Posted July 22, 201312 yr Some inclusions will be potentially controversial, as it's a virtually impossible proposition to come up with a definition of dance that will satisfy everyone. Thanks to Music Week, Andy, Fiesta, Gezza, Mart!n, and ManicKangeroo, amongst others for the sales figures. 01 - 306,648 [1] Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out Of My Head [29/09/2001] 02 - 284,000 [1] Mr Oizo Flat Beat [03/04/1999] 03 - 270,000 [1] ATB 9PM (Till I Come) [03/07/1999] 04 - 266,524 [1] Avicii Wake Me Up [27/07/2013] 05 - 251,000 [1] Shanks & Bigfoot Sweet Like Chocolate [29/05/1999] 06 - 243,301 [1] Elvis vs. JXL A Little Less Conversation [22/06/2002] 07 - 242,796 [1] Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s Like That [21/03/1998] 08 - 239,000 [1] Aqua Barbie Girl [08/11/1997] 09 - 226,000 [1] Effiel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) [25/09/1999] 10 - 220,000 [1] Whigfield Saturday Night [24/09/1994] 11 - 211,000 [1] Simply Red Fairground [30/09/1995] 12 - 208,321 [1] Cornershop Brimful Of Asha [28/02/1998] 13 - 205,238 [1] Cher Believe [07/11/1998] 14 - 202,591 [1] Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [26/08/2000] 15 - 197,000 [1] Madonna Frozen [07/03/1998] 16 - 195,306 [1] Sonique It Feels So Good [03/06/2000] 17 - 195,000 [1] The Prodigy Breathe [23/11/1996] 18 - 190,000 [1] Aqua Barbie Girl [01/11/1997] 19 - 190,000 [1] Aqua Barbie Girl [15/11/1997] 20 - 187,859 [1] Fragma Toca's Miracle [22/04/2000] 21 - 186,768 [1] Cher Believe [14/11/1998] 22 - 184,000 [1] Mr Oizo Flat Beat [10/04/1999] 23 - 183,000 [2] Aqua Barbie Girl [25/10/1997] 24 - 180,699 [1] Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out Of My Head [06/10/2001] 25 - 180,500 [2] True Steppers & Dane Bowers Feat. Victoria Beckham Out Of Your Mind [26/08/2000] 26 - 175,000 [1] Whigfield Saturday Night [01/10/1994] 27 - 171,000 [2] Stardust Music Sounds Better With You [22/08/1998] 28 - 167,751 [1] Cher Believe [31/10/1998] 29 - 167,000 [1] Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s Like That [28/03/1998] 30 - 165,000 [1] Aqua Barbie Girl [22/11/1997] 31 - 164,642 [1] Cher Believe [21/11/1998] 32 - 164,500 [1] Effiel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) [02/10/1999] 33 - 163,384 [1] Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky [11/05/2013] 34 - 156,000 [2] Cartoons Witch Doctor [03/04/1999] 35 - 155,215 [1] Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky [04/05/2013] 36 - 152,500 [2] Ann Lee 2 Times [16/10/1999] 37 - 152,001 [1] Cheryl Call My Name [23/06/2012] 38 - 150,000 [1] Whigfield Saturday Night [17/09/1994] 39 - 149,466 [1] Crazy Frog Axel F [04/06/2005] 40 - 148,594 [1] DJ Pied Piper And The Masters Of Ceremonies Do You Really Like It? [02/06/2001] 41 - 148,000 [2] Wamdue Project King Of My Castle [27/11/1999] 42 - 145,326 [1] Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith La La La [01/06/2013] 43 - 142,809 [1] Vengaboys We’re Going To Ibiza [18/09/1999] 44 - 142,000 [2] Aqua Barbie Girl [29/11/1997] 44 - 142,000 [1] Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) [16/09/2000] 44 - 142,000 [1] Shanks & Bigfoot Sweet Like Chocolate [05/06/1999] 44 - 142,000 [1] Simply Red Fairground [07/10/1995] 48 - 141,500 [1] Effiel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) [09/10/1999] 49 - 140,571 [1] DJ Fresh Feat. Sian Evans Louder [16/07/2011] 50 - 140,000 [1] Whigfield Saturday Night [08/10/1994] 51 - 139,132 [1] Cher Believe [28/11/1998] 52 - 139,000 [1] Madonna American Pie [11/03/2000] 53 - 136,000 [1] Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s Like That [04/04/1998] 54 - 135,563 [1] Swedish House Mafia Feat. John Martin Don't You Worry Child [20/10/2012] 55 - 135,000 [3] Vengaboys We Like To Party (Vengabus) [13/03/1999] 56 - 134,540 [1] Rihanna Only Girl (In The World) [07/11/2010] 57 - 134,279 [1] Vengaboys Boom Boom Boom Boom [26/06/1999] 58 - 133,137 [1] Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull On The Floor [09/04/2011] 59 - 133,000 [1] Elvis vs. JXL A Little Less Conversation [29/06/2002] 60 - 130,000 [2] Sash! Feat. Rodriguez Ecuador [05/07/1997] 61 - 129,000 [1] Simply Red Fairground [14/10/1995] 62 - 128,000 [1] Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s Like That [18/04/1998] 62 - 128,000 [2] Stardust Music Sounds Better With You [29/08/1998] 64 - 127,998 [1] DJ Fresh Feat. Rita Ora Hot Right Now [25/02/2012] 65 - 126,612 [2] Rihanna Only Girl (In The World) [31/10/2010] 66 - 126,011 [1] Cher Believe [05/12/1998] 67 - 126,000 [2] Artful Dodger And Romina Johnson Movin' Too Fast [04/03/2000] 68 - 124,890 [1] Icona Pop Featuring Charli XCX I Love It [06/07/2013] 69 - 124,885 [1] John Newman Love Me Again [13/07/2013] 70 - 124,000 [3] Effiel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) [16/10/1999] 71 - 123,699 [4] Cher Believe [26/12/1998] 72 - 123,112 [1] Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky [18/05/2013] 73 - 123,000 [2] Wamdue Project King Of My Castle [04/12/1999] 74 - 122,000 [1] Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out Of My Head [13/10/2001] 75 - 121,694 [1] Tulisa Young [12/05/2012] 76 - 121,000 [3] Aqua Barbie Girl [06/12/1997] 76 - 121,000 [1] Mel C I Turn To You [19/08/2000] 78 - 120,292 [3] Cher Believe [02/01/1999] 79 - 120,246 [1] Crazy Frog Axel F [11/06/2005] 80 - 120,000 [2] Whigfield Saturday Night [15/10/1994] 81 - 119,500 [1] White Town Your Woman [25/01/1997] 82 - 119,000 [1] DJ Sammy & Yanou Feat. Do Heaven [09/11/2002] 82 - 119,000 [1] The Prodigy Firestarter [30/03/1996] 84 - 118,500 [1] Armand Van Helden You Don’t Know Me [06/02/1999] 85 - 118,135 [1] So Solid Crew 21 Seconds [18/08/2001] 86 - 117,165 [1] The Wanted Glad You Came [23/07/2011] 87 - 117,000 [1] Aqua Doctor Jones [14/02/1998] 87 - 117,000 [2] Sash! Feat. La Trec Stay [18/10/1997] 89 - 116,000 [1] Fragma Toca's Miracle [29/04/2000] 89 - 116,000 [3] Phats & Small Turn Around [10/04/1999] 91 - 115,896 [2] will.i.am & Britney Spears Scream & Shout [05/01/2013] 92 - 115,530 [2] Labrinth Feat. Tinie Tempah Earthquake [05/11/2011] 93 - 115,046 [1] Example Changed The Way You Kissed Me [25/06/2011] 94 - 115,000 [2] DJ Pied Piper And The Masters Of Ceremonies Do You Really Like It? [09/06/2001] 94 - 115,000 [2] Shaft (Mucho Mambo) Sway [04/09/1999] 94 - 115,000 [1] Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby [08/12/1990] 97 - 114,925 [1] Madonna Music [02/09/2000] 98 - 114,633 [1] Cher Believe [12/12/1998] 99 - 114,465 [1] Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers [30/05/2009] 100 - 114,452 [2] Cher Believe [19/12/1998] 101 - 114,121 [1] Wiley Feat. Ms D Heatwave [11/08/2012] 102 - 114,000 [1] Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s Like That [11/04/1998] 103 - 113,919 [2] Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [02/09/2000] 104 - 113,883 [1] Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky [25/05/2013] 105 - 113,000 [2] DJ Jean The Launch [11/09/1999] 106 - 112,000 [2] Aqua Doctor Jones [21/02/1998] 107 - 111,744 [3] PSY Gangnam Style (강남스타일) [05/01/2013] 108 - 111,392 [1] Room 5 Feat. Oliver Cheatham Make Luv [05/04/2003] 109 - 111,000 [3] Vengaboys Boom Boom Boom Boom [03/07/1999] 110 - 110,000 [2] Ann Lee 2 Times [23/10/1999] 111 - 109,000 [1] ATB 9PM (Till I Come) [10/07/1999] 111 - 109,000 [1] Sonique It Feels So Good [10/06/2000] 113 - 108,799 [1] Daniel Beddingfield Gotta Get Thru This [08/12/2001] 114 - 107,461 [1] Sam And The Womp! Bom Bom [01/09/2012] 115 - 107,099 [1] Rudimental Feat. Ella Eyre Waiting All Night [27/04/2013] 116 - 107,000 [2] Artful Dodger Feat. Craig David Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta [11/12/1999] 117 - 106,553 [1] Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris We Found Love [22/10/2011] 118 - 106,000 [3] Cornershop Brimful Of Asha [07/03/1998] 118 - 106,000 [2] Tin Tin Out Feat. Emma Bunton What I Am [13/11/1999] 120 - 105,438 [2] Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky [01/06/2013] 121 - 105,251 [2] Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith La La La [08/06/2013] 122 - 105,128 [1] Madonna Hung Up [19/11/2005] 123 - 104,592 [1] Rita Ora Feat. Tinie Tempah R.I.P [19/05/2012] 124 - 104,000 [4] Cuban Boys Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia [25/12/1999] 125 - 103,000 [5] Janet Jackson Together Again [27/12/1997] 125 - 103,000 [2] Shanks & Bigfoot Sweet Like Chocolate [12/06/1999] 127 - 102,320 [2] Calvin Harris Feat. Example We’ll Be Coming Back [11/08/2012] 127 - 102,320 [1] will.i.am Feat. Eva Simons This Is Love [07/07/2012] 129 - 102,000 [1] Aqua Doctor Jones [07/02/1998] 130 - 101,000 [3] Aqua Barbie Girl [13/12/1997] 131 - 100,827 [2] Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith La La La [15/06/2013] 132 - 100,436 [1] Rita Ora How We Do (Party) [25/08/2012] 133 - 100,000 [6] Aqua Barbie Girl [27/12/1997] 133 - 100,000 [2] Outhere Brothers Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) [08/04/1995] 133 - 100,000 [2] Sash! Encore Une Fois [01/03/1997]
July 22, 201312 yr Which person in their right mind would define JOHN NEWMAN as dance. (very good effort though x)
July 22, 201312 yr Very interesting to see those sales but I do think the inclusion of Aqua is what I'd consider controversial as I'd say that's more pop than dance in terms of my definition of dance music. Some classics in there, especially Spiller, Shanks and Bigfoot and Sash!
July 22, 201312 yr Which person in their right mind would define JOHN NEWMAN as dance. Soul/dance crossover hit. John Legend, Robin Thicke and Cee-Lo Green could never. :cry: I wouldn't have included Earthquake or R.I.P either. Great list though. Barbie Girl dominating. :lol: Edited July 22, 201312 yr by Eric_Blob
July 22, 201312 yr Author Which person in their right mind would define JOHN NEWMAN as dance. :lol: I was quite dubious about including it, but some people actually do consider it to fall somewhere in the dance spectrum. :unsure: the inclusion of Aqua is what I'd consider controversial as I'd say that's more pop than dance in terms of my definition of dance music. Yeah they can be classified either as pop or dance, either way novelty and cheese. The likes of Aqua, Cartoons, Vengaboys, Whigfield, etc can be classified as dance by Bubblegum Dance -> Eurodance -> Hi-NRG -> Dance. I wouldn't have included Earthquake or R.I.P either. Definitely electro/grime/dub-step influences there, but I agree definitely not clear cut.
July 23, 201312 yr Madonna's 'American Pie' and 'Frozen' stuck out to me, but I suppose they do have some dance elements, just not the same sort of dance as Avicii or whatnot.
July 23, 201312 yr Simply Red's 'Fairground' is the one that stuck out the most to me, I would have never considered that as dance, but can see why people might. Interesting list though!
July 23, 201312 yr 15 - 197,000 [1] Madonna Frozen [07/03/1998] Very doubtful that this is dance. Same goes to "American Pie".
July 23, 201312 yr Soul/dance crossover hit. John Legend, Robin Thicke and Cee-Lo Green could never. :cry: Could never be considered dance either?
July 23, 201312 yr Madonna's 'American Pie' and 'Frozen' stuck out to me, but I suppose they do have some dance elements, just not the same sort of dance as Avicii or whatnot. You might as well also consider All Saints' "Pure Shores" dance because it has the same production from William Orbit as the two Madonna songs have.
July 23, 201312 yr 15 - 197,000 [1] Madonna Frozen [07/03/1998] Very doubtful that this is dance. It's trip-hop which is related to electronica (source Wikipedia), so it could be considered dance technically.
July 23, 201312 yr You had to jump through two hoops to get Frozen to be a dance song, there - Bre :D First that trip-hop is electronica - which it sometime's isn't. And secondly that electronica means dance. Most pop songs in the period in question are electronic. I can't see Frozen ever being played at the peak of a night in a club. More likely in a chill-out part. It's clearly not dance. Edited July 23, 201312 yr by AnthonyT
July 23, 201312 yr You had to jump through two hoops to get Frozen to be a dance song, there - Bre :D First that trip-hop is electronica - which it sometime's isn't. And secondly that electronica means dance. Most pop songs in the period in question are electronic. I can't see Frozen ever being played at the peak of a night in a club. More likely in a chill-out part. It's clearly not dance. You just need to BELIEVE, Tony.
July 24, 201312 yr Author The OCC have classified Madonna's Frozen, Justify My Love, Ray Of Light, etc as dance which is why I've included them here. :lol: In the case of Fairground by Simply Red it's heavily based upon The Good Men's (aka Chocolate Puma aka Zki & Dobre) 1993 #5 house track Give It Up.
July 25, 201312 yr The OCC have classified Madonna's Frozen, Justify My Love, Ray Of Light, etc as dance which is why I've included them here. :lol: 'Justify My Love' seems even more strange than 'Frozen'! :lol: It's classed as "trip-hop" on Wikipedia, which is a sub-sub-genre of electronic music apparently. It's pushing the definition of "dance" very very widely. I can see why 'Ray of Light' is there though, that is more obvious.
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