December 2000) concluded a hat-trick of top ten hits for Sonique in 2000. She returned in 2003 with ‘Can’t Make Up My Mind’ which reached #17 that May, and the brilliant ‘Alive’ which somehow flopped at #70 and was her last piece of chart action. A breast cancer survivor Sonique continued to produce music into the 2010’s.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 27th July 2016, 08:51 PM

Another song right up there with the best of the decade

In fact all 3 of her top 10's are indeed 10/10 songs, such a shame Sky won't feature here I wonder what kept it off?

Posted by: Jade 27th July 2016, 08:55 PM

'It Feels So Good' is incredible Never got into her other hits but that one really is up there with the best of 00s dance.

Posted by: danG 27th July 2016, 08:58 PM

I've just had a look at what did keep it off, and I won't spoil it here but it's a very good dance choon that very much deserved #1 over Sonique

I really like 'It Feels So Good' anyway, amazing chart run for 2000 standards too!!!

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 09:06 PM

Great song. So, Sky becomes one of those dance songs that was kept at number 2 by another dance song. It doesn't happen very often. - I think 7 times in the 90s.

Posted by: OutstandingMixer 27th July 2016, 09:40 PM

Without looking, I think it was 'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' that kept 'Sky' off the top spot.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 09:50 PM

I thought you wouldnt like this since you said you dont like dance songs that are about the vocal a lot and this is definitely about the vocal.


Yes when I was younger I did like this it wasnt too hard dance (which I reaoly disliked at the time).It is such an iconic memorable song. My mum liked it too so it has that crossover appeal which may expain its long chart run for the time.

Posted by: BillyH 27th July 2016, 09:51 PM

True for most of the higher-charting stuff, but there's still some brilliant tracks in 2002 to the point where I rate the year higher for dance than '01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECmvm0uqzFg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wARpW29RaKY and (admittedly with a female vocal track) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n71fZYZwUs are all spellbinding for me, sadly I don't think we'll be seeing any of them in this thread.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 09:52 PM

That song you mentioned in the spoiler is dreadful imo, really dislike it.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 27th July 2016, 10:04 PM

Having failed to resist the urge to check I have to say Sky is far superior. Not that the song in question is bad but I definitely feel it's quite overrated & not one I generally return to.

Posted by: danG 27th July 2016, 10:04 PM

'Take Me Away (Into The Night)' is absolutely brilliant, I'm surprised it missed the top 10 actually as it was one of the best trance songs from its era.

Here's another good underrated trance song from 2002, it only made #47.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OsI79uyUAQ

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:05 PM

They are good. Take Me Away, in particular.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 10:07 PM

Why all the hate for female vocals? 2002 to 2006 was all about the big female vocals in dance whether it was trance around 2002 to 2003 or house from 2004 to 2006 and it worked well I think. I know Kelly Llorenna, Rachel McFarlane, Tara McDonald etc. may not be to everyones taste but I think they did well on the songs. Better them than Luciana or Princess Superstar in late 2006 to 2007 which is when things got really bad in dance music imo.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:16 PM

If the songs in the spoilers is correct then I love it. I prefer it to it's main rival which hit number 1 a few weeks earlier.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:20 PM

Because of shite like this



The ultimate in featureless, bland, weedy vocal where one is far more likely to end up asleep than "entranced".

See also True Love Never Dies, Dee Dee's Forever.

I blame Silence and Rapture for influencing all this bilge.

But that is often the way with dance music genres. Sooner or later they put a woman singing on it and a huge hit ensues.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 10:26 PM

DJ Sammys best song is Why because he uses the original vocal for that. It is still is not great by 2005 standards though imo.

So you don't mind the big female vocals like from Kelly Llorenna (I know she went too dance pop in 2003 though ) etc.

EDIT I see what you said about True Love Never Dies, I disagree I think that was a great tune and while the vocal on Heaven is terrible imo, the one on TLND cannot be described as weedy.

So I am assuming you didnt like the female disco vocal led house of 2004 to 2006 either then?

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:29 PM

I do. I generally like my dance music instrumental or with well chosen samples. 2002 just reminds me of those CluBLAND cds when dance music just lost all its edge,

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:31 PM

Jesus...I had never heard Why. That is criminal. The pace of the vocals is all over the place.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:39 PM

It's not weedy. It's just not very appealing to me. I cannot even remember dance music from the mid 00s because after 2001 it became fairly uninteresting to me.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 10:40 PM

It is better than Heaven though.

So you didnt like the female vocals in house in the 2000s either like in the Shapeshifters songs etc.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 10:43 PM

U
I am guessing you liked the dance music of 2013 to 2015 ?

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:44 PM

I could certainly manage without it. I'm not really a soulful vocal fan in dance music.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:46 PM

Not particularly. The last mainstream dance song I liked was Avicii's Levels.

Posted by: TheSnake 27th July 2016, 10:51 PM

What abour Rinse and Repeat, Rhymes and Chunky they didnt have soulful vocals.

(My idea of dance hell all three of these btw)

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:57 PM

I am wondering why you think that soulful vocals are the only thing that puts me off a song.

Posted by: Colm 27th July 2016, 10:58 PM

My dance hell would be Bizarre Inc's I'm Gonna Get You.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 08:50 AM

You said you dont like them and only like samples or instrumentals.

My dance hell is tropical house and stuff like Rinse and Repeat and future bass stuff like Sex, Middle etc. I dont like 2010s deep house much either. Need U 100%, Look Right Through, Latch etc are dreadful for me it is just dull and uninteresting. Apart from a few tunes between 2013 and now, notably Calvin Harris Outside and Pray To God, 99 Souls - The Girl Is Mine, Clean Bandit and Louisa - Tears, Sigma and Take That - Cry, Cedric and Lana - Summertime Sadness and Aless o/1R If i Lose myself I dont like modern chart dance music much.

All the songs tend to sound the same in modern deep house whether it is Piece Of Me, Freak Like Me or Nothing Like This, it is a generic similar sounding vocal build up in the verses followed by the drop and the annoying chopped vocals. Compare that to deep hoise on the 2000s like Give It Away by Deepest Blue, and the Db Boulevard and Moony songs whichare smoother and have more difference between them and arent just about the drop like in the 2010s.

Future bass is worse, a dull vocal (see Middle, Sex) the Alvin and the Chipmunks effects in the drop.

As for tropical house it is not very uplifting for me ot just plods along with the same dull melody throughout with pan pipes which I have heard too much of in dance recently. Also tropical house is as much easy listening as dance so thats another reason why I dont like it.

Posted by: *Ben* 28th July 2016, 09:16 AM

As much as you hate the genre tropical house, your most "loved" words are "tropical" and "house" because these are the 2 words you used the most on the forum, in your posts since you've registered

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 09:26 AM

I don't hate all of it, Stereo Love in 2010 and Sunchyme in 1997 are great tropical house tunes. I really liked Unicorn Kid's True Love Fantasy and Just Don't Open Your Eyes Yet.

I thought my most loved words would be 'I', 'it' and 'and' as everyone else on this forum probably uses the most. You cant describe tropical house as anything other than 'tropical house ' though and this is one of the biggest genres at the minute so thats why i mention it quite a bit, even though i dislike it in its modern form.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 09:35 AM

I'm getting completely lost by all those tracks you named as I dont really follow commercial dance music any more.

I think you need some lessons in logic too. Just because I don't like soulful vocal house does not mean that I like everything that is NOT soulful vocal house. There's lots of other characteristics in dance music that I don't like.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 09:44 AM

So you didn't like late 2006 and 2007 either when soulful vocal house died out and electro started?

What, you don't know Alesso and One Republic's If I Lose Myself, one of the most trance influenced records of the decade which doesn't feature a female soulful vocal.

In the 2005 part of the thread there is a song that actually comes from the 90s which is mostly instrumental and came back as it was featured on an advert so you should like that btw.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 09:57 AM

I dont listen to modern chart music. I dont go to clubs. I don't listen to radio. The whole Avicii/Calvin Harris/David Guetta/Martin Garix/Alesso sound really bores me.

Having just listened to If I Lose Myself I can't say I care for it. As I said above - It NOT JUST SOULFUL VOCALS that put me off a dance song.

Just take it for granted that after 2001 I don't like very much.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 11:10 AM

OK so the modern dance music you would listen to would be underground dance stuff on beatport/soundcloud now under the trance category?

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 11:18 AM

I think his point is that he doesn't listen to / like modern dance music of any description in general.

Posted by: OutstandingMixer 28th July 2016, 11:46 AM

TheSnakes' obsession with Colm's music taste is slightly concerning...

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 11:54 AM

Well hopefully TheSnake doesn't get in any trouble so that he can post the next song.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 12:13 PM

This is what I mean.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 01:34 PM

Black Legend - You See the Trouble with Me



Date 18th June 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-2-7-16-22-28-32-38-44-59-59-62-68-70-69-79



A cover of a Barry White track with the same title from 1976 interpolated with an instrumental dance track, this track falls under the genre tribal house. Black Legend are an Italian trio. It is not known why they are called Black Legend, but it may come from a term used to describe negative propaganda towards the Spanish in the 16th century.

It is a cover by the singer of Black Legend. Obviously the person who wrote the Wikipedia page about doesn't like the vocal as they described it as 'karaoke' which is generally when describing music, a term Simon Cowell would use as a criticism on The X Factor.

It narrowly missed out on the top 40 first in April 2000, reaching number 48, before reaching the top spot upon re-release in June. it would be interesting to know why the first release failed. Obviously it must have been withdrawn from sale between the first charting at number 48 and the second charting at number 1.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 01:36 PM

This Black Legend song is absolutely dreadful imo. For me it is how to ruin a brilliant, classic song. The vocals are chopped up and annoying, the instrumental beat is flat and dull. Barry White was right not to provide a vocal for this absolute mess of a track.Just not my sort of thing at all. Warning there is a worse cover of a classic dance anthem, which happens to be one of my favourite 90s tunes, coming soon on the thread.....

Posted by: Ðøßßø 28th July 2016, 01:39 PM

Now this is a song I don't get AT ALL. It just drones on & on & on without any climax and the whole thing just doesn't work... :/

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 01:40 PM

Look at the top of the screen it says this

BUZZJACK
MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT DISCUSSION

I think what I was doing was an example of music entertainment discussion

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 01:42 PM

The original was fantastic though.

For good remixes of disco tracks see 2004-2006, at least the remixes then had atmospheric fade outs and build ups and it wasn't monotone.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 28th July 2016, 01:47 PM

Oh well I daren't say we'll be seeing the like in this thread in good time the disco house revival is very much something I'm looking forward to following here!

Posted by: Iz~ 28th July 2016, 02:03 PM

2000 really did have a lot of dance #1s. Bound 4 Da Reload and You See The Trouble With Me have never really gotten on my radar and seem really bizarre #1s looking back, Black Legend in particular has good vocals but fairly awful beats, but Madison Avenue and Sonique are lovely gems.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 02:14 PM

There has been a kind of one this year too (The Girl is Mine (this one is so much like the last two tunes that make it on to the thread for 2004), Sugar by Robin Schulz, Peanut Butter Jelly (good instrumental although the vocals are terrible for this), Cry by Sigma and Take That (although that is more drum and bass admittedly), Clean Bandit and Louisa) so that is good. Also Bakermat - Living is great too, although it isn't a hit yet.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 02:18 PM

The Trouble With Me is awful.

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 02:42 PM

'You See the Trouble With Me' is great but seems like a very bizarre #1 looking back, especially as it beat a far more iconic dance song to the top in the process (which we will be seeing in the thread shortly). I imagine it was one of those songs that clubs and Radio 1 nighttime hyped for months before its release anyway so it must have been popular - though I wasn't there at the time.

Posted by: N-S 28th July 2016, 03:06 PM

At least the UK was spared of an even worse treatment of a well-known song as the follow-up single. Other countries were not so lucky.



"Somebody" is easily the best Black Legend track, which is not saying much.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 03:31 PM

They could have done a much better remix ie. keeping the song the same and adding a beat like what they did with another disco legend's song in 2006.

I do remember the song, and I didn't like it because I knew the Barry White song and wondered why more of it wasn't in the song.

There is a worse remix of a really classic 60s song (whose singer sounds quite a bit like Florence Welch) in early 2004 although the video is amazing for it.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 03:57 PM

I disagree, just heard Somebody for the first time it is a great tune. It's like Duck Sauce's songs, especially with that video too.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 04:39 PM

Darude-Sandstorm



Date 2nd July 2000
1 Weeks
Official Chart Run 80-3-3-5-9-9-11-11-16-18-19-25-26-36-47-54



Darude is a Finnish DJ and for this track he collaborated with the producer of another Finnish act which had a massive hit in the early 2000s, The Bomfunk MCs.

Of course I knew this song in 2000 and kind of liked it too but had no idea what it was called or who wrote it. I actually rediscovered it a few years ago because of a spam comment someone wrote on a video for a song on youtube. Apparently it is not the only Darude - Sandstorm related spam comment that has ever been made on the internet.

When i was searching for this track on OCC apparently there was another trance track in 2000 called The Return Of Nothing by a group called Sandstorm, sadly it only reached number 58 so it wont feature on this thread. There was also according to OCC an original track called Sandstorm by Cast in 1996 which reached number 8 but that was by a Britpop band. Sorry for sounding like Suedehead2 here (although that is a good thing, he is the king of Buzzjack).

Anyway, Sandstorm is instrumental futuristic trance, one of the few purely instrumental tracks that does make it into our thread. It was one of the biggest trance hits worldwide ever although it only reached number 83 in America, meaning it was the second biggest trance song there after a cover of a 90s power ballad by a trance act (which will appear on this thread), which reached number 8 there. In the UK it sold in excess of 600,000 copies. Maybe by 2050 it might become a million seller, although judging how sales are going down now that seems unlikely.

By the way, for those who wonder, Darude was named after a song by Leila K called Rude Boy (for which he got the name Rude Boy, later corrupted to Da Rude and then Darude) which he played several time to a friend in Turku Polytechnic where he was studying music production.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 04:44 PM

600,000 sales? When was that revealed?

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 04:52 PM

I got the info from Wikipedia. I hope it is right.

Anyway Sandstorm is great, so futuristic and probably the second most iconic trance track after Faithless-Insomnia. I remember hearing it a lot and I didn't mind it, whereas most other dance music in 2000 I didn't like at the time because I mostly listened to pop music (apart from Jennifer Lopez- Waiting For Tonight and the Sonique track)

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 05:09 PM

Sandstorm

An all time classic, and I loved it way before it became an Internet meme too.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 05:13 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_British_music_charts


Only 4 tracks sold more that 600,000 in 2000. Sandstorm was the 26th best selling single.

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 05:17 PM

Sandstorm must have sold a lot of downloads though? Maybe not enough to push it past 600k but with its status it must have got a fair few trickle sales

Posted by: OutstandingMixer 28th July 2016, 05:33 PM

'Sandstorm' was certified Platinum in October last year. That will include streams of course but it probably isn't that far from 600k in physicals/downloads.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 05:37 PM

Posted by: Jade 28th July 2016, 05:50 PM

It took AGES for the Black Legend song to click with me, it just seemed like such a random hit that sounded unfinished/demo-ish. However, that pulsating beat eventually wormed its way into my affections.

'Sandstorm' on the other hand was love at first listen

Posted by: Chez Wombat 28th July 2016, 06:05 PM

I forget all these classics came from 2000 and how vintage and diverse a year for dance music it was - Flowers, It Feels so Good, The Time is Now, Don't Call me Baby have all aged so well, though Dankstorm Sandstorm is the best of them, don't get trance much better than that

I do echo the disdain for Bound 4 Da Reload and You See The Trouble with Me, both too reliant on gimmicks to actually stand alone as great songs, a bit like a lot of today's dance music 'reinventing classics'

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 06:05 PM

Artful Dodger ft Robbie Craig and Craig David - Woman Trouble



Date 9th July 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run6-7-14-19-25-35-36-45-59-66



The third track from the Southampton based garage duo, this, like Re-Rewind, features Craig David and the Jamiroquai-ish vocals of Robbie Craig. The song is a mix of UK Garage and funky house.

Robbie Craig's vocals are so Jamiroquai like, and the music is too, so I genuinely thought this was a Jamiroquai song until I did this thread. Mind you there were quite a few songs that featured Jamiroquai like vocals during the early 2000s including Starlight by Supermen Lovers and of course by 2004, an American soft rock band named after a colour and a number had a hit with their singer that also sounded like Jamiroquai.

Now Robbie Craig is a new member of the reformed East 17 according to Wikipedia.

The video doesn't feature the perennially serious looking Artful Dodger and also doesn't feature Craig David or Robbie Craig. It is set in an office. In the 2005 part of the thread we will see another video set in an office with MUCH more casually dressed workers.

Posted by: Iz~ 28th July 2016, 06:05 PM

Oh I'm so glad Sandstorm sneaked in for one week on this count. I was worried it wouldn't with so many #1 dance tracks around. Biggest Finnish track ever I believe <3 And an excellent dance tune of course, well worthy of its recent cultural revival.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 06:10 PM

I never really liked all this Jamiroqai-ish stuff around in the early 2000s at the time, like this Artful Dodger track.

But now I really like it, one of my favourite garage songs ever as it is uplifting and doesn't have the sad sounding zylophones or acoustic guitar in it like most garage songs did (like in Moving Too Fast for example).

Also there is much funky house influence so that is good

Posted by: Ethan 28th July 2016, 06:10 PM

'you see the trouble with me' is one of my faves from 2000 ~ that bassline *.* ~ immense jam

'sandstorm' is an all-time classic of epic proportions

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 06:11 PM

I still prefer them to Jonas Blue or the majority of Kygo's output (not including Raging)

Posted by: Ethan 28th July 2016, 06:18 PM

an honourable mention to some hotpants



a house track by a pop princess~

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 06:18 PM

Am I the only one who thought Woman Trouble was by Jamiroquai?

Posted by: Jade 28th July 2016, 06:20 PM

'Woman Trouble' is SO catchy! That's not going to be leaving my head all night now.

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 06:22 PM

We could have included it But there is no way it would have got past danG's stringent monitoring. Ended up failing the dance test like Madonna Hung Up (which despite the fact I like the song, I am glad of as there are some iconic tunes it would have kept off the top spot), Agnes - Release Me (which i fought for to be included but lost the argument), 3oh3 and Katy Perry - Starstrukk (I also fought for this and lost the argument) and Christina Milian- AM to PM (also fought for this one too).

Yet we have an amphibian (and his follow up) keeping two of 2005's greatest dance tracks off the top and a group who likes junk food (and their follow up) a few years before this and another novelty song dedicated to a body part. Ah well.

Posted by: Ethan 28th July 2016, 06:55 PM

yeah, it’s difficult to judge where to draw the line ~ to my mind the only consistent method is to look objectively look at the production, which in the case of ‘spinning around’ is a typical millennium house track ~ madonna is an interesting case as she’s had pure pop, dance and urban chart toppers over the course a career, during which she has made a point of not being constrained into one genre~

Posted by: mdh 28th July 2016, 07:02 PM

More Artful Really like this one, obviously Movin' Too Fast is my ultimate favourite and always will be

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 07:49 PM

Starstrukk definitely is dance in terms of production but danG refused to include it as 3oh3 are too poppy to him

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 07:50 PM

Well the point of this thread is to highlight tracks from dance producers and groups rather than pop singers that happened to jump on the dance trend such as Kylie and Madonna. Spinning Around I'd say is too dancepop for this thread, though even I myself was conflicted over whether Hung Up should be included, and in the end decided against it as it is a pop song at heart and it would have been marketed as such.

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 07:52 PM

Besides, who else thinks that 3oh3 song is dance because I've never heard anyone refer to it as a dance song until you did, TheSnake.

Posted by: *Ben* 28th July 2016, 08:14 PM

Yes, sometimes there is only a thin line between dance and pop, but I would rather say dance influenced pop shouldn't be included.

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 08:22 PM

indeed, though if a dance producer is credited on the track then it may have more of a case to be included.

Speaking of which, we may well see a certain Ms. Minogue appear later on in the thread due to this...

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 08:26 PM

I'm with DanG on all of these.

Posted by: gooddelta 28th July 2016, 08:26 PM

Release Me was marketed very much in the UK as a dance song, which irked me actually as it's a Scandipop song through and through to my ears by a pop idol winner

Some great songs in this thread so far, Toca's Miracle and Don't Call Me Baby being my favourites

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 08:28 PM

It very much was, and I was under the impression that Agnes was a dance act until joining Buzzjack and finding out what Scandipop is

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 08:29 PM

Having just listened to Starstrukk I wouldn't have been very upset if it had been deemed eligible for this thread. Then again, would that bring Pokerface and Just Dance into contention?

Posted by: dandy* 28th July 2016, 08:30 PM

There has been a really varied set of tracks so far, some classics from 2000 that I had forgotten all about. Plus a track upcoming that I hate as I can remember what beat Sonique's Sky to #1. :/

Oh and I loved the Black Legend track at the time although I was swayed by whatever was played regularly on the clubbing scene back then - I can see in retrospect why it's not well regarded my most.

Posted by: gooddelta 28th July 2016, 08:30 PM

If the junk food comment is alluding to Fast Food Rockers then that's definitely a pop song. It's in the same league as Steps and Scooch, watered down dance production but marketed as cheesy pop and from the SAW leftover production line (think it was Mike Stock involved in this one).

Ignore me if you're talking about something else of course

Posted by: BillyH 28th July 2016, 08:32 PM

Gotta admit I've been distinctly underwhelmed by a lot of the noughties dance #1s so far, I see 2000 as one of the greatest years ever for music but most of my faves weren't actually #1.

Sandstorm though, jesus christ yes - not just a great of 2000 but all-time for me. Everything I love about dance in one song, and I've always been pleasantly surprised that it never got butchered with a vocal track - you'd think they'd at least have some bloke whispering "Sandstorm!" throughout the song so people knew what it was, but thankfully it remained an instrumental classic. Had the likes of Spotify and especially Shazam existed back then I could see it being a huge multi-week #1.

Black Legend passed me by at the time and I remember thinking "Huh?" when I first saw it on a list of #1 singles about three years later. I like some bits of it, but it got butchered twice between original white label and commercial release - first the replacement of Barry's original sampled vocals by a soundalike, which turned it from "clever remix" to "novelty cover version", and then a radio edit that reshuffles it and chops all the best bits out and makes it sound less dance and more cheesy pop. More of that pleasingly thudding house beat (which we might hear again if a summer 2002 track reaches #1 on this thread) and less "Put your hands together! Put your hands together!" and I'd enjoy it much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY_xpiDzS_k with Barry White's original vocals, for those who want to compare.

The first time I assumed I was hearing it was on an internet radio station, but I couldn't hear anything remotely dance about it - then I realised the song I was listening to wasn't Black Legend at all and just the 70s Barry White original!

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 08:36 PM

Just listened to Agnes - Release Me again. There's no way I would consider that dance.

Posted by: danG 28th July 2016, 08:36 PM

The junk food comment does refer to Fast Food Rockers yes, I've always thought of it as a dance song but listening to it again it's no more dancey than Scooch and we recently decided that wouldn't be eligible.

I definitely think Crazy Frog should stay in but I'll have a chat with Ethan and TheSnake about Fast Food, O-Zone and The Cheeky Girls (opinions on those would be great too)

Posted by: dandy* 28th July 2016, 08:37 PM

Agnes is definitely not dance.

The one that is closest to dance is probably Hung Up, the structure of the track is quite typical for a dance track. But it still probably shouldn't feature.

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 08:40 PM

Crazy Frog - in
Cheeky Girls - in

O-zone out
Fast Food Rockers out

Posted by: Colm 28th July 2016, 08:41 PM

Agreed. Again, I wouldn't have objected but happy that it's not in,

Posted by: Ðøßßø 28th July 2016, 09:32 PM

Sandstorm? I'm sure I've heard that some place before

(MAJOR which goes without saying of course).

Woman Trouble? I literally have no recollection of that & it's clear I'm not missing out on much...

Posted by: paulgilb 28th July 2016, 10:13 PM

The guy behind Sandstorm (the artist) was Mark Picchiotti, who also charted under the name Basstoy.

There was also a hit called Sunstorm in 2000 (a #38 hit for Hurley & Todd), which was a re-working of Elton John's Song For Guy.

Posted by: BillyH 28th July 2016, 10:35 PM

Don't forget the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGNICzOBFNk too, not dance in the slightest but a Britpop classic (even though I prefer Walkaway)

Sunstorm is also definitely worth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LugpRR4B0, quite forgotten now but I listened to it a lot during sleepless nights as a mid-noughties teen.

What the hell, while we're on underrated trance classics, here's another from 2000... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEx1sZ0qkpw (#35 in May 2000)

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 11:02 PM

But Crazy Frog keeps out two great dance tunes. One of them a excellent disco house song and the other very underground sounding tech house. Inaya Day -Nasty Girl and Audio Bullys- Shot You Down

Posted by: TheSnake 28th July 2016, 11:11 PM

It is watered down electro house with a dubstep drop in the chorus. I would call Starstrukk dance. But I suppose if Madonna isnt included then it shouldnt be.

Just checked, Give It 2Me wouldnt have made it to dance number 1 of it was eligable but what a tune that was.



So Crazy Frog shouldnt be included either as it wasnt marketed as a dance song but as a novelty pop song and it stops two great tunes from being at number 1 on.the dance chart.

Posted by: N-S 29th July 2016, 09:10 AM

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 09:13 AM

Also:

Posted by: liamk97 29th July 2016, 01:17 PM

I had never heard 'It Feels So Good' as a kid, despite how the facts show it was huge, but it's become one of my favourite dance tracks since discovering it a few years back. It's got that perfect mix of creating both an exciting and dark atmosphere; the production and vocals are just spellbinding.

You see the trouble with 'You See the Trouble With Me' is that it doesn't go anywhere. It sounds like some dodgy quality live recording which just mutes any excitement the song could possibly produced. I don't understand why people would have felt persuaded to go out and buy this to the point it could hit #1; I can only assume there were some pretty fantastic remixes about.

It's completely gone over my head as to why 'Sandstorm' is such an internet sensation. I'm going to hazard a guess that it's seen as a bad record but is undeniably catchy which makes it the perfect song to troll people with? Anyway, I don't know much about dance history but I'd say it feels slightly ahead of its time because it sounds like it is taken right out of the peak of Clubland-appropriate music and Basshunter.

Like most of Craig David's music, 'Walking Away' had little impact on me.

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(I've put some songs in spoilers because I wasn't sure whether they'd count as spoilers or not)

As for Kylie's 'Spinning Around' being brought up, I've never considered that a dance track. It certainly has influences, like the majority of Kylie's discography, but is very much pop at its heart. 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' sounds slightly more dance territory but, again, is mostly pop. As for the song that Dan teased could appear ('In My Arms') that sounds very pop to me too, despite who produced it. I've always associated the song with the one that was released before it, 'Wow', which I think is also pop.

In regards to 'Hung Up', that's largely disco thanks to the ABBA hook but it's not dance in the same way the tracks included on this countdown are. If we look at some of the factors brought up in this thread as to what separates dance records to non-dance record, it was marketed as a pop song and was produced by Stuart Price who seems to work mostly with pop artists that dabble in dance music. Also, if the likes of 'Vogue' (referred to as one of the key songs for bringing house music to the mainstream), 'Justify My Love' (triphop) and 'Ray of Light' (looking at Wiki: electronica, rave, trance) weren't included in the 90s thread, then I don't think Madonna should appear here. The closest I can find to dance from Madonna singles of the 2000s is 'Celebration', produced by Paul Oakenfold and remixed for the single by Benny Benassi.

Madonna and Kylie's music is very club appropriate (as shown by their string of US Club Dance Play #1s) which is why there's some confusion as to whether it's more pop or dance leaning.

'Starstrukk', 'AM to PM', 'Fast Food Song', 'Dragostea din tei' and 'The Cheeky Song' are not dance songs. The latter three are novelty pop with only slight influences of dance (Eurodance) I think but definitely not fitting of this thread. Thinking back to the 90s, 'Cotton Eye Joe' and '5, 6, 7, 8' seem to be more dance than they are, were they included or would they have been applicable to the 90s thread? I'm kinda siding with dance for 'Axel F' but it is in a similar sort of category as the aforementioned so perhaps not. I've always seen it more as a ringtone than a song anyway.

Posted by: Bjork 29th July 2016, 02:23 PM

Sandstorm was an amazing track

for me, Agnes, Kylie, Cheeky Girls, all pure pop even if you can dance to the songs, that doesn't make them dance tracks

Posted by: Colm 29th July 2016, 03:18 PM

I dont see why it matters how many dance tracks are stopped.

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 03:43 PM

Liam, In My Arms won't be appearing, I was actually teasing a Dannii Minogue song.

Posted by: Colm 29th July 2016, 03:51 PM

I dont feel I can defend the Cheeky Girls as a dance outfit but the cheeky song reminds me of Whigfield's Saturday Night.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 29th July 2016, 03:56 PM

“Bound 4 Da Reload” was fun - the hilarity of a cool urban song blasting out of car stereos in pimped out cars whilst incorporating the theme tune to Casulty mixed in was genius. Clearly Oxide & Neutrino had been reading the KLF book about how to get a number 1 record!

Holby City to be featured on Skepta's new single?

Re: Sonique - you neglected to mention that she was featured on Josh Wink's “Higher State Of Consciousness” (a dance chart number 1 from 1995!) Great song tho. As for Sandstorm. *.*

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 04:15 PM

I wonder, will I ever see TheSnake post the next dance number one?

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 04:35 PM

Alice Deejay - Will I Ever



Date 23rd July 2000
1 Weeks
Official Chart Run7-8-9-17-22-28-38-41-60-73



OK we are now firmly entering eurodance territory with this one. Alice Deejay is a pop trance project formed by DJ Jurgen, who is now working as a radio host for Fresh FM in the Netherlands, where is in amazing company, with Ferry Corsten and Paul Van Dyk also part of the radio station's schedule of DJs. If these three occasionally play their own material (or each others) which can be presumed, it must be one of the only major radio stations in the world to still regularly play trance music, which has largely gone back underground now.

Anyway Alice Deejay rather dismissively titled his album 'Who Needs Guitars Anyway'. Fellow dance producer Robin Schulz may disagree with him on that and anyway there are a couple of dance tracks on this countdown which do contain guitars including one classic track a few years later which was rumoured to be (source Scott Mills' radio 1 show) a royal wedding favourite with prominent use of electric guitar.

Anyway the track is of that lovely gentle subtle production we would hear mostly in 2003 and early 2004 and again in 2008, the cheesy eurodance that my father would call 'boom boom boom' music. In 2004 there was another eurodance act performing under the cheesy name Candee Jay which is ironic as Candee is a female singer and not a DJ, she has two producers which aren't officially part of the act. Perhaps she can DJ in private though....

Alice Deejay is one of those acts, like Lukas Graham, Miike Snow and Jethro Tull that actually sound like it is one person but it actually a group.

Although this track didn't do badly in the UK, it paled in sales in comparison to the 600,000 of the 1998 debut single by Alice Deejay, Better Off Alone. Alice Deejay would have 2 further top 20 hits in the chart in October 2000 (when Will I Ever also returned to the top 100 for 2 weeks at at number 89 and 87) and February 2001.

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 04:42 PM

'Will I Ever' is quite good for what it is, although like 'Back In My Life' which came beforehand it very much pales in comparison to 'Better Off Alone', one of the best eurotrance tracks ever made.

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 04:44 PM

Yes this one is OK I think, I would have hated it at the time as I didn't like eurodance much. The vocal has a bit too much autotune on it though.

Yes it is kind of entering later Flip and Fill/ Styles and Breeze/ Special D/ Cascada-style eurodance territory, which was always coming back periodically throughout the 2000s.

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 04:51 PM

Alice Deejay? "Who the f*** is Alice, is from the Buckingham palace"

Posted by: *Ben* 29th July 2016, 05:05 PM

Alice Deejay one of my favourite eurodance groups of that time

I even bought the album

Posted by: Jade 29th July 2016, 06:47 PM

'Will I Ever' does nothing for me sadly Always here for 'Better Off Alone' though

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 07:48 PM

The next one is one of my favouries and has a great vocalist on the microphone

Posted by: Colm 29th July 2016, 08:55 PM

Next one is one of my faves of 2000. Sounded like nothing else before or since.

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 09:11 PM

Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler



Date 30th Jul 2000
1 Week
Official Chart Run 2-4-4-6-7-9-16-20-26-29-33-54-x (12 weeks)



Due to the frantic nature of the charts in 2000, we are now in the middle of a run of one-week #1s in the dance chart, of which this is the second of four. Bomfunk MC's would also become the second Finnish act to top the dance chart this year following Darude, selling just under 80,000 copies to become the week's biggest selling dance track - although that wasn't nearly enough to be #1 in the real chart as Craig David happened to also release that week and got his second #1 single.

Bomfunk MC's are described on Wikipedia as an electro hop group, although this song in particular is a mix of that with drum n' bass - making it the first song of its genre to top the dance chart in this decade, and some would say the last considering its uniqueness for a hit single. It is indeed a very good song and a great example of how versatile the charts could be at this time.

The title of the song refers to a 'freestyle', i.e. a rap with improvised lyrics, also reinforced with the lyric 'straight from the top of my dome'. The lyrics of the verses seem to be those that could have been improvised, though it is unknown if they are. One controversial lyric would be found toward the end of the song, namely 'who the f*** is Alice, is from the Buckingham Palace?', possibly a reference to the song 'Living Next Door To Alice', which would be censored on British radio.

The song and its accompanying music video would remain popular long after 2000 as well, with the video gaining over 37 million views on YouTube, not quite as many as Darude but still impressive. The guy in the music video and artwork with the cool hair and headphones is in fact not part of the Bomfunk MC's but is Finnish model Marlo Snellman, though members of the group do appear in the video.

The UK was one of a few European countries were the song failed to reach #1, with the song being a huge global hit reaching the top in over ten countries including Australia. Ironically it would only peak at #4 in their native Finland. The success for the group would not last for long though at least in the UK, where they would become a two-hit wonder - the follow-up 'Up Rocking Beats' reaching #11. We will not be seeing that song in this thread, nor we will we see any song by British group Freestylers which should not be confused with this song.

Posted by: Colm 29th July 2016, 09:17 PM

Didn't Up Rocking Beats hold the record for longest hit single title with unrepeating letters in it until recently?

Posted by: danG 29th July 2016, 09:20 PM

I wouldn't know if it did, what beat it though?

Posted by: Doctor Blind 29th July 2016, 09:39 PM

I have “Freestyler” on CD Single, the UK radio edit is a really butchered and cut down 2 minutes 50 I think.

It was a number 1 on my personal chart for 5 weeks that summer, and it was MASSIVE in Europe - I was in Austria for a fortnight and it got played to death. As with Darude, Finland seemed to have a really good year commercially on the UK chart in 2000. I still love it, though about 65% of that is the nostalgia talking.

Posted by: BillyH 29th July 2016, 09:46 PM

Yeessss! Craig from the top of my dole! (Or whatever it was)

One of the most evocative songs of summer 2000 for me, linked in the mind with Pokemon, Big Brother series 1 and my imminent start of secondary school - 'Freestyler' does almost feel like the end of an era in that respect for me, the last truly happy summer for about six or seven years Still great.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 29th July 2016, 09:55 PM

Will I Ever, much like Back In My Life is quite wonderful having said that they are still light years from touching Better Off Alone which is my favourite hit of all time.

Freestyler is an absolute tune too really sounded nothing like anything else around at the time (and still is a very unique charting hit in the UK looking back).

Goodness me the VARIETY of these 2000 songs is astounding. Differences you'd expect between several years never mind a few months

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 10:00 PM

Great song remember this a lot when I was younger and I liked it too because it wasn't eurodance which I didnt like at the time.

I actually rediscovered ot when it was reduced to 59p on itunes and appeared in the top 100 a few years ago.

This, Barcelona and End Credits were the three best drum and bass songs of the decade for me.

Posted by: Colm 29th July 2016, 10:05 PM

Logical Song

Posted by: TheSnake 29th July 2016, 10:21 PM

That wasnt drum and bass though that was techno.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 30th July 2016, 02:04 AM

Love Freestyler. Especially the lyric "Will your heart go on like Celine Dion Karma Chameleon"

Posted by: danG 30th July 2016, 12:30 PM

Storm - Time To Burn



Date 6th Aug 2000
1 Week
Official Chart Run 3-6-8-9-13-21-32-37-49-66-x (10 weeks)



There are many groups called Storm, this one however is German trance production duo made of Rolf Ellmer and Markus Löffel. Sadly Löffel would have died just over five years after this track charted at the age of 39, though by then they'd have been long gone from the charts. 'Time To Burn' was the group's only big chart hit though two follow-ups would have charted, 2000's 'Storm Animal' (#21) and a re-release of 'Storm' in 2001 (originally peaked at #32 in 1998 and would once again peak at #32). 'Storm' particularly is well known as a trance classic, and has more YouTube views than 'Time To Burn'.

However, Storm are in fact an alias of the group Jam & Spoon, most known for their 1995 #10 hit 'Right In The Night' as well as their remix of The Age Of Love's self-titled single (1997, #17). Jam & Spoon would also use the aliases Dance 2 Trance and Tokyo Ghetto Pussy in the 90s, both of which had at least one UK top 40 hit single.

'Time To Burn' capitalises well on the trance trend of the early 2000s, and is more harder in style than the likes of Chicane and Alice Deejay who we have seen in this thread. If anything it's more similar to Darude, although it's not half as recognisable. Other than a female whispering of 'it's time to burn', the song is fully instrumental. With a few dramatic-sounding riffs, pulsating beats and towards the end some lengthy synths - it makes for a great trance song and it's definitely one that I love, though I feel it is very underrated these days.

In the charts the song sold a respectable 64,000 copies to debut at #3 in this week though it only sold about 200,000 by the end of the year. The next song in this rundown also comes from the trance genre and from an unexpected source too.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 30th July 2016, 12:35 PM

MAJOR for Time To Burn an absolute staple in a club I used to frequent as a student & one of the best tracks of its genre.

I tell ya this list is getting better and better!

Posted by: Jester 30th July 2016, 12:45 PM

Some cracking tunes so far, some dross though (Black Legend and Bound 4 Da Reload in paritcular). Totally forgot the existence of that Woman Trouble song!

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 30th July 2016, 03:27 PM

Time To Burn is a trance classic!

Posted by: TheSnake 30th July 2016, 06:00 PM

Don't remember this, it is very good though, it is more early 90s style rave than trance though I think

Posted by: TheSnake 30th July 2016, 10:05 PM

And for the next track we turn to you, DanG

Posted by: danG 31st July 2016, 10:04 AM

Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)



Date 13th Aug 2000
1 Week
Official Chart Run 1-4-5-8-15-24-30-36-34-48-55-55-x (12 weeks)



Melanie C had already had a #1 single in 2000, 'Never Be The Same Again' as a solo artist, a duet with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. That wouldn't stop her from trying for a second, and this time she'd go down the dance route. This of course worked for her as it debuted at #1 with sales of 122,000. The song would have sold almost three times that amount by the end of the year putting it comfortably in the end-of-year top 40, though it would not outsell her previous solo #1. A third #1 would happen later with 'Holler' as part of Spice Girls.

Originally a 6 minute long ballad from her album 'Northern Star', 'I Turn To You' as the fourth single from that album was given a remix by Hex Hector for radio and single release, turning it into a trance banger whilst still very much keeping Melanie's vocal as the forefront of the song. Hector was a prominent remixer in the early 00s, remixing for the likes of Anastacia, Jennifer Lopez and Toni Braxton - and would win a Grammy for Remixer of the Year in 2001 based on his work.

Another former Spice Girls member would challenge for the #1 next week, but despite selling many more copies than Melanie did in week one and indeed overall, it would lose out to an even bigger dance song and so does not appear in this thread...

Posted by: Ðøßßø 31st July 2016, 10:08 AM

I Turn To You is by far my favourite of the Spice Girls solo tracks, it just sounds so epic all the way through.

Never Be The Same Again was also brilliant, basically Mel C put out the best music post split (IMHO).

Posted by: Jade 31st July 2016, 11:55 AM

'Freestyler' is brilliant and 'I Turn To You' is definitely up there with the best solo Spice songs! 'Never Be The Same Again' gets the title of the best for me.

Posted by: Bjork 31st July 2016, 12:31 PM

i turn to You is the best spice girls or solo spice, nothing even comes closer

Posted by: danG 31st July 2016, 01:48 PM

Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)



Date 20th Aug 2000
3 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-2-3-6-12-17-20-27-36-37-40-39-48-64-59-55-56-54-49-46-42-43-50-66-x (24 weeks)



Well I think everyone here is well aware of the famous battle for #1 between this and Truesteppers (though the media would have you think it was Victoria Beckham's song she was only the featured artist) so let's skip past that. It is notable however that 'Groovejet' would sell over 200,000 copies this week to enter at #1 which is very impressive. What's more impressive is that it did so despite being featured on Now! 46 a few weeks prior to its single release.

Cristiano Spiller, going by his surname, is an Italian DJ and producer who would start releasing singles in 1997 though his popularity would increase with 1999's instrumental 'Groovejet', which samples 1977 disco track 'Love Is You' by Carol Williams. For its mainstream release in 2000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor would be added to the song. She later said she didn't like the chorus of the song and that when writing the verses she'd make it clear that it's not love but just a 'holiday romance'.

It would be the first song with her vocals since she was the lead vocalist in the band Theaudience, who split in 1999. A successful solo career would follow, with five albums released and a sixth one set for later this year.

As for Spiller, he'd quickly fade out of relevance. One follow-up would be released in the UK, 'Cry Baby' which would only just make the top 40, entering at #40. At least he gets to tell his kids that his song was the first ever to be played on an iPod, and that he was the world's tallest DJ at 6-foot-9(!!).

Posted by: *Ben* 31st July 2016, 01:52 PM

Groovejet

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 31st July 2016, 02:07 PM

I Turn To Groovejet

Posted by: Colm 31st July 2016, 02:17 PM

You have you timing wrong DanG - at that point in 2000 Mel C had only had one number 1. It was later in the year when Holler got to number 1.

The album version is amazing.



Sounds like William Orbit produced it but I don't think he did.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 31st July 2016, 02:18 PM

Groovejet is one of those songs I've always found massively overrated & never been big on. It's good to hear on the radio from time to time but never gets me excited. The problem is the songs just plucks along with no real moments of excitement. It's nice but not essential.

Posted by: Colm 31st July 2016, 02:20 PM

I kinda got bored of Groobvejet too. I actually preferred an upcoming number 1 to it.

Posted by: Bjork 31st July 2016, 02:28 PM

just checked my Northern Star CD and I Turn To You the album version at least was produced by Rick Nowels, who also co-wrote together with Mel and Billy Steinberg. That's a bit of songwriting royalty, Nowels has written classics like Belinda Carlisle´s Heaven is a Place on Earth, while Steinberg cowrote Like a Virgin, Eternal Flame, Alone, lots of classics...

Posted by: N-S 31st July 2016, 03:21 PM

Norwegian rock band Wig Wam, of Eurovision 2005 fame, covered "I Turn To You"

Posted by: Euphorique 31st July 2016, 03:38 PM

Dont like Groovejet, its so dull.

Love "The Trouble With Me", that song was like an atomic bomb every time it dropped on the dancefloor, such an immense club tune.

As for Kylie, the only one of her singles I consider borderline dance is "On A Night Like This".

2000 was amazing for dance, but the best dance hits didnt reach #1.

Posted by: Jade 31st July 2016, 03:51 PM

'Groovejet' is absolutely gorgeous, I've always been a huge fan of it So glad it beat 'Out Of Your Mind' to the #1 spot!

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 31st July 2016, 03:52 PM

Speaking of Sophie, will her other hits appear here or is she too pop?

Posted by: danG 31st July 2016, 04:23 PM

We won't see her again in this thread. It is worth noting that 'Murder on the Dancefloor' was very successful but another song at the time was even moreso which would prevent it from being the dance #1 if it were to be considered a dance song (I would've personally said it was too pop for this thread)

Posted by: Colm 31st July 2016, 05:12 PM

Nope. She's too pop.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 31st July 2016, 05:13 PM

The only other song of hers I'd considered dance is another feature - Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer, I highly doubt that charted high enough to even be considered.

Posted by: Bjork 31st July 2016, 05:22 PM

Sophie is 100% pure pop

Posted by: Jester 31st July 2016, 05:43 PM

I Turn To You is amazing (I agree that Mel C was the best solo spice by far). Groovejet is quite rightly a classic now.

Posted by: TheSnake 31st July 2016, 06:12 PM

Now I Turn to you, I actually do remember, there was a whole discussion going in the media as to whether it or Victoria Beckham's collab with True Steppers was better. I preferred the Mel C track. I heard it a lot, probably got a lot of AirPlay because it was a former Spice Girl.

Groovejet is OK but for funky house the one made by the group named after a shop coming up quite soon is much better. I wasn't that much of a fan of it at the time.

I suppose it is similar to Robin Schulz's songs today with an acoustic guitar loop running through it, particularly Sugar.

Posted by: danG 1st August 2016, 04:30 PM

We hear from Ethan for our next entry in this, any guesses?

Also I've made a reference page in the opening post if you want to (re-)read just the commentaries.

Posted by: TheSnake 1st August 2016, 05:42 PM

Is that the windmill from Feel Good Inc in your signature. It and Dare are not eligible but I think Dare is dance.



Perhaps we will hear it tonight. I could do without hearing it tonight, as it is not one of my faves.

Posted by: danG 1st August 2016, 06:45 PM

'Dare' is a funny one, it feels like a pop, dance and indie song. For the purposes of this thread, it will not be considered as dance but it certainly has some dancey features to it.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 1st August 2016, 08:40 PM

I personally wouldn't consider DARE dance at all.

I imagine around that time (05/06) we'll be seeing songs that didn't even make the top 10 be #1s on this chart.

Posted by: danG 1st August 2016, 08:49 PM

We'll start seeing songs that never made the top ten being dance chart #1s in 2001. There are four of these in that year, and some of them are very obscure too.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 1st August 2016, 09:00 PM

Excellent! The obscure ones are the ones I'm mainly looking forward to, hoping to even make some discoveries.

Posted by: Iz~ 2nd August 2016, 12:38 AM

Dare is very weird indeed, I'd consider it pretty dancey but completely understand its exclusion too. Going by wiki, which makes it disco-funk-new wave-trip-hop means it's very crossover, more dance than rock I'd say on the whole (sitting somewhere in the indie-tronica region), but crossover songs are always hard to make judgement on for this kind of thread, as wonderful as many of them are. And from memory it's always functioned as a dancey track for real world use in my world.

Love Groovejet a lot, impressive that it managed to get 3 weeks in 2000.

Posted by: TheSnake 2nd August 2016, 05:00 PM

In 2003 there is one week where no dance song was in the top 40 and the dance number 1 is at #43. It is not an obscure song, but a decently performing well known song (it reached number 11).

Posted by: Bjork 2nd August 2016, 06:10 PM

Really? No dance song in the whole top 40???? Wow!!!

Dare is 100% indie
0% dance imho

Posted by: Colm 2nd August 2016, 06:11 PM

Oh, I'd really like to know what that is

Posted by: Colm 2nd August 2016, 06:41 PM

I worked out what it is.

Wow. What a dire chart it came from.

Posted by: TheSnake 2nd August 2016, 11:00 PM

Fantastic song that gets dance number 1 at number #43 officially that week though. Remember it well. My favourite organ house song ever, much better than last years ones.

Posted by: Bjork 4th August 2016, 09:12 AM

can you say what week it was? curious but cannot figure it out (or pm if it's not ok to post it here?) thanks

Posted by: TheSnake 4th August 2016, 10:06 AM

I wonder if we were doing 2010s, would Cold Water be eligible?

Posted by: danG 4th August 2016, 10:10 AM

It could well be seeing as Major Lazer are a dance act, though the production isn't that much more dancey than 'What Do You Mean' or 'Sorry' which both wouldn't be eligible. Tricky question there.

Posted by: TheSnake 4th August 2016, 11:06 AM

What about Final Song by MO, the vast majority of the song isn't dance, only the chorus is, so would that be eligible if it managed to be in a position to be dance number 1 in the coming weeks?

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 4th August 2016, 11:27 AM

Both Final Song and Cold Water are featured on the official uk dance chart though so I'd say the qualify for spots on this chart if it reaches that stage, right? Both are classified as dance songs.

Posted by: liamk97 4th August 2016, 03:24 PM

Mel C has the best solo material out of all the Spice Girls and this remix of 'I Turn to You' is definitely up there with one of her best. It may have been a bandwagon jump but boy did she pull it off.

'Groovejet' is such a classic summer tune. I know it has it's fair share of haters but I think it sounds so cool and is great to sing along to; love the classical instrument usage (Clean Bandit who?) and the fading out and back in of "why does it feel bad" refrain near the end.

I too am on the fence with 'Dare', but, like Iz, even though I'd say it was more dance than indie-rock, I can understand its exclusion.

Ah, my bad! I know the song you're referring to now which is most definitely dance!

Posted by: Colm 4th August 2016, 03:29 PM

I think they're just disco strings.

Posted by: Colm 4th August 2016, 03:30 PM

I Turn To You could have done with a less cheesy instrumentation on the dance version. While it was ok at the time it hasn't aged well, in my opinion. I must check out other mixes.

Posted by: TheSnake 4th August 2016, 03:39 PM

Moloko The Time is Now is actually more similar to CB I think.

Posted by: Ethan 4th August 2016, 06:53 PM

Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)



Date 10th Sep 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-1-3-5-10-17-19-19-26-36-40-45-57-61-65-54-53-57-69-74-80-92-95-87-99-100- (26 weeks)



Modjo was a French house duo, comprising of producer Romain Tranchart and vocalist Yann Destagnol, with Latin influences. Tranchart was introduced to house music when his family moved to Brazil and released his first record ‘What You’re Gonna Do, Baby’ under the moniker Funk Legacy in 1998. Destagnol had been a drummer in several bands before the pair met that year and began collaborating.

It was from those initial recording sessions that ‘Lady (Hear Me Tonight)’ was born; featuring a guitar sample from Chic’s 1982 US release ‘Soup For One’ written by the legendary Nile Rodgers. The track was finally released across Europe in May 2000, picking up massive club and radio support across the continent that summer. When the track finally dropped in the UK in September, inevitably it stormed to #1 on sales of 142k, to deny Sonique a second UK #1 with ‘Sky, and finally broke a then record run of 12 consecutive one-week #1’s.

The duo followed it up with the moderately successful ‘Chillin’’ which reached #12 in April 2001, and finally ‘What I Mean’ #59 October 2001 before a parting of the ways. ‘Lady (Hear Me Tonight)’ returned to the top10 in March 2001 as a mash-up with Brandy and Moncia’s ‘The Boy Is Mine’ titled ‘The Ladyboy Is Mine’ reaching #10 for the Stuntmasterz.

Posted by: mdh 4th August 2016, 06:56 PM

Posted by: BillyH 4th August 2016, 07:00 PM

I Turn To You...I've never found it *great* unfortunately I remember it sounding ok as a kid, but when I rediscovered it about eight years later I was kinda underwhelmed. The beat's too low down in the mix for it to properly kick - I suppose understandably so as it's intended as a Mel C dancepop song rather than a 'Hex Hector feat. Mel C' club track, so her vocals have to be far higher than the backing.

But if there's a remix out there that keeps the trance sound but throws a harder beat in then I'm in for one hell of a heavenly listen!

EDIT: And Modjo just as I was writing this! Nice and catchy, nostalgic of the era (think this was #1 the week I started secondary school), a nice listen if not on the level of the trancier stuff.

EDIT EDIT: And cus I've been away for a few days...massive love for Time To Burn, an fantastic example of electro done right and a ton better than the stuff that was charting highly by 2006 or so. There's a dance #1 coming up very soon which mixes into this brilliantly, indeed several mix CDs of the era would feature them as a pair!

Posted by: Bjork 4th August 2016, 07:40 PM

love the Modjo song
One of the best of the year

Posted by: danG 4th August 2016, 08:23 PM

what a brilliant song. proper old skool funky house vibes

Just checked my list and I think I know what you're referencing there Billy, and that is indeed a classic - even better than 'Lady'.

Posted by: dandy* 4th August 2016, 08:42 PM

I really really really (etc) hate that Modjo track. Although I did buy it for some reason.

Posted by: Colm 4th August 2016, 08:44 PM

You didn't hate it at the time?

I liked it at the time and I like it now.

Posted by: dandy* 4th August 2016, 08:46 PM

I did hate it at the time. I think I bought it without hearing it as the dance mags raved about it, something I quite often used to do as singles were often cheaper in week one and I used to try and build up my collection.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 4th August 2016, 09:17 PM

Modjo's song is flawless.

Posted by: Ethan 4th August 2016, 09:20 PM

Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (DJ Gius Remix)



Date 24th Sep 2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 2-2-5-7-12-15-23-30-39-47-64-69-72-71-71- (15 weeks)



Next up an absolute bomb from Munich’s Splank!, real name Florian Senfter, and his techno and electro project Zombie Nation. ‘Kernkraft 400’ (translated as ‘Nuclear Power 400’ in English) first appeared, in its original version on an underground 5 track EP released in Germany and Italy in 1999. The melody is based on the 1984 Commodore 64 computer game 'Lazy Jones' theme called ‘Star Dust’.

DJ Gius aka Technoboy is an Italian hard house DJ and producer by the name of Cristiano Giusberti. His remix of ‘Kernkraft 400’ was absolutely CREAMED over the summer of 2000 on the continent. With demand building 3 different import versions charted at #61 (82-61-99-), #102 and #141 in the month before release. Upon release ‘Kernkraft 400’ shifted 67k to reach #2, suffering the indignity of being blocked from #1 by a horrific Westlife and Mariah Carey Phil Colins cover . Zombie Nation remains a one hit wonder to this day , but if you’re only going to have one you might as well have one as banging as this. ~SICK~

Posted by: dandy* 4th August 2016, 09:24 PM

Now that truly is a giant of a dance track. Wonderful.

Posted by: danG 4th August 2016, 09:27 PM

Zombie Nation Biggg trance anthem!

Listening to the chart only to find out a great song like this was blocked from #1 by a Westlife cover must've been horrific :/

Posted by: Doctor Blind 4th August 2016, 09:39 PM

Loved Modjo at the time (weirdly it didn't get to #1 on my personal chart - it was blocked by Dandy Warhols "Bohemian Like You") - it holds nostalgic memories for me now.

Zombie Nation did go to #1 for me in what was a very dance heavy chart with Delirium's "Silence" at 2 (Former #1), Sonique, the aforementioned Modjo, Aurora (not that one), Sasha/Emerson and Azzido Da Bass.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 4th August 2016, 09:41 PM

Ladyis a very good song but I wouldn't quite put it my top, top bracket. Definitely puts a smile on my face when it comes on of course but it's just a bit too all at one level if you get what I'm saying? I generally (not always) prefer songs that build up to something & just don't get that with Lady.

Speaking of which I would have much, much preferred Sonique's Sky to have been #1 this week...

Kernkraft though oh my word yes without a doubt one of the best songs to hear in club & most definitely in my top 100 songs of all time.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 4th August 2016, 10:21 PM

Electro anthem.

Posted by: TheSnake 4th August 2016, 11:50 PM

Never really liked the Modjo track. I should do as it is funky house but I am more into the sort of funky house with the retro style disco vocals and the epic disco string effects than the more modern type in Lady (Hear Me Tonight). At its best funky hoise can rival the power of trance (eg. Freemasons Watchin with its epic string effects throughout the song) but Lady (Hear Me Tonight) is just boring for me. I agree with Dobbo it is too flat.

The Kernkraft one is very good though. Dont remember it at the time though (unsurprising as I wasnt into hard dance at the time)

Posted by: jszmiles 5th August 2016, 08:25 AM

It still really bugs me why OCC let 3 different versions (I know, with a different catalog number) of the same track to chart at once.....

Posted by: TheSnake 5th August 2016, 10:29 AM

Is 'Sound of The Underground' by Girls Aloud perhaps going to be eligible, just lisstened to it randomly and realised it is drum and bass technically

Posted by: liamk97 5th August 2016, 10:32 AM

It's by Xenomania though - if 'All Fired Up' wouldn't be eligible, I don't think any of their production will or should.

Posted by: Colm 5th August 2016, 10:57 AM

TheSnake - you use the term funky house where I would use looped house.

Posted by: Bjork 5th August 2016, 11:07 AM

not a fan of the Zombie Nation track

Posted by: TheSnake 5th August 2016, 11:55 AM

Yes but most house music is looped in some way, certain aspects of songs of the genre are repetitive throughout the song, usually the bassline and the beat.

Looped house is when the vocals are repetitive (Daft Punk - Around the World is an example). Not all looped house is funky house, look at last years organ house ones.

Funky house is any type of house music where there is strong funk or disco influences.

Posted by: Colm 5th August 2016, 01:20 PM

Isn't it where they take a sample of another song and repeat it? Spiller, Modjo, Stardust, etc. That is what I always called that sort of music.

Posted by: *Ben* 6th August 2016, 06:07 PM

Silence was a huge favourite for me at that time

Kernkraft is a really good techno track, Love it, although bit of a weird one I must admit


Isn't Funky House actually any type of music TheSnake says it is funky house?

Posted by: BillyH 6th August 2016, 07:05 PM

Think I'm right in that one of the biggest anthems of the decade is coming up next - I'll save more thoughts for when it's posted!

Until then, let's just gaze on the brilliance of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_47_(UK_series), disc 2 especially full of jams. After being spoilt for choice in 1999 I often forget how great a lot of 2000 was too...

Posted by: Ethan 6th August 2016, 07:40 PM

Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Remixes)



Date 8th Oct 2000
6 Weeks
Official Chart Run 3-4-6-7-11-13-21-28-31-37-44-45-41-47-59-62- (16 weeks)




Ambient and ethereal trance duo Delerium, a side project of 80’s Canadian Industrial Metal group Front Line Assembly, was formed in Vancouver during 1987 by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber. Abstract, industrial, and Dark Ambient soundscapes dominated their early output, with Tribal and Illbient influences becoming more apparent during the early 90s, before a shift to a more ethnic style - ethereal Electronica - with new age influences for their 9th album ‘Karma’ in 1997.

Complete with Gregorian chanting (Gloria in Excelsis Deo), and vocals from Canadian singer songwriter Sarah McLachlan, the potential of ‘Silence’ - the fourth track from ‘Karma’ - soon became apparent to trance producers. First up were Chris Fortier and Neil Kolo aka Fade and their Sanctuary mix which reached #73 on release, in June 1999, selling a mere 5k it was the 906th biggest selling of 1999.

A Matt Darey remix of a ‘Karma’ bonus track ‘Heaven’s Earth’ reached #44 in early 2000, before the big guns were brought into remix ‘Silence’ for the Ibiza season. Thus Airscape (Belgian trance duo Johan Gielen and Sven Maes) provided the radio version for the re-release, and Dutch superstar DJ Tiësto aka Tijs Michiel Verwest produced the now infamous 11:35 ‘In Search of Sunrise’ remix. When activated in October 2000 the remix package shot straight to #3 on sales of 48,500 and the longest dance Dance Chart #1 of the year clocking up 6 weeks here! *.*

Regarded as an all-time trance classic, ‘Silence’ returned to the top40 in November 2004 when an Above & Beyond remix reached #38. Delerium went on to have a number of minor hits in the early 00’s: ‘Innocente (Falling In Love)’ [#32 2001], ‘Underwater’ [#33 2001], ‘After All’ [#46 2003] & ‘Truly’ [#54 2004]. Still active Delerium are set to release their 14th album 'Mythologie' next month~

Posted by: *Ben* 6th August 2016, 08:00 PM

Silence!

I love both versions

Posted by: dandy* 6th August 2016, 08:06 PM

I really like the original Fade remix as well as the Tiesto remix. At the time it was the Airscape mix that was huge but I don't think it has aged as well as the others.

Posted by: BillyH 6th August 2016, 08:12 PM

That's the one. Just wow - the Airscape mix is the one I first heard and fell in love with but huge respect to Tiesto's too, even in the mid-noughties this was just one of the most incredible things I'd ever heard. One of the first songs I downloaded from iTunes when their Music Store launched a few years later - I liken it to 'Insomnia' by Faithless in that the best bit's the one at the very end, building up until reaching that moment.

Makes me all the more annoyed that I was still only a kid when it came out so missed its club-play peak, in fact I've only heard this once in a club and that was way back in 2008, but still sounded pretty damn special!

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 6th August 2016, 08:15 PM

Silence is literally heavenly

Posted by: gooddelta 6th August 2016, 08:16 PM

Incredible song, and the only time the brilliant Sarah McLachlan had a notable UK hit. The Airscape mix will always be my favourite but I love the Tiesto mix too.

Where did the info that it was the 906th biggest seller of 1999 come from out of interest Ethan? I'd love to see that entire list, or indeed any year list stretching down that far!

Posted by: Ðøßßø 6th August 2016, 08:19 PM

Unpopular opinion time. I've always found Silence a bit limp & am not a fan of the all over the place vocals. There are much better in the trance genre for me.

Posted by: Jester 6th August 2016, 08:44 PM

Now Lady and Zombie Nation are still amazing imo.

Silence I could give or take tbh. Never loved it.

Posted by: BillyH 6th August 2016, 09:43 PM

One of the many tracks that missed out as dance #1 during Silence's reign is an almost-forgotten gem from Fatboy Slim, one of my faves of his if nowhere near as remembered today as his 98-99 stuff:

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

First time I heard it was on the Ministry of Sound Annual 2000 CD, where a slightly sped up version mixed surprisingly brilliantly into Spiller's Groovejet.

Fatboy Slim was incredible at his peak, and I found it something of a shame that his mid-noughties stuff fizzled out into "nice video, shame about the song" irrelevance - Eat Sleep Rave Repeat was pretty good but that charted as a Calvin Harris remix.

Posted by: Colm 6th August 2016, 10:30 PM

Silence is of course genius. That break at 4:27 in the In Search of Sunrise mix still sounds great. The whole thing was responsible for some terrible trance lite produced afterwards. Fearful female vocals on trance started popping up all over the place, most of which didn't have the depth or tone of Sarah McLaughlin.

Posted by: Colm 6th August 2016, 10:36 PM

The Fade mix was a hit in 1999 in Ireland and was in the charts for ages. It hit number 1 and spent 21 weeks in the charts according to the Irish charts site but I dont remember it's exact peak. It had no video.

Posted by: TheSnake 6th August 2016, 11:23 PM

Silence is fantastic. But I liked the big soulful female vocals trend it started (it also started appearing in funky house too as we will see with a big track from a group named after a shop on the 2001 part of the thread). All the way to the end of 2006 and the start of 2007 when we started getting vocals that definitely werent to my taste from Luciana and Princess Superstar.

Posted by: TheSnake 6th August 2016, 11:45 PM

Not all funky house samples other songs, funky house is usually a type of house music which has funk.or disco influences. Usually it has Nile Rodgers style disco guitar, disco strings or retro sounding disco vocals or all three. It was the main type of house music from 2000 to the end of 2006 that made the charts.

Posted by: danG 7th August 2016, 07:52 AM

Silence

All eleven minutes and thirty five seconds of the Tiesto mix are brilliant!! The Airscape mix is quite good too but the Tiesto one really is a piece of work.

Posted by: Colm 7th August 2016, 08:08 AM

No. I am not trying to define funky house. I am trying to define looped house. For me it's those that I mentioned above - Spiller, Modjo, Stardust and latterly Eric Pryz's Call on Me, United Nations' Out of Touch, Cabin Crew's Star to Fall.

Posted by: Colm 7th August 2016, 08:10 AM

But the likes of IIO's Rapture I could do without.

Posted by: Bjork 7th August 2016, 03:01 PM

Silence might be my favourite dance song EVER!!!! I remember I was totally obsessed with it, especially the Tiesto Mix.
I remember I was living in Belgium at the time, where Tiesto was huge and I remember we went to see Tiesto live in a sorta rave that lasted like 12 hours and he played this and everyone went crazy

Posted by: Ethan 7th August 2016, 05:04 PM

Alan Jones dropped that tantalizing morsel in his weekly music week sales report for that week, his chart database(s) must be to die for *.*

Posted by: TheSnake 7th August 2016, 06:08 PM

But there is looped house that isn't funky house, some is like 99 Souls - The Girl Is Mine or Galantis Peanut Butter Jelly or The Snake - Spun 2 but some isn't like Philip George - Wish You Were Mine or Joe Stone - The Party (This Is How We Do it).

Posted by: BillyH 7th August 2016, 06:23 PM

I think it's one of those genres whose definition depends from person to person, in the same way everyone's classification of "dance" music is individual.

Stardust, Phats & Small, Daft Punk etc I think of as filtered house, and Eric Prydz/United Nations/Hi-Tack/pretty much every major dance hit of the mid-noughties I think of as looped house.

Posted by: Colm 7th August 2016, 06:34 PM

I can go with that.

Posted by: TheSnake 7th August 2016, 10:40 PM

There were loads of dance songs that made the top 40 in the mid 00s that werent looped house (there was a trend started by The Shapeshifters of house tracks which sounded retro and had disco strings in them and a few of these and a few that werent of the funky house genre at all make this thread from that time too)

It just was in late 2004 and early 2005 and early 2006 again with Hi Tack and Beatfreakz too there seemed to be a lot of looped 80s remixes. I liked them though, more fun and lively than the 2015 ones Philip George - Wish You Were Mine or Joe Stone - The Party.

And about the iio - Rapture track I actually think the Avicii remix of Nadia Ali - Rapture is better - the original is quite dull musically in comparison I think.

Posted by: Jade 7th August 2016, 10:47 PM

'Kernkraft 400' is one of my absolute favourite examples of noughties dance! Such a brilliantly standout instrumental (well, predominantly - I guess it does have a tiny bit of vox). If only that had been an official number 1!

Posted by: Bjork 8th August 2016, 10:07 AM

always wondered how did Sarah MacLachlan got involved with Delerium? I mean, cos she's a kinda mellow singer/songwriter who you wouldn't associate with dance music at all, like zero, think Adia or Angel.... I know both are Canadians but still... was she also involved in writing the song? or only did vocals?

Posted by: Colm 8th August 2016, 10:49 AM

Weren't they a sort of world music/ambient band like Enigma?

Posted by: jszmiles 8th August 2016, 10:56 AM

Sarah (one of my fav vocalists) always has been involved in dance music, she's released some remix albums as well (2 or 3 don't remember), her tracks were remixed many times so its nothing strange to see her singing on Silence. Especially when the original version is ambient

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 12:44 AM

ive literally just jumped on the bandwagon with this countdown, it's looking great so far, here's my brief input.

2000

Artful Dodger feat. Craig David – Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
Whenever I think of what the UK Garage scene was like I immediately come back to this tune that for me started everything off. Still an enjoyable listen 16 years on.
Scanty Sandwich – Because Of You
A one hit wonder that won't be remembered by me for too long, but I did remember hearing it for the first time on New Hits 2000 when it was released that year thinking it sounded like Fatboy Slim.
Sash! – Adelante
Ah yes, I did like Sash! and I own the greatest hits of which this is one of my favourites.
Eiffel 65 – Move Your Body
Nothing about Eiffel 65 was good for me, just a bit too cringeworthy for my taste.
Artful Dodger and Romina Johnson – Movin' Too Fast
Not a fan of this, but I did used to refer to it as the candy shop song (no logical reason why but there you go!)
Chicane feat. Bryan Adams – Don't Give Up
Bravo! Bravo! This is one of my power songs for motivation, the lyrics work very well for me.
Moloko – The Time Is Now
No appeal for me at all here.
Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers
A charming song with summer vibes all over it. I liked this and Summer Of Love from Lonyo (where is that in this thread?)
Fragma feat. Coco Star – Toca's Miracle
No words needed. Just great. Ethan forgot to mention this was re-released again in 2008 and reached #16. I don't think a recording credit was given to Coco Star when this got released but it should have done.
Oxide & Neutrino – Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)
When I say you say we say they say make some noise! Love some of the catchy lyrics in this one.
Madison Avenue – Don't Call Me Baby
This is like marmite for me, sometimes I love it and other times I hate it. Right now it's not too appealing.
Sonique – It Feels So Good
I can see why this sold well, it was good at the time but now it doesn't sound as good.
Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me
The worst dance song in this thread so far!
Darude – Sandstorm
This and Feel The Beat were very good in 2000 and glad to see it feature here.
Artful Dodger and Robbie Craig feat. Craig David – Woman Trouble
Possibly their weakest hit, yet still has some appeal for me.
Alice Deejay – Will I Ever
If I do will it be with you... I love all the hits by Alice Deejay, just unique for me.
Bomfunk MC's – Freestyler
Thumbs up from me, good job and still hasn't aged at all.
Storm – Time To Burn
I remember at a large hot air balloon festival in Bristol this was played and the balloons lit up at night. Not a lot more to add.
Melanie C – I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)
Kind of surprised to see this in this thread but really there's no reason it shouldn't. Melanie C's finest work.
Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
I must admit I sided with Truesteppers to be number one at the time! Woe is me!
Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
I wish Modjo actually had more hits like this one. It's deserved to break the 12 week chart cycle previous.
Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400
I would always believe that the artist and the song title were the wrong way round for the repeating mention of "Zombie Nation" in the lyrics, but eventually I learnt that I was wrong!
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan – Silence
Personally, my favourite remix of this song was by Michael Woods which was a must more ambient mix to chill to.

Other noteworthy dance tracks for me from the first two thirds of 2000 that I haven't seen feature;

DJ Luck & MC Neat – A Little Bit Of Luck / Masterblaster 2000 / Ain't No Stopping Us
Paul Van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne – Tell Me Why (The Riddle)
The Tamperer feat. Maya – Hammer To The Heart
York – On The Beach
Rank 1 – Airwave
Des Mitchell – Welcome To The Dance
Planet Perfecto – Bullet In The Gun 2000
Nu Generation – In Your Arms (Rescue Me)
ATB – Killer 2000
Hi-Gate – Pitchin'
Southside Spinners – Luvstruck
Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom – Must Be The Music
Watergate – Heart Of Asia
Lock 'N Load – Blow Ya Mind
Sash! – Just Around The Hill
Lonyo – Summer Of Love
True Steppers feat. Dane Bowers – Buggin'
Tom Jones & Mousse T – Sex Bomb
Shaft – Mambo Italiano

Great job to all contributing and please do continue.

Posted by: *Ben* 10th August 2016, 04:42 AM

OMG Rank 1 - Airwave was such a great track

Posted by: Jester 10th August 2016, 05:57 AM

I always love Wookie - Battle and DJs Scott & Leon - You Used To Hold Me from 2000.

Posted by: Bjork 10th August 2016, 07:25 AM

actually Rank 1 Airwave might be the one one that I really like in that list
why ATB had to do that useless cover of Killer!!! :/

Posted by: girlsaloudjunkie 10th August 2016, 09:19 AM

I think the ATB version of Killer is brilliant!

Posted by: Colm 10th August 2016, 12:56 PM

That's an excellent list. 2000 certainly equaled a few of the years in the 90s for dance music. 2001 will be poorer but still some great stuff. I image that after that I wont have much positive to say.

Posted by: gooddelta 10th August 2016, 01:00 PM

Airwave is complete genius, I bought it on the week it came out and was so happy it managed land in the top 10, particularly in the busiest week ever (?) for new entries at the top.

I adore ATB but hate that cover of Killer, Movin' Melodies had some stunning tracks that deserved to be singles yet we got that...

Posted by: TheSnake 10th August 2016, 01:27 PM

What about Bob Sinclar - I Feel For You, you didn't mention that one awardinary....that is noteworthy....the first big disco house hit of the decade.

Posted by: TheSnake 10th August 2016, 01:29 PM

Well there is a 2005 entry which was actually made in the late 90s...so you may like that.

Posted by: Colm 10th August 2016, 01:48 PM

We'll see

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 10th August 2016, 02:55 PM

I mostly posted this because of the title of the video. But such a tune.

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 04:11 PM

Point taken, and that could mean I missed a couple of others, let me check something.

Posted by: BillyH 10th August 2016, 04:12 PM

One of my favourite remixes of all time dates from 2000, although I'm aware it's not to everyone's tastes and to those who grew up with the original might be somewhat horrifying:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zeMRk005y0

Full 12" mix as the radio edit cuts just too much out for my liking - go to 3:48 to skip the opening buildup.

(just noticed on this that a couple words are randomly missing at 6:38 - wonder why? They're present and correct on both the radio edit and the Ministry of Sound 2000 Annual mix, maybe some kind of mixing error)

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 04:21 PM

A few other minor hits I missed;

Robbie Rivera pts. Rhythm Bangers – Bang
Bob Sinclar – I Feel For You
Sash! – With My Own Eyes
Armand Van Helden – Koochy
Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird Of Prey)

Posted by: Ethan 10th August 2016, 05:39 PM

Daft Punk - One More Time



Date 19/11/2000
1 Week
Official Chart Run 2-7-13-19-28-29-22-26-35-46-59-70-x-x-88-84-84-83-92-89-95-90-99-x-x-98- (22 weeks)



Daft Punk returned to the charts in November 2000 with this all-time classic French house cut, featuring the heavily compressed auto-tuned vocals of late American DJ, producer and singer Romanthony (rip ). The track was originally produced in 1998 and features uncredited sample from Eddie Johns’ ‘More Spell On You’.

‘One More Time’ was the long awaited follow-up from Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, who’d previously enjoyed two critically acclaimed top10 hits in the late 90s - 'Da Funk/Musique' (#7) and 'Around The World' (#5) - and heralded the beginning of the ‘Discovery’ campaign which would see the duo don the now synonymous robot head garb~

A massive club hit it duly stormed to #2 in November 2000, shifting 59k, losing out by quite some distance to LeAnn Rhymes’ ‘Can’t Fight The Moonlight’ (113.5k). For 13 years it looked like this would be the pinnacle of their UK Chart career, but that is a story which may yet be told at a later date~

Critically acclaimed ‘One More Time’ is a million seller in the US, and is widely regarded as one of the best dance tracks of the 2000’s. The subsequent singles from ‘Discovery’, which reached #2 in the album chart in March 2001, didn’t fare as well as the law of diminishing returns kicked in: 'Aerodynamic' (#97, 2001), 'Digital Love' (#14, 2001), 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' (#25, 2001), 'Something About Us' (#138, 2003). 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' was of course heavily sampled in Kanye West’s 2007 chart topper ‘Stronger’.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 10th August 2016, 05:55 PM

One of my all time favourites It remains the highlight of their discography for me, I do like Get Lucky a lot, but I do sometimes wish the two would swap chart runs (if only because One More Time's initial chart run was criminally short I do really like the Leann Rimes song so at least it wasn't a complete injustice). It's also only struck me now how true the video is to the song's theme

I truly thought that would be their last hurrah, Get lucky blowing up still remains one of the biggest chart surprises of recent times for me.

Posted by: Ðøßßø 10th August 2016, 06:04 PM

One More Time is absolute perfection from start to finish

The only other tracks of theirs that's comes anywhere close is Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger IMO. Get Lucky can't so much as hold a candle to One More Time.

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 06:51 PM

Great great song by Daft Punk. Turn this one up loud!

Posted by: Jade 10th August 2016, 06:51 PM

'One More Time' is so brilliant That was my introduction to Daft Punk and it still remains the best song that I have heard from them.

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 06:54 PM

In fact one of the biggest outrages was that One More Time was omitted from the Now That's What I Call Music series yet the lower charting hit Digital Love did.

I went many years without owning this track, until I eventually bought Discovery for myself when Virgin Megastores closed everywhere.

Posted by: Colm 10th August 2016, 08:37 PM

Bucking the trend here but One More Time is a song that I don't really like. Only Too Long is weaker on the album. It's not terrible. I'd prob give it 5/10. It's very one dimensional, I dont like the sample or the vocal melody. It just doesn't nothing for me.

Posted by: BillyH 10th August 2016, 09:20 PM

This is another one I'd listen to on the radio in my early-mid teens, closing my eyes and dreaming of actually being in a real proper club with this playing Which I don't think has ever properly happened, I've heard bits of it but never the full thing with the long slow bit in the middle. Except at a friend's wedding once, where a baffled crowd cleared the dancefloor midway through the song and never returned...

Posted by: TheSnake 10th August 2016, 09:45 PM

Yes its a great tune, and these two came back six years later into the charts with a great retro sounding tune that fitted with the retro dance theme of the time (although Taka was uncredited for some reason but she did sing on it). It may or may not be appearing on this thread.

One More Time probably spawned or at least increased the popularity of the whole genre of looped house that we will see more of in the middle of the decade. Great tune although the bit where the beat dies away
lasts too long imo and I am just willing the funky looped house to start up again.

Colm says it got worse in 2002 but I think things only started getting worse in dance from the second half of 2006 when stuff like the dreadful (imo) Yeah Yeah became popular. 2007 dance was mostly dull emotionless dance songs with electro sound effects and annoying singers/female rappers with a few exceptions.

2008 was better with the eurodance, but the charts were so slow like today so there were few dance songs entering the chart.

2009 was quite poor again although I really liked Ready For The Weekend and In The Heat Of The Night.

Posted by: BillyH 10th August 2016, 10:23 PM

It's quite an odd one, isn't it? In the radio edit the "slow bit" lasts for almost two of the four minutes, almost half the song - I remember some radio stations made their own various edits of it that cut most of the middle out and had the beat return quicker. I think it added to the uniqueness of the song, you can't imagine other major dance acts putting a massive slow bit into the middle of their club banger but I've always loved it, a big hands-in-the-air anthemic moment - needs to be played at the right moment of the night to work at its best though, otherwise the momentum's lost.

I think N-Trance's 'Set You Free' wins for slow bits in the middle of dance songs though, that moment is a heart-stopper.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mix3tdHXBq8 - one of the biggest "What the HELL is this?!" moments I've ever had from a dance tune. Absolutely amazed how high it charted (#4!!) given how uncommercial it is, basically a two-second sample of Gary Numan's 'Cars' gone completely nuts with mad record scratching and weird noises over the top for eight minutes. It did get a fair bit of attention at the time though as I think Radio 1 played it a lot, and Armand was a major name by then.

Posted by: awardinary 10th August 2016, 10:28 PM

It's his second biggest single to the chart topping You Don't Know Me from 1998.

Posted by: danG 11th August 2016, 08:00 AM

Don't forget Armand's other number one, 2009's Bonkers.

Also I'd say My My My by him was far bigger than Koochy although it did miss the top ten.

Also, the slow bit of One More Time is amazing. As is the whole song, but that really adds something special to the song. It's gotta be the album version too, the 4 minute edit is too short for the song.

Posted by: Bjork 11th August 2016, 08:46 AM

love One More Time and I was surprised it wasn't bigger, should have been #1 for multiple weeks instead

Posted by: *Ben* 11th August 2016, 08:57 AM

Here are only the dance number 1s listed.

With My Own Eyes though is another fantastic track from Sash!

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 09:30 AM

My My My missed the top 10 twice once in summer 2004 and secondly in summer 2006, with a new version with Tara McDonald. They both kind of framed the retro disco house period in the middle of the decade. I prefer the second version, Tara's vocals sound a bit like Ane Brun's ones in 'Cant Stop' this decade.

Has anyone else noticed the video for My My My is very similar to Tough Love's So Freakin Tight?

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 10:53 AM

Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)



Date 26/11/2000
4 Weeks
Official Chart Run 5-5-8-811-9-12-19-25-35-43-52-67-84-x-x-93-94-85-97-91-98(20 weeks)

This track is from Scottish duo Public Domain from Ayr, consisting of DJ James Allen and MC Neil Skinner. The video features these two individuals performing to a crowd. The track to my ears sounds much like a forerunner of 2014 style big room house with a big build up and the drop. Technically though it is under the genre 'hard house' however it is very hard for many (including myself) to know the difference between the two genres. Perhaps some dance experts here can elighten me.

The track features crowd sounds and is not the only track in this countdown to feature them. It also was definitely targeted only at the UK market as the most prominent words are 'Bass In The Place, London'. A slight snub to their Scottish roots perhaps. Despite this, it did go top 10 in Austria, Germany and Australia.

It was a struggle to find sales information about this one. There is no English Wikipedia page for this. Apparently, according to the German Wikipedia page it went platinum in Australia, although there are no figures for the UK.

They had two follow ups which made the top 40 in the UK, Rock Da Funky Beats (which despite its name definitely wasn't funky house ) which reached number 19 in June 2001 and Too Many MCs (number 34 in January 2002).

Finally a personal story. It was the kind of thing I didn't like much at the time, as I wasn't into hard dance music. I have a more positive opinion now. In Belfast, I think I must have heard it and similar stuff on a dance radio station operating in Ireland at the time, NRG, which my aunt used to listen to for some reason. Fellow Irish Buzzjackers may remember this station.

Posted by: gooddelta 11th August 2016, 11:14 AM

This track samples the Pump Panel remix of New Order's Confusion. There was another track in the top ten around the same time using the same sample, Phatt Bass by Warp Brothers and Aquagen. Personally I never cared much for any of them.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 11:15 AM

Now my opinion, goodness me it's like the 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat' of 2000. Very similar sort of dance music. As I said I didn't like it at the time but now I think its a great tune and probably a big influence on 2014's trend of hard house and big room house.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 11:17 AM

Yes I saw it sampled three few tracks in whosampled but I thought that was too many songs and didn't know whether it was accurate so didn't include it.

Posted by: BillyH 11th August 2016, 12:22 PM

LOVE this one and the story of it all always fascinated me - as gooddelta's already said, a remix of a remix - and has a crazy complicated journey from birth to release. Correct me if I'm wrong, but basically:

* New Order release the song 'Confusion' in 1983

* In 1995, New Order release the album 'The Rest of New Order' featuring various remixes of their older songs. One of them is the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of 'Confusion' completely transforming the song into a ten minute acid techno banger

* This remix was used in a memorable scene in the superhero movie 'Blade', released in the UK in November 1998. Demand for the song grew instantly from clubbers who'd seen it

* Step forward Public Domain, a group of Scottish DJs who notice the demand for the 'Blade song' and begin playing it to huge reception in clubs, mixing in some sampled MC vocals from Public Enemy's Flavor Flav featuring the repeated line "Bass for your face, London!" (I know, bear with me) for added effect. What becomes 'Operation Blade' is born

* Track is signed for commercial release, but in the same way as Black Legend's The Trouble With Me, the sampled vocals can't be cleared for commercial use and are re-recorded by soundalike Mallorca Lee. The new vocals change the main line to "Bass in the place, London", and a few other changes - "Yo Chuck (D), kick it to them, man" becoming "Public Domain, kicking it to you man"

* Track is scheduled to be released in time for Christmas 2000, but at the same time two groups of German DJs - Warp Brothers and Aquagen - have presumably had exactly the same idea, and their song 'Phatt Bass' is released, using the same Blade/Pump Panel sample - the CD features two main mixes, the Warp Brothers mix and the Aquagen mix, but it's the Warp Brothers one that gets the main radio airplay. This is released in the same month in the UK causing something of a sample 'battle' - both singles have stickers on the front claiming their record is the 'original' Blade theme, with Phatt Bass going a step further with the words "ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS" on the front!

* The Warp Brothers/Aquagen ended up charting first, presumably on import (#58 in November 2000), and on full release reached the top ten at #9, but it was Public Domain's more homegrown version that ended up the winner here, peaking at #5, a massive seller right through the season and climbing back into the top ten in early 2001 once all the Christmas songs were falling. I'm not sure of the full sales total but I know it's pretty huge, it got quite high in a countdown of dance songs from the noughties that one of the music channels showed a few years ago.

Think that's all correct, and agreed that the 'drop' is similar to the big-room house of just over a decade later - although I'll listen to this over the likes of 'Animals' any day, a brilliant uplifting hard house tune.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 11th August 2016, 12:27 PM

That was a really insightful story, BillyH! I know it's too early to ask, but I'd love it if you know if there was a similar backstory behind 2 records that sampled Waiting For A Star To Fall that both went top 5 in 2005 and were in the top 10 at the same time.

Posted by: danG 11th August 2016, 12:45 PM

There is indeed a big story to go along with the Star To Fall sample battle, but we'll get to that when we see one or both of them get featured in the thread.

Posted by: Colm 11th August 2016, 01:20 PM

This thread is really educational. I love it

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 01:36 PM

Actually there are three. Mylo - In My Arms too but that was released later.

During the 2000s there was also Chocolate Puma/Nigel and Marvin and The Ones/George Michael and also Big Ang and Siobhan/Freemasons. But these were released at different times. Naughty Boy/Sunblock was released at the same time though like the Waiting For A star to fall ones. We will see which ones will appear in the thread.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 01:48 PM

Were there any sample wars in the 90s thread?

Posted by: BillyH 11th August 2016, 01:57 PM

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=179328&view=findpost&p=5169150 and http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=179328&view=findpost&p=5401896 are two tracks in the 90s thread that have similarly interesting stories.

(edit: links now attached!)

Posted by: awardinary 11th August 2016, 02:21 PM

There were a number of these "big bass" songs competing around that time period and beyond.

Here's a number of ones I put into this category.

Fatboy Slim & Riva – Eat Sleep Rave Repeat [Calvin Harris Remix]
Porn Kings – Pumping Up The Sound
Porn Kings vs DJ Supreme – Up On The Wildstyle
Porn Kings vs Flip & Fill – Shake Ya Shimmy [FNP Remix]
Porn Kings vs Flip & Fill – Music Is Pumping
Porn Kings vs Mix Factory – Take Me Away
Public Domain – Operation Blade
Sub Focus – Rock It
Warp Brothers – We Will Survive
Warp Brothers vs Aquagen – Phatt Bass
Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness

And it was the last one in that list there by Wink that started a lot of the se other DJ's off I think wasn't it?


Does Operation Blade conclude the year 2000?

Posted by: *Ben* 11th August 2016, 03:16 PM

TheSnake, please don't start again with the double and triple posts, they ruin this fantastic thread

Operation Blade is an anthem, weird song but a tune and remembers me always on that vampire movie ( now I forgot the title arghhhh)

Blade was the title, i think

Posted by: Colm 11th August 2016, 03:32 PM

No but there were a few instances when similar tracks were released.
KWS - Please Don't Go was a the hit version but Double You had the original version before KWS but failed to released it in time to capitalie on it. This is the simplified version.

There were disagreements over the use of the song title Playing With Knives between Blue Pearl and Bizarre Inc, I think.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 03:39 PM

Oxide and Neutrino ft Megaman, Romeo and Lisa Maffia - No Good 4 Me



Date 24/12/2000
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 6-6-8-14-27-40-53-70-x-x-x-x-91-93-92 (11 Weeks)



This UK garage song by So Solid Crew members Oxide and Neutrino finishes off the 2000 part of the thread, being a big hit during the festive period of 2000 and into the new year of 2001. It covers The Prodigy's 1994 track No Good (Start the Dance) in the chorus and in the music of the verses too. It also contains rapping in the verses like the first Oxide and Neutrino song on this thread, Bound 4 Da Reload, so Oxide and Neutrino really started off the growing trend of rapping being included in UK Garage tracks. They reference their precious hit in the first words of the song 'Bound For The Bound Bound We're Back Again'. They also use their favourite number 4 again in the title.

The London duo would have four more top 20 hits in 2001 and the start of 2002 from their first two albums, Execute and 2 Stepz Ahead, the second one undoubtedly named after the genre of 2 step garage they were part of.

The video features epic noodle throwing, a Modestep - Feel Good reminiscent metal box and a rather humorously running man as well as the duo themselves. Of course the most famous incidence of a humorously running man in a 2000s dance video occurs near the middle of the decade part of this thread.

Posted by: awardinary 11th August 2016, 04:01 PM

You know what random video popped into my head when you said this, which I know isn't the video you are referring to, but it was this funny one.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 04:01 PM

This one is nice and uplifting, I prefer this kind of UK garage to the chilled out deep type of Flowers or Moving Too Fast. However I much prefer The Prodigy track to this, it doesn't really work for me in the chorus of this song with the slower beat.

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 04:11 PM

Crazy Frog and Pondlife/ DJ Casper and MC Jig provide some stories too.

Were Public Domain named after Public Enemy then?

Posted by: BillyH 11th August 2016, 05:23 PM

I did wonder that, but nope - they just called themselves that as they're "open to everyone", in the way all the best clubs/raves are. They did end up working with Chuck D from Public Enemy for real though on follow-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYIwPpckck.

This is one of my faves of theirs though, used to blast this out back around late 2004/early 2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMRigNKXiNY

Not got much to say about No Good 4 Me...UK garage was never a massive sound for me, although I enjoyed some of the bassline tracks later in the decade. Plan B later used the same hook in one of his early singles.

Posted by: Ethan 11th August 2016, 05:51 PM

bass in the place london ~SICK~

Posted by: Colm 11th August 2016, 07:23 PM

I actually bought No Good 4 Me cheaply somewhere in 2001.

Posted by: *Ben* 11th August 2016, 08:35 PM

Not really a fan of Bound 4 Da Reload.

Just checked the chart history of Oxide & Neutrino because I couldn't remember on any more songs of them, and surprisingly (for me) they've had 4 top 10 hits and 2 more in the top 20 but after 2002 nothing anymore.

Posted by: Colm 11th August 2016, 08:36 PM

I must start compiling a play list for this thread too.

Posted by: N-S 11th August 2016, 08:45 PM

Now for a round-up of dance hits in 2000

Posted by: BillyH 11th August 2016, 10:04 PM

Interesting mix of UK #1s and (lots of) Eurohits that did nothing/weren't released here, and a few that eventually were UK hits but years later - Mauro Picotto's Komodo in 2001, DJ Aligator's The Whistle Song and ATC's Around the World in 2002, and a remixed version of The Underdog Project's Summer Jam a whopping three years later in 2003! And Gigi D'Agostino's La Passion which was randomly massive in Ireland but bafflingly not in the UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUKJ3NsWtvc is a fave of mine in that video, very Alice Deejay/DJ Quicksilver - surely that would have been a UK top ten had they bothered releasing it here?

Posted by: TheSnake 11th August 2016, 10:13 PM

Interesting facts about two songs in the thread - Toca's Miracle was re released in 2008 and made the top 40 and also Moving Too Fast was covered a bit (I think) in the chorus of the 2006 Supafly Inc top 30 hit Moving Too Fast.

Yes BillyH that Underdog Project song was originally a UK Garage song before all the whistles (it sounded like a referee was hired for the song)and a house beat appeared in it.

Posted by: awardinary 11th August 2016, 11:13 PM

Already started mine Colm!

This has already been alluded to in a previous post by myself.

Posted by: awardinary 12th August 2016, 12:01 AM

Some last bits and pieces of the year 2000 I just want to mention;

Darude – Feel The Beat
Alice Deejay – The Lonely One
Aurora feat. Naimee Coleman – Ordinary World
SuReal – You Take My Breath Away
ElementFour – Big Brother UK TV Theme
Artful Dodger feat. Lifford – Please Don't Turn Me On
Bomfunk MC's – Uprocking Beats
Da Muttz – Wassuup
Junior Jack – My Feeling
Beatchuggers feat. Eric Clapton – Forever Man (How Many Times?)
Shanks & Bigfoot – Sing-A-Long
Architechs feat. Nana – Body Groove

Posted by: TheSnake 12th August 2016, 12:08 AM

The Big Brother theme tune and Saturday Night Takeaway theme tune are great reminders of 2000s trance and funky house respectively that are still played a lot when these shows are on.

Posted by: *Ben* 12th August 2016, 04:21 AM

Omg, thanks Billy, all of those you're mentioning are brilliant tracks, and Kosmonova was one of my faves too.

I really don't understand why Gigi D'Agostino wasn't pushed in the UK. A mystery for me.

Posted by: danG 12th August 2016, 09:39 AM

Yep, L'amour Toujours sounds like it could have been a massive UK hit but I guess it never got any radio support.

Posted by: danG 12th August 2016, 11:12 AM

2000 in review

The #1s:

Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta (3 weeks)
Scanty Sandwich - Because Of You (2 weeks)
Sash! - Adelante (1 week)
Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body (2 weeks)
Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast (2 weeks)
Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up (2 weeks)
Moloko - The Time Is Now (2 weeks)
Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (1 week)
Fragma feat. Coco - Toca's Miracle (2 weeks)
Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) (2 weeks)
Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby (2 weeks)
Sonique - It Feels So Good (3 weeks)
Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me (2 weeks)
Darude - Sandstorm (1 week)
Artful Dodger feat. Robbie Craig & David Craig - Woman Trouble (2 weeks)
Alice Deejay - Will I Ever (1 week)
Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (1 week)
Storm - Time To Burn (1 week)
Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix) (1 week)
Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (3 weeks)
Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) (2 weeks)
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (2 weeks)
Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (6 weeks)
Daft Punk - One More Time (1 week)
Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) (4 weeks)
Oxide & Neutrino feat. Megaman - No Good 4 Me (2 weeks)

End-of-year:

Pos/Performer/Title/Dance Chart Peak/Actual Chart Peak/Sales

1 Sonique - It Feels So Good 1 1 642k
2 Fragma - Toca's Miracle 1 1 531k
3 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 1 1 523k
4 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 1 1 419k
5 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind 2 2 376k
6 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler 1 2 359k
7 Darude - Sandstorm 1 3 353k
8 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix) 1 1 338k
9 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast 1 2 315k
10 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby 1 1 307k

Posted by: awardinary 12th August 2016, 11:35 AM

Good insight, thanks danG.

Posted by: Colm 12th August 2016, 11:48 AM

So Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (6 weeks) failed to be one of the Top 10 sellers?

Posted by: danG 12th August 2016, 12:10 PM

Indeed. In fact it is only at #17.

Here's the full end-of-year dance chart (I think, correct me if I've left anything out or if any of these songs aren't dance) using all the dance songs that made the EOY top 200 (credit to liamk97 in the sales vault). There are a lot more dance songs that make it in 2000 than in other years.

001 It Feels So Good - Sonique [1] 642,001 (674,000)
002 Toca's Miracle - Fragma [1] 530,742
003 Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor [1] 523,242
004 Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo [1] 419,000
005 Out Of Your Mind - Truesteppers & Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham [2] 376,000
006 Freestyler - Bomfunk MCs [2] 359,000
007 Sandstorm - Darude [3] 353,000
008 I Turn To You - Melanie C [1] 338,000
009 Movin' Too Fast - Artful Dodger featuring Romina Johnson [2] 315,000
010 Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue [1] 307,000 (~330,000)

011 Flowers - Sweet Female Attitude [2] 280,000
012 Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation [2] 273,000
013 You See The Trouble With Me - Black Legend [1] 272,000
014 Don't Give Up - Chicane featuring Bryan Adams [1] 263,000
015 Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) - Public Domain [5] 249,000
016 Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) - Oxide & Neutrino [1] 234,000
017 Silence - Delerium [3] 227,000
018 Body Groove - Architechs featuring Nana [3] 216,000
019 Shalala La La - Vengaboys [5] 201,000
020 Time To Burn - Storm [3] 199,000

021 Blow Ya Mind - Lock 'N' Load [6] 196,000
022 Sky - Sonique [2] 192,000
023 The Time Is Now - Moloko [2] 188,000
024 On The Beach - York [4] 186,000
025 Move Your Body - Eiffel 65 [3] 180,000
026 A Little Bit Of Luck - DJ Luck & MC Neat [9] 172,000 (~240,000)
027 Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta - Artful Dodger featuring Craig David [2] 168,000 (569,000)
028 Adelante - Sash! [2] 168,000
029 Heart Of Asia - Watergate [3] 164,000
030 Woman Trouble - Artful Dodger & Robbie Craig featuring Craig David [6] 157,000

031 Will I Ever - Alice Deejay [7] 155,000
032 Big Brother UK TV Theme - Elementfour [4] 152,000
033 One More Time - Daft Punk [2] 150,000
034 Killer - ATB [4] 135,000
035 Buggin' - Truesteppers featuring Dane Bowers [6] 132,000
036 Please Don't Turn Me On - Artful Dodger featuring Lifford [4] 130,000
037 Feel The Beat - Darude [5] 127,000
038 Uncle John From Jamaica - Vengaboys [6] 114,000
039 Because Of You - Scanty Sandwich [3] 110,000
040 In Your Arms (Rescue Me) - Nu Generation [8] 107,000

041 Back In My Life - Alice Deejay [6] 106,000 (425,000)
042 Masterblaster 2000 - DJ Luck & MC Neat [5] 104,000
043 Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) - Vengaboys [5] 102,000 (328,000)
044 Barber's Adagio For Strings - William Orbit [7] 98,000 (286,000)
045 No Good 4 Me - Oxide & Neutrino featuring Megaman, Romeo & Lisa Maffia [6] 97,000
046 Girls Like Us - B-15 Project featuring Crissy D & Lady G [7] 97,000
047 Just Around The Hill - Sash! Featuring Tina Cousins [8] 97,000
048 Wassuup! - Da Muttz [11] 96,000
049 Summer Of Love - Lonyo [8] 95,000
050 Koochy - Armand Van Helden [4] 89,000

051 Ordinary World - Aurora featuring Naimee Coleman [5] 87,000
052 I Put A Spell On You - Sonique [8] 85,000
053 Welcome To The Dance - Des Mitchell [5] 82,000
054 Bullet In The Gun 2000 - Planet Perfecto [7] 82,000
055 Sing A Long - Shanks & Bigfoot [12] 82,000
056 Pitchin' (In Every Direction) - Hi-Gate [6] 82,000
057 The Power Of Love (Remix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood [6] 81,000 (600,000+)
058 Hammer To The Heart - Tamperer featuring Maya [6] 81,000
059 Porcelain - Moby [5] 81,000
060 Airwave - Rank 1 [10] 78,000

061 Crazy Love - MJ Cole [10] 77,000
062 Up Rocking Beats - Bomfunk MCs [11] 75,000
063 Tell Me Why (The Riddle) - Paul Van Dyk featuring Saint Etienne [7] 73,000
064 It's My Turn - Angelic [11] 73,000

Posted by: TheSnake 12th August 2016, 12:50 PM

This is the 2006 song, which may refer to Moving Too Fast in the chorus, the singer sounds similar too

Posted by: awardinary 12th August 2016, 02:15 PM

Dan that's really useful thanks! Is there anything beyond #64 or is that all I goes up to?

Posted by: Colm 12th August 2016, 02:34 PM

Funky house is getting far too many mentions

Posted by: TheSnake 12th August 2016, 02:34 PM

Rui Da Silva and Cassandra - Touch Me



Date 07/01/2001
4 Weeks
Official Chart Run 1-2-2-4-10-15-21-32-36-47-61-56-57-57 (14 weeks)

This track is from Portuguese producer Rui da Silva with vocals from Cassandra Fox, from North London. The vocals are very similar in style and sound to those on Toca's Miracle by Fragma, and are from the distinctive style of female vocals used on a lot of trance tracks in the early 2000s. Cassandra and Rui both wrote the song together in Rui's studio. They had both met after Rui was watching a performance by Cassandra in the West End of London.

This track is a mixture of trance influences (in some of the synths) and funky house (disco style guitar), and is one of the few tracks which incorporates both of these popular early 2000s genres into the song. It went straight to number 1 upon release and sold over 300,000 copies in the UK.

Both these two genres together means it is probably from the genre progressive house and so is our first progressive house track on the thread. Progressive house would be more popular in 2003 to early 2006 with producers such as Deepest Blue (2 tracks) and Deep Dish (3 tracks) getting hits and from 2008 to 2009, the former having a massive saxophone including progressive house hit at the end of it, the latter being when former disco house producer Calvin Harris turned progressive (mostly, the exception being Ready For The Weekend) and Deadmau5 emerged.

Originally there was a guitar part inspired by a Spandau Ballet song in the track, but it had to be removed as it couldn't get clearance. This delayed the release of the track from December 2000 to January 2001. When it was released, the track also went to number 1 in Portugal and Ireland, top 20 in Belguim, Italy, Netherlands and Romania and top 30 in Australia.

It was Rui da Silva's only hit in the UK. Rui da Silva has a total of 12 aliases, almost as many as Hi_Tack have. He started producing in 1992.

I will finish with the most important fact of the song. The most important fact is that the cover of the single has silhouetted figures on a blue background. I think we have found Lady Buzzjack's inspiration. ohmy.gif

Posted by: Jade 12th August 2016, 02:34 PM

What a tremendous start to 2001! 'Touch Me' took a while to grow on me but then just suddenly HIT and I've never looked back since. The vocals are just so sensual - I feel like I am almost mesmerised throughout. The way it slowly builds up to the chorus and then passionately ends with the elongated 'youuuuu' is so satisfying and wonderful to listen to. The production is stellar also.

Posted by: TheSnake 12th August 2016, 02:36 PM

Great tune, similar to Toca's Miracle (similar sounding vocalist) but I think i prefer it because of the funky house in it.

I do remember it, and I did like it at the time, unlike most dance music.

It's kind of like how the later track by Angel City - Love Me Right ends with 'ah-ahhh-ahhh' after the build up. Although that track didn't make the top 10 at the time so it may not be appearing on this thread.



Well you are not going to like the next few track posts then, FH was big in early 2001.

Posted by: Colm 12th August 2016, 03:01 PM

Before you came a long I had never heard of the term funky house.

Posted by: *Ben* 12th August 2016, 03:01 PM

2001 had a fabolous start with Rui Da Silva - Touch Me the official number 1 too

Posted by: TheSnake 12th August 2016, 03:17 PM

That's despite funky house being big in the late 90s (Ultra Nate, Phats and Small (who came back as the Freemasons in the mid and late 2000s), Bucketheads etc)

Posted by: Colm 12th August 2016, 07:50 PM

Yep.

Posted by: N-S 12th August 2016, 09:07 PM

The only UK#1 by a fellow countrymate of mine! And what a fabulous tune it is.

Posted by: TheSnake 13th August 2016, 01:33 PM

Planet Funk - Chase The Sun



Date 04/02/2001
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 5-12-23-34-48-55-x-63-68-55-57 (10 weeks)

This track is from Italian sextet Planet Funk. Quite why they need so many personnel is unknown, especially to create a minimalistic chilled house track like this. I would also imagine there would be differences in musical opinion between members of such a large group of musicians, and that organizing a track in such a big group was no easy feat. It is also quite weird that such a summery track was released in February.

Anyway you could call this an early example of tropical house, it has the Robin Schulz style acoustic guitar before the chorus and the song also sounds very 'tropical ' too. It is also a bit trancey too with the synths in it and also has a progressive house part in it too (0:45 to 1:24 in the video), but has a funky house beat. The melody of the song is sampled from 1969 Italian film soundtrack Alla luce del giorno.

This is the only big hit in the UK for Planet Funk, although they had a minor number 32 hit with Who Said, appropriately subtitled (Stuck in the UK).

This the first track on the list to get a week at dance number 1 (its second week) outside the top 10. By the way the next track on the list is also a chilled out house track so there seems to be a trend for chillout dance tracks with Fragma's chilled out trance follow-up Everytime You Need Me also making the top 10 at this time. Perhaps dance fans wanted something more relaxing after the unsubtleness of Operation Blade

Finally a personal note, this track seemed to be everywhere at the time but weirdly only spent 4 weeks in the top 40. I liked it as it wasn't too heavy and still do.

Posted by: danG 13th August 2016, 01:38 PM

I'm surprised it didn't have a longer top 40 run, especially with its #5 peak. It sounds big, though perhaps it only got its lasting popularity from being used in sporting events.

Love the song anyway, good addition to this thread.

Posted by: TheSnake 13th August 2016, 01:41 PM

Yes I liked it at the time and still like it a lot, it is much better than todays tropical house chillout tracks I think.

Now its over to you danG, you have an INCREDIBLE disco house song (one of the best ever imo) on your next four.

Posted by: Jade 13th August 2016, 01:44 PM

Oh I had no idea that Planet Funk was made up of so many people!

I heard the instrumental of 'Chase The Sun' on the darts and wondered what it was. I was only able to put a name to the song after finding it out on the One Hit Wonders show on R1 last year! Gorgeous song.

Posted by: danG 13th August 2016, 01:44 PM

Is that another reference to the 'group named after a shop'?

I'd say that one is my third-favourite of the next four.

The song that appears next in this rundown is very interesting, stay tuned.

Posted by: TheSnake 13th August 2016, 01:51 PM

It's sad Fragma's follow up didn't make the chart, I remember hearing it a lot at the time, sadly I don't remember the one made by the group named after the shop much at the time it is only recently I discovered it and it is an absolute classic.

The song is partly named after an item of food you may find at a well known fast food restaurant too.

Posted by: dandy* 13th August 2016, 03:10 PM

Touch Me is excellent and really has endured well, I think I prefer it more now than I did back in 2001. I remember buying Chase The Sun but I can't for the life of me remember how it goes and with youtube embedding not working properly for me right now I will not be remembering any time soon...

Posted by: *Ben* 13th August 2016, 03:21 PM

Oh, only 4 weeks, never noticed that because as you said I heard it also everywhere.

Fantastic track though, really chilled out, still love it.

PS: shame for Fragma. I think it was Everytime You Need Me that can't chart. I guess it was always behind Rui Da Silva. Loved that track too!

Posted by: danG 13th August 2016, 03:32 PM

Fragma was indeed unlucky. 'Everytime You Need Me' will make an appearance in the end of year top 10 despite only peaking at #2 in the dance chart. Their other follow-up 'You Are Alive' didn't do so well but maybe that'll be a dance #1..

Posted by: *Ben* 13th August 2016, 03:38 PM

Just realised I was quite a big trance fan actually

Shame Fragma didn't manage to chart with later singles like Time and Time Again or Man In The Moon (with the Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar sample)



If trance could come back it would be very much appreciated

Posted by: TheSnake 13th August 2016, 06:30 PM

It will be coming back with my BJSC entry with Colm.

Yes early 2000s trance was great but early and mid 2000s house was great too, not just the funky variety, but the deep house too like the last Planet Funk song is much better imo than 2010s deep house. And there is even some nice early 2000s drum and bass which will feature on this thread.

Posted by: danG 13th August 2016, 07:43 PM

Jakatta - American Dream



Date 18th Feb 2001
3 Weeks
Official Chart Run 3-8-13-18-20-25-35-36-49-56-66-65-63-x(2)-73-x (14 weeks)


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

Dave Lee is a British DJ and producer who has been releasing music since the 90s and DJing since before then. Like a few dance acts he would use a number of aliases - the most known of these being Jakatta and Joey Negro who both had multiple chart hits in the UK. He would also have two top forty hits as Raven Maize. Today he mostly uses the Joey Negro alias and is still active.

'American Dream' would be his first of three top 10 hits as Jakatta, though it would not be until one year later before he released a follow-up, the #8 'So Lonely'. Between those releases a remix package of 'American Dream' was released and charted in the top 75. The song would sell 67,000 in the first week to get a #3 debut (only 5k behind Wheatus sitting at #2) and over 200,000 in total, enough for it to land in the top ten of the end-of-year dance chart. A vocal was provided by Swati Nektar, though this is not the focus of the song and there are no sung lyrics.

Unusually for a dance song the beats are in 6/4 time rather than 4/4 which more than 99% of dance songs use. Though wikipedia simply describes it as progressive house it is vastly different to many others of its genre due to such a change. It also does the unusual thing of sampling a film score. The two samples are both taken from the soundtrack to 'American Beauty' (1999) composed by Thomas Newman titled 'Any Other Name' (used in the downbeat piano bit in the middle) and 'Dead Already' (used in the rest of the song). 'Dead Already' was also used in a scene in the film Madagascar which was one of my favourites as a child.

Unrelated fun fact: It was Dave Lee that suggested to Take That's record label to make a cover version of 'Relight My Fire' as the original had been making a good impression at house music clubs. He produced the song with Andrew Livingstone and it was a UK #1. So you can thank him for that Take That fans.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 13th August 2016, 08:13 PM

Chase The Sun & American Dream are both great tracks

Posted by: Jester 13th August 2016, 08:31 PM

The 3 tracks from 2001 are all fantastic so far - American Dream in particular.

Posted by: Ethan 13th August 2016, 08:35 PM

'touch me' is an all-time fave ~ sublime

‘chase the sun’ seems to be something of a forgotten gem

‘american dream’ is LUSH

Posted by: Chez Wombat 13th August 2016, 08:42 PM

American Dream is amazing, that film had such a gorgeous soundtrack that was just screaming for a remix.

Posted by: awardinary 13th August 2016, 09:18 PM

Very good selection so far for 2001.

Posted by: Bjork 13th August 2016, 09:40 PM

2001 couldn't start better, love the three tracks, all 10/10 for me, with Rui da Silva and Planet Funk being 11/10 songs

Posted by: TheSnake 13th August 2016, 09:51 PM

I never knew Make A Move On Me and this song were made by the same person, such different styles of house music.

It is the Darude - Sandstorm house equivalent I would say, another iconic instrumental track from the early 2000s. I heard it quite a bit at the time, liked it a lot and still do but not as much as Make A Move On Me.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th August 2016, 10:03 PM

I only discovered Danse Avec Moi last year on a cheap old German Bravo Hits compilation but yes, what a tune. I also hear Sash! (the vocals) and Scooter (the techno backing) and even N-Trance (the piano outro) in it. It's like it was made for me, I'm only sorry I missed 15 years of enjoyment from it.

I was so glad ATC's Around The World got another chance here in 2002, as it was such an epic track, it even smashed in the US in 2000. They featured in Smash Hits magazine in summer 2000 iirc so I guess the single was cancelled in before it got released first time around.

This happened to a lot of tracks in the early 00s, with singles being cancelled at the last minute (Atomic Kitten's You Are springs to mind, that was surely a top 5 smash in the waiting?), Vanessa Amorosi's Shine (would have gone top 20 I think based on the exposure it had leading up to the cancelled release) and DJ Encore's I See Right Through To You (actually I think this may have been disqualified rather than cancelled but I can't be sure).

Posted by: danG 14th August 2016, 10:41 AM

Artful Dodger feat. Michelle Escoffery - Think About Me



Date 11th Mar 2001
1 Week
Official Chart Run 11-17-26-36-38-47-62-63-x (8 weeks)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rvvEVJMgU

Once again we see Artful Dodger here, their fourth and final entry in this countdown. Between this and 'Woman Trouble' they released #4 hit 'Please Don't Turn Me On', which was stuck behind Daft Punk's 'One More Time', but 'Think About Me' manages to claim the dance #1 here despite missing the top ten, debuting at #11 with sales of 25,000. This makes the song the first on our rundown to have peaked outside the top ten, and it won't be the last. Artful Dodger would make the UK top 10 once more with 'Twentyfourseven' featuring Melanie Blatt of All Saints but that won't be featured here.

'Think About Me' is another garage song from them as they are used to doing, using a piano in the mix this time though it does sound like a weaker version of Craig David's 'Fill Me In' (garage inspired but was decided ineligible for this). It is quite forgettable really.

You already know Artful Dodger but it is worth including a description of the featured artist here. Escoffery only had one hit single as a singer but she has been quite successful as a songwriter - having written Liberty X's #1 single 'Just A Little' and won an Ivor Novello award for it, as well as writing for All Saints, Tina Turner and Beverly Knight.

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 01:45 PM

It's got a nice trancey build up to the chorus. I don't remember it at all but the piano is really nice and I like this. Escoffery's voice is nice too.

That's a headache inducing single cover though.

Posted by: N-S 14th August 2016, 02:21 PM

I always prefered Inside All The People to Chase The Sun.

Think About Me is my favourite Artful Dodger tune. Michelle's vocals are heavenly.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 14th August 2016, 02:28 PM

So if Craig David isn't included, then Daniel Bedingfield definitely won't be either.

Posted by: *Ben* 14th August 2016, 02:30 PM

Totally forgot about this Artful Dodger song. Very nice imo. And you're right with the cover. This cover doesn't suit this song to be honest

Posted by: awardinary 14th August 2016, 02:39 PM

I wish Artful Dodger had a more prolonged career, they weren't seen again after just a couple of years, if that.

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 02:50 PM

Yes they were very big in the first two years of the 2000s. I wish Ultrabeat and The Shapeshifters would have had longer ones making the top 40 too those two were great.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 14th August 2016, 02:55 PM

“The Switch” is my favourite, though predictably it flopped - but it still did better than “Inside All The People” which stalled at #81!

Posted by: BillyH 14th August 2016, 03:22 PM

Rui Da Silva must have been a big shock to chart-watchers of the time, as the 'planned' #1 was surely It's The Way You Make Me Feel by Steps...but a few record stores sold copies a week early, charting it at #72 the week before and climbing to #2 the week Touch Me debuted at #1. Looking at how empty that chart is - one of the quietest weeks of the year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OcG9hqMNvA (#3) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn73q9l3ILw (#13) look also to be attempts at high-charting dance hits sneaking in post-Christmas, Mauro at least getting the biggest UK hit of his career and a massive hit in Ireland, where it reached #2. A similar sales issue to Steps affected a dance #1 we'll be seeing in this thread in about a (past) year's time.

As great as Touch Me is, I was hoping to see this at some point, #6 in the main chart and dance #3 behind Rui and Fragma:



(Safri Duo - Played A-Live (The Bongo Song))
Cheesy for some perhaps but I adore it, trancepop paradise!

Posted by: danG 14th August 2016, 03:25 PM

Daniel Bedingfield will be included. It's more dancey than 'Fill Me In' imo and definitely enough to qualify for this.

Posted by: gooddelta 14th August 2016, 03:25 PM

Hmm...I don't recall being all that shocked, I remember being surprised that Touch Me didn't win by a bigger margin actually, although I was supporting Fragma that week anyway, I bought both that and the Safri Duo single that week. The Fragma track had a big lead-in as I'd been hammering it for at least three months before its UK release, shame it couldn't quite get to the top but it had some decent longevity in the top five I think.

Posted by: *Ben* 14th August 2016, 03:28 PM

I AM SHOCKED that you didn't know Danse Avec Moi before

But I'm glad you really like it

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 14th August 2016, 04:02 PM

He has many singles that aren't dance though. He is more of a pop artist.

Posted by: Bjork 14th August 2016, 05:51 PM

loved Safri Duo's song too, I actually was surprised it didn't chart higher, always sounded like a #1 to me

Posted by: gooddelta 14th August 2016, 06:09 PM

Indeed, though looking at Wiki it seemed to only be top 20 in Germany and not really a notable smash anywhere else (and prior to Youtube I really had no way of hearing songs that were only middling hits in a couple of countries). I guess it was bigger than its chart positions suggest though if it was appearing in end of year videos etc

Posted by: Colm 14th August 2016, 06:12 PM

I assume only his debut single will be included here.

Posted by: danG 14th August 2016, 06:29 PM

Indeed. The debut would become a classic of its sub-genre but he would turn away from dance for all subsequent releases.

Posted by: danG 14th August 2016, 06:30 PM

Speaking of the upcoming group named after a shop, I heard their song on Capital FM not long ago this evening whilst eating dinner - on their 'throwback Sunday' feature a bit unexpected considering

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 06:45 PM

Speaking of the upcoming group named after a shop, they cannot be played in that shop as that shop has banned the playing of music in their stores

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 06:47 PM

There are two girlbands, one an original girlband, and another one that was part of a bigger group, appearing on this thread too.

Posted by: danG 14th August 2016, 07:04 PM

Chocolate Puma - I Wanna Be U



Date 18th Mar 2001
2 Weeks
Official Chart Run 6-10-13-18-22-31-43-67-x(3)-68-x (9 weeks)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zADxDrxtZ-E

Like with Jakatta two posts ago, Dutch house duo Chocolate Puma also have a history of aliases. Today they still go by Chocolate Puma and are signed to Spinnin' Records where they still regularly release new music, even working with the likes of Oliver Heldens however it's been ten years since they last troubled the charts. They had just one top 40 hit under the name and a follow-up single (2006's 'Always And Forever') reached #43.

They were no strangers to the chart though. 'Give It Up', credited to The Goodmen reached #5 in the UK in 1993 which Simply Red sampled in their #1 hit 'Fairground'. Following 'I Wanna Be U', the duo would go on to reach #3 with 'Who Do You Love Now?' (featuring Dannii Minogue) as Riva - which we may well see appear later in this thread as a dance #1.

The song can be best described as progressive house though at 133 BPM it is slightly faster than the average house song and would probably mix well into trance songs of the time too. It also uses a deep male vocal and interestingly doesn't reach the main hook until past halfway through the song. I personally think it's a bangin choon though it's not an absolute favourite of mine.

'I Wanna Be U' spent a respectable six weeks in the top 40 with a #6 peak, but that wouldn't be the end of the story for the song. A year later Nigel & Marvin would make a song that heavily sampled the instrumental of this titled 'Follow Da Leader' which would outdo the 'original', peaking at #5. More on that later in the thread.

Posted by: Ethan 14th August 2016, 07:12 PM

'i wanna be u' is such an essential boppagé~

Posted by: awardinary 14th August 2016, 07:28 PM

Ah yes Chocolate Puma. I think I came to prefer the remix by Nigel & Marvin later on.

Posted by: paulgilb 14th August 2016, 10:30 PM

Michelle Escoffery was the second Escoffery to chart in as many weeks, following Shaun who had reached #52 with Space Rider. A Google search suggests they are cousins.

According to Wikipedia, Michelle Escoffery was a member of Truce, who reached #20 in 1998.

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 10:52 PM

Chocolate Puma is a great song, but I think its funky rather than progressive house but then thats just my opinion. The vocal is certainly funky as is the tune and the sound of the instrumental parts is very similar to funky house songs too

Don't remember it much from the time but do remember the inferior Nigel and Marvin song from kids discos when I was younger.

Posted by: awardinary 14th August 2016, 10:54 PM

Could we be expecting to see some ape-like creatures appear next with the name of a famous actor as their song title?

Posted by: BillyH 14th August 2016, 11:39 PM

Actually yeah, looking at Touch Me's chart run it was clearly destined to be a huge hit so I probably underestimated its success. From the time I only remember the Steps track but presumably Touch Me was a major hit in clubs over the winter of 2000/01.

Posted by: TheSnake 14th August 2016, 11:46 PM

No just a shop they may go to as the group name and a type of easy listening music and a fast food type as the song name.

Posted by: danG 15th August 2016, 03:47 PM

no we won't be seeing any Gorillaz entries in this.

Posted by: TheSnake 15th August 2016, 03:56 PM

Just a shop selling its breaded chicken products.