"Groove Is In The Heart" was ALWAYS a pure dance record, as was Dee-Lite's output in general.

No matter who did this list it would be subjected to criticism but I reckon Gezza is making a decent attempt.

 

I would have put Artful Dodger in myself.

To be fair, dance in the 90s is much easier to define than dance in the 00s when most pop records were r&b or dance.

Edited April 21, 201411 yr by SKOB

26. FREE- Ultra Nate (478,000)

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Ultra_Nate_Free.jpg

 

YEAR: 1997

PEAK POSITION: 4

 

With a chart run that reads 5-4-7-6-4-8-5-8, Nate’s “Free” was really an indicator of the strength of the market during these weeks as its sales were always between 40-46k weekly. One of the big dance hits of the Summer of 97, it has subsequently become something of a gay anthem.

 

25. HORNY- Mousse T Vs Hot N Juicy (479,000)

 

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YEAR: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 2

 

One of the summer smashes of 98 this features the vocals of Inaya Day in its original form, she’s still in the mix with added vocals from Hot N Juicy. Mousse T of course went on to form part of Tom Jones’ image overall in 2000 with “Sexbomb”.

 

I love Free, so feel good :)

24. PLEASE DON’T GO- KWS (484,000)

 

http://i58.tinypic.com/10ng4rb.jpg

 

YEAR: 1992

PEAK POSITION: 1

 

This version of the KC & The Sunshine Band hit from 1979 has less to do with the original and more to do with a new version by Double You which was a hit on the continent in early 1992. Trouble is that they failed to get exclusive distribution for the UK allowing a copy version by KWS to beat them to a UK release by a week, and this hit the No 1 their version peaked at No 41. Ooops. They sued and got some money but this is in the record books.

 

"Free" is incredible... a true dance stomper.

 

"Horny" is funny but so catchy.

 

K.W.S. = one of the worst acts ever.

Gotta love how what today we would call a 'fake version' overshadowed the original song in the charts :lol:

 

'Horny' is a good start to the top 25

A Buzzjack of 1992 would have gone absolutely mental with anger over KWS - for an equivalent, imagine if the Remix Junkies had got to number 1 with their version of 'I Love It' here last year only for poor Icona Pop to get completely ignored and miss the top 40! Would have been ridiculous.#

 

Please Don't Go's a nice tune, but KWS really were pretty nasty for doing that.

A Buzzjack of 1992 would have gone absolutely mental with anger over KWS - for an equivalent, imagine if the Remix Junkies had got to number 1 with their version of 'I Love It' here last year only for poor Icona Pop to get completely ignored and miss the top 40! Would have been ridiculous.#

 

Please Don't Go's a nice tune, but KWS really were pretty nasty for doing that.

 

On a similar note, do you remember when Sunset Strippers' "Falling Stars" & Cabin Crew's "Star To Fall" were in the top 10 at the same time in 2005? Now that was a messy situation. :lol:

On a similar note, do you remember when Sunset Strippers' "Falling Stars" & Cabin Crew's "Star To Fall" were in the top 10 at the same time in 2005? Now that was a messy situation. :lol:

I remember that :lol: Which was meant to be the proper version and what was cashing in though? Or was it entirely coincidental that two acts sampled the same song and got hits with it?

 

Edit - a bit of research suggests that the Cabin Crew version was the actual one yet it was Sunset Strippers who had the bigger hit. Oops :lol:

I LOVE 'Horny', the radio station I was listening to always plays this song up until now. It was very nice getting up to this. :D

I know I was alone but I loved the Cabin Crew version. The Sunset Strippers version had a pulsing bass that my ears didn't get on with :(

Oh come on lads, this is capitalism. KWS (or their record company) were just taking an opportunity. It's not as if Double U wrote it.

 

Plus KWS had a better vocalist anyway.

I remember very well the KWS v Double U controversy - and the fact is, the KWS production and vocal were streets ahead. Ok, we're talking about a turd being slightly more polished by one than another, but I think people picked the version they liked better. What was really strange was that KWS were known for their hardcore rave output beforehand and 'Please Don't Go' was actually released as a double AA with 'Gameboy' (which I was more upset about, thinking the track might have been one of those Tetris-sampling white labels that were going around...before the atrocious Dr Spin release, of course.)

 

I'm amazed Groove is in the Heart is considered "too poppy" for this countdown. Please tell me you aren't serious! Since I was last online the only listenable record has been Snap!'s The Power, the rest...ironically...far, far too "poppy". It's a good countdown, but that's a real oversight.

Groove Is In The Heart should be here. Really quite an oversight in my opinion.

 

I'd say garage is more urban based though.

 

 

Groove Is In The Heart is more dance and less poppy than We're Going To Ibiza

I don't think there would have been a lot of anger over KWS..

 

I remember that :lol: Which was meant to be the proper version and what was cashing in though? Or was it entirely coincidental that two acts sampled the same song and got hits with it?

 

Edit - a bit of research suggests that the Cabin Crew version was the actual one yet it was Sunset Strippers who had the bigger hit. Oops :lol:

 

Less than 2 months after that Mylo also sampled "Waiting for a Star to Fall" on "In My Arms" (although it was a little more of a subtle sample) and got to #13.

Edited April 22, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind

A Buzzjack of 1992 would have gone absolutely mental with anger over KWS - for an equivalent, imagine if the Remix Junkies had got to number 1 with their version of 'I Love It' here last year only for poor Icona Pop to get completely ignored and miss the top 40! Would have been ridiculous.#

 

I would have loved that - would have served them right for waiting 6 months to release the bloody track. This is where there is a distinct difference in record company attitudes between 1992 and 2014. In 1992 the record company wanted to get the track out to satiate demand as soon as possible, whereas in 2014 the consumer is made to wait for as long as possible to achieve a week at #1 on an increasingly irrelevant chart. Therefore 1992>2014 in so many ways it makes Fearne Cotton look like a musical guru.

Edited April 22, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind