Posted May 4, 201411 yr I'm revising my previously posted top 300 dance singles of the 90s and upscaling to a top 400. Last time I posted it there was a lot of discussion about which songs should be included or not. I find it difficult to decide on some of the songs. Please can you vote YES or NO as to whether the below should be included, and I'll go with the majority decision. If you don't know the song, either listen to it or say don't know. Thanks :) Ace Of Base - All That She Wants Aqua - Barbie Girl Aqua - Doctor Jones Cartoons - Witch Doctor Cartoons - Doo Dah Cher - Believe Cher - Strong Enough Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better D-Ream - U R The Best Thing Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Gina G - I Belong To You Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit Happy Mondays - Step On Janet Jackson - Together Again Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room Kris Kross - Jump MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Madonna - Justify My Love Madonna - Ray Of Light Madonna - Vogue Mr President - Coco Jamboo No Mercy - Where Do You Go No Mercy - Please Don't Go Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy Simply Red - Fairground Soup Dragons - I'm Free T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Whigfield - Another Day Whigfield - Saturday Night Whigfield - Think Of You White Town - Your Woman
May 4, 201411 yr Ace Of Base - All That She Wants YES Aqua - Barbie Girl NO Aqua - Doctor Jones NO Cartoons - Witch Doctor YES Cartoons - Doo Dah YES Cher - Believe NO Cher - Strong Enough NO Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha YES D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better YES D-Ream - U R The Best Thing YES Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) YES Gina G - I Belong To You NO Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit NO Happy Mondays - Step On NO Janet Jackson - Together Again NO Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room NO Kris Kross - Jump NO MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This NO Madonna - Justify My Love NO Madonna - Ray Of Light YES Madonna - Vogue NO Mr President - Coco Jamboo NO No Mercy - Where Do You Go YES No Mercy - Please Don't Go NO Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe YES Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak YES Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy NO Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy NO Simply Red - Fairground NO Soup Dragons - I'm Free NO T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach NO The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy NO Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby NO Whigfield - Another Day YES Whigfield - Saturday Night YES Whigfield - Think Of You YES White Town - Your Woman YES Soupdragons and Happy Mondays made me think of Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever - which I think should be included.
May 4, 201411 yr The following are definitely dance tracks: Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha → big beat D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better → house D-Ream - U R The Best Thing → house Cher - Believe → euro dance Cher - Strong Enough → disco/house Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) → italo dance Gina G - I Belong To You → euro dance Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit → dance Happy Mondays - Step On → electronic/produced by Paul Oakenfold Kris Kross - Jump → new jack swing (dance-pop/house/funk) Janet Jackson - Together Again → House Madonna - Justify My Love → trip hop/disco Madonna - Ray Of Light → progressive house Madonna - Vogue → house Mr President - Coco Jamboo → house/downtempo No Mercy - Where Do You Go → euro dance No Mercy - Please Don't Go → euro house Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy → house Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy → house Simply Red - Fairground → house/dance-pop Soup Dragons - I'm Free → leftfield/house T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach → euro house Whigfield - Another Day → euro house Whigfield - Saturday Night → euro house Whigfield - Think Of You → euro house White Town - Your Woman → electronica/alternative dance Novelty dance tracks: Aqua - Barbie Girl → bubblegum dance/hi-NRG Aqua - Doctor Jones → bubblegum dance/hi-NRG Cartoons - Witch Doctor → bubblegum dance/hi-NRG Cartoons - Doo Dah → bubblegum dance/hi-NRG Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe → house/euro house Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak → euro house The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy → happy hardcore Borderline: Ace Of Base - All That She Wants → dance-pop Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby → electro/hip hop Not dance: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room → hip hop MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This → hip hop ***DISCLAIMER*** these are not opinion but tags taken from discogs, wikipedia, and various dance mp3 stores. Edited May 4, 201411 yr by ►ej
May 4, 201411 yr Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy → house REALLY? :lol: Dance: Aqua - Barbie Girl Aqua - Doctor Jones Cher - Believe Cher - Strong Enough Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better D-Ream - U R The Best Thing Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Gina G - I Belong To You Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit Happy Mondays - Step On Madonna - Ray Of Light Madonna - Vogue Mr President - Coco Jamboo No Mercy - Where Do You Go No Mercy - Please Don't Go Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach Whigfield - Another Day Whigfield - Saturday Night Whigfield - Think Of You Not Dance: Ace Of Base - All That She Wants Cartoons - Witch Doctor Cartoons - Doo Dah Janet Jackson - Together Again Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room Kris Kross - Jump MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Madonna - Justify My Love Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy Simply Red - Fairground Soup Dragons - I'm Free The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby White Town - Your Woman "Justify My Love" & "Your Woman" are downbeat trip-hop... more so if we were to include all electronica, imo...
May 4, 201411 yr Ace Of Base - All That She Wants (EUROPOP - so no) Aqua - Barbie Girl (EUROPOP - so no) Aqua - Doctor Jones (EUROPOP - so no) Cartoons - Witch Doctor (EUROPOP - so no) Cartoons - Doo Dah (EUROPOP - so no) Cher - Believe (DANCE-POP - could be, but she's a pop artist though) Cher - Strong Enough (DANCE-POP - could be) Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (BIG BEAT - yes) D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (DANCE-POP, could be) D-Ream - U R The Best Thing (DANCE-POP, could be) Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (DANCE-POP, could be) Gina G - I Belong To You (EUROPOP, so no) Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit (EUROPOP, so no) Happy Mondays - Step On ? Janet Jackson - Together Again (DANCE-POP so could be, but again, by an artist than isnt dance) Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room (URBAN-POP, no) Kris Kross - Jump (URBAN-POP, no) MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This (URBAN-POP, no) Madonna - Justify My Love (POP, no) Madonna - Ray Of Light (DANCE-POP, could be) Madonna - Vogue (POP, no) Mr President - Coco Jamboo (EURODANCE-EUROPOP - could be) No Mercy - Where Do You Go (DANCE-POP, could be) No Mercy - Please Don't Go (DANCE-POP, could be) Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (NOVELTY DANCE, yes) Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (NOVELTY DANCE, yes) Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy (POP, no) Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (POP, no) Simply Red - Fairground (DANCE-POP, could be) Soup Dragons - I'm Free ? T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach (EURODANCE-EUROPOP - could be) The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy ? Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (URBAN-POP, no) Whigfield - Another Day (DANCE-POP, could be) Whigfield - Saturday Night (NOVELTY DANCE, yes) Whigfield - Think Of You (DANCE-POP, could be) White Town - Your Woman (MISC. - I dont think so) Others that werent included in the Chart Show thread that should've been: SHANKS & BIGFOOT - Sweet Like Chocolate (Garage) MR OIZO - FLAT BEAT (Novelty Dance) ARTFUL DODGER - Rewind (Garage) DOOP - DOOP (Novelty Dance) Basically any garage songs that are either 4x4, 2step, bassline, should be included. I'd exclude grime and urban-heavy garage though, like the So Solid Crew stuff. Edited May 4, 201411 yr by Euphorique
May 4, 201411 yr You can't simply use "she's a pop artist" as a reason to exclude Cher. The decision should be based on the song not on the artist. I remember when people (not here) said "OMG Madonna is not trip-hop" when people described Frozen as trip-hop. Madonna is a person - not a genre. She operates in pop but that doesn't stop her (or Cher) making music from other genres. RANT OVER
May 4, 201411 yr Well "Believe" is dance-pop, so I could take it or leave it off dance countdowns. Doesn't bother me if people include it or exclude it, along with Madonna's "Ray Of Light" or Janet Jackson's "Together Again".
May 4, 201411 yr If we think the 90s were bad, imagine when someone decides to do a 2000s one, where near the end of the decade, in the midst of a sales explosion, everything merged into a single genre.
May 4, 201411 yr If we think the 90s were bad, imagine when someone decides to do a 2000s one, where near the end of the decade, in the midst of a sales explosion, everything merged into a single genre. Indeed. One formula.
May 4, 201411 yr N Ace Of Base - All That She Wants N Aqua - Barbie Girl N Aqua - Doctor Jones N Cartoons - Witch Doctor N Cartoons - Doo Dah N Cher - Believe N Cher - Strong Enough Y Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (but only if you specify the Norman Cook remix) Y D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better Y D-Ream - U R The Best Thing Y Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Y Gina G - I Belong To You Y Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit N Happy Mondays - Step On N Janet Jackson - Together Again N Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room N Kris Kross - Jump N MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This N Madonna - Justify My Love N Madonna - Ray Of Light N Madonna - Vogue N Mr President - Coco Jamboo N No Mercy - Where Do You Go N No Mercy - Please Don't Go N Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe N Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak N Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy Y Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (maybe, not sure) N Simply Red - Fairground N Soup Dragons - I'm Free N T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach N The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy N Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Y Whigfield - Another Day Y Whigfield - Saturday Night Y Whigfield - Think Of You N White Town - Your Woman
May 4, 201411 yr If you can dance to it on a dancefloor, uptempo, then it's dance regardless of any specific elements in it that may or may not come from other genres. Dance music can have any instrument, vocal-style or age to it. There's probably a minimum BPM that is down to personal taste, but every decade has dance music - they just give it fancy new labels. Of course, no rules that you have to like or dislike any particular dance record, or that it only counts if it's credible, or veers into cheese. Cheese can be tasty B-)
May 4, 201411 yr Ace Of Base - All That She Wants - NO Aqua - Barbie Girl - NO Aqua - Doctor Jones - NO Cartoons - Witch Doctor - NO Cartoons - Doo Dah - NO Cher - Believe - YES Cher - Strong Enough - YES Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha - NO D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better - YES D-Ream - U R The Best Thing - YES Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - YES Gina G - I Belong To You - YES Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit - YES Happy Mondays - Step On - NO Janet Jackson - Together Again - NO Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room - NO Kris Kross - Jump - NO MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This - NO Madonna - Justify My Love - NO Madonna - Ray Of Light - NO Madonna - Vogue - NO Mr President - Coco Jamboo - NO No Mercy - Where Do You Go - NO No Mercy - Please Don't Go - NO Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe - YES Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak - YES Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy - NO Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy - NO Simply Red - Fairground - NO Soup Dragons - I'm Free - NO T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach - NO The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy - NO Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby - NO Whigfield - Another Day - YES Whigfield - Saturday Night - YES Whigfield - Think Of You - YES White Town - Your Woman - NO I struggled with Cher and Gina G to be honest, they could be seen as pop. D:Ream in particular I've always thought of as a dance act but most could be seen as either.
May 4, 201411 yr Ace Of Base - All That She Wants Aqua - Barbie Girl Aqua - Doctor Jones Cartoons - Witch Doctor Cartoons - Doo Dah Cher - Believe Cher - Strong Enough Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better D-Ream - U R The Best Thing Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Gina G - I Belong To You Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit Happy Mondays - Step On Janet Jackson - Together Again Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room Kris Kross - Jump MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Madonna - Justify My Love Madonna - Ray Of Light Madonna - Vogue Mr President - Coco Jamboo No Mercy - Where Do You Go No Mercy - Please Don't Go Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy Simply Red - Fairground Soup Dragons - I'm Free T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Whigfield - Another Day Whigfield - Saturday Night Whigfield - Think Of You White Town - Your Woman bolds are yes
May 4, 201411 yr Y'all need to listen to Ray of Light again and agree with Tony. OH i do KINDA agree w/ u on that. didn't notice that was there
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