Ace Of Base - All That She Wants YES

Aqua - Barbie Girl NO

Aqua - Doctor Jones NO

Cartoons - Witch Doctor NO

Cartoons - Doo Dah NO

Cher - Believe YES

Cher - Strong Enough NO

Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha NO

D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better NO

D-Ream - U R The Best Thing ?

Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) YES

Gina G - I Belong To You ?

Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit YES

Happy Mondays - Step On ?

Janet Jackson - Together Again NO

Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room NO

Kris Kross - Jump ?

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 Mercy - Where Do You Go ?

No Mercy - Please Don't Go NO

Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe YES

Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak ?

Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy NO

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy YES

Simply Red - Fairground YES

Soup Dragons - I'm Free ?

T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach YES

The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy YES

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby NO

Whigfield - Another Day ?

Whigfield - Saturday Night YES

Whigfield - Think Of You ?

White Town - Your Woman YES

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

 

I think "Believe" definitely has to be on the list

Looks like the list is going to be a top 500 :D I will post 100 a day starting tomorrow and ending Saturday

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants NO

Aqua - Barbie Girl YES

Aqua - Doctor Jones NO

Cartoons - Witch Doctor NO

Cartoons - Doo Dah NO

Cher - Believe NO

Cher - Strong Enough NO

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 NO

Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit YES

Happy Mondays - Step On YES

Janet Jackson - Together Again NO

Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room YES

Kris Kross - Jump YES

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This YES

Madonna - Justify My Love NO

Madonna - Ray Of Light YES

Madonna - Vogue YES

Mr President - Coco Jamboo DON'T KNOW IT

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 NO

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 NO

Whigfield - Saturday Night YES

Whigfield - Think Of You NO

White Town - Your Woman NO

Together Again isn't a dance pop record. It's a cure for insomniacs.

 

Urgh, it's a classic!

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-)

 

I understand what you're saying, but under your description of dance you could include lots of rock, R&B, country, etc. songs, since lots of them have fast tempos and can be danced to easily, whilst I think this countdown is for a more specific kind of music.

 

As for the minimum BPM, it's an interesting question what the limit would be, but in the past few years we've seen a huge range in tempos of "dance" songs (or at least songs that you can dance to). Skream's remix of In For the Kill and R.I.P by Rita Ora have effective tempos of around 70 bpm, whilst all the drum & bass songs (Hot Right Now, Nobody to Love, Rudimental's songs, etc.) have tempos of around 160-180 bpm. So songs as slow as even 70 bpm can be danced to.

I think people confuse "dance music" with "music you can dance to"... "Dance Music" as a genre has several subgenres that you can't dance to, like chillout and ambient.

Edited May 5, 201411 yr by Euphorique

That's a very good point.

My sole input into this thread will be to say good luck AcerBen! :lol:

Urgh, it's a classic!

 

I can vouch for this. It's a total classic for getting me to sleep, although it's tired on me after using the disc too much.

My sole input into this thread will be to say good luck AcerBen! :lol:

 

 

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Ace Of Base - All That She Wants (Pop)

Aqua - Barbie Girl (Pop)

Aqua - Doctor Jones (Pop)

Cartoons - Witch Doctor (Pop)

Cartoons - Doo Dah (Pop)

Cher - Believe (this as mentioned is a really tricky one, it really does fit into both dance and pop genres and I'd be happy with it in either category)

Cher - Strong Enough (much more pop)

Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (the Fatboy Slim remix? Pop)

D-Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (Pop)

D-Ream - U R The Best Thing (Pop)

Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Pop)

Gina G - I Belong To You (Pop)

Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit (Heavily dance-influenced pop)

Happy Mondays - Step On (Madchester pop)

Janet Jackson - Together Again (Pop)

Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room (Rap pop)

Kris Kross - Jump (Rap pop)

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This (Rap pop)

Madonna - Justify My Love (Pop)

Madonna - Ray Of Light (Pop)

Madonna - Vogue (Absolutely awesome but dance-influenced pop)

Mr President - Coco Jamboo (Europop)

No Mercy - Where Do You Go (very Pop)

No Mercy - Please Don't Go (Pop)

Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (Pop)

Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Pop (in an oak))

Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy (Pop)

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (Dance-influenced pop)

Simply Red - Fairground (Dance sampling but made into pop)

Soup Dragons - I'm Free (Madchester pop)

T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach (Europop)

The Smurfs - I've Got A Little Puppy (Kid-friendly parody pop of a happy hardcore anthem)

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Rap pop)

Whigfield - Another Day (Pop)

Whigfield - Saturday Night (This is as tricky as Believe...it's very commercially friendly dance that just fits into pop but again I'd be ok with either)

Whigfield - Think Of You (Pop)

White Town - Your Woman (Pop)

 

 

Absolutely none of them I'd put 100% into dance, Whigfield and Cher are the only real two I'd just about accept.