Really enjoy 'Somebody's Watching Me', shame it couldn't get in more weeks at Dance #1 but at least it did get there. A fine example of loopy house, very energetic and catchy.

 

Also it is worth noting that for the release of 'Watching' the Hi_Tack remix was used as the single version (

can be heard here, it's basically a less beefed up version of the remix), so in a way it is the second Dance #1 for Hi_Tack.

 

In an effort to move this thing along I will be posting the next Dance #1 tonight.

Bob Sinclar (feat. Steve Edwards) - World, Hold On (Children Of The Sky)

 

 

Date: 9th July 2006

Weeks at #1: 3 weeks

Official Chart Run: 9-12-19-24-25-33-34-37-39-49-61-x(3)-73-x (12 weeks)

 

 

We first met Bob Sinclar in this thread when 'Love Generation' became a Dance #1 in late 2005 (a commentary for that can be read here, which contains more personal details about Sinclar). Whilst that was a significant hit it unfortunately missed the top 10, his follow-up however was a bit more lucky, making it to #9 - although its chart run ended up being shorter, though not as short as his first top ten hit, 2000's 'I Feel For You' (which also had a #9 peak) which only spent three weeks in the top 40.

 

'World, Hold On' has a standard house beat and features Steve Edwards, who featured on many house songs in the 2000s though this was his only mainstream hit. The song was taken from Sinclar's "Western Dream" album and like the preceding single has a lyrical message of peace and love as well as hope for the future.

 

The video to the song featured the same boy used in 'Love Generation', who upon seeing news of the Earth being about to be destroyed by a meteor builds a rocket, launches it and destroys the meteor, returning home to media praise. This is revealed to all be a dream at the end. Bob Sinclar also makes a cameo, as a little animated person DJing with cookies for records. :lol: Certainly a more inspired music video than OMG GIRLS DANCING BOOBS ASS anyway.

 

Bob will pop his head back in again towards the end of the year. More on that later.

Also making the chart during these three weeks:

 

#20. Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends

 

A classic electro house song, which for its influence really should've peaked higher than #20! Got one of the best music videos of the decade too.

 

#36. Till West & DJ Delicious - Same Man

 

Not familiar with this, upon listening to it I find it samples the same song as Franky Rizardo's 'Same Man'. Got a bit of a disco feel to it. On a quick listen I have to say the Franky Rizardo version is much better.

 

And that's it, both of those were in the first week, no more for the next two except for one song we'll see as the next Dance #1.

In an effort to move this thing along

That shade of me being too slow in uploading mine :lol: (apologies for that but I have been rather busy recently and I also moved slower because I didn't want this glory period in dance to end so soon on our thread :lol:, but next time I upload entries it will be faster)!

 

World Hold On I remember from the time, such a great summery track, liked it back then and still like it now. Certainly better than the follow up for me. The best of Bob Sinclar's hits for me apart from I Feel For You.

 

Don't remember Same Man from the time, but like you danG, I prefer the Franky Rizardo song which uses the same sample even though both are good.

 

We Are Your Friends :music: Really liked it at the time I think it was on an advert or something but I thought it was very catchy! Still like it now even if I don't like it quite as much as some of the house songs earlier in 2006.

 

Not sure it is electro house though as you said, it is has a lot of influence from 80s dance especially with its percussion.

 

Really enjoy 'Somebody's Watching Me', shame it couldn't get in more weeks at Dance #1 but at least it did get there. A fine example of loopy house, very energetic and catchy.

 

Also it is worth noting that for the release of 'Watching' the Hi_Tack remix was used as the single version (the original can be heard here, it's basically a less beefed up version of the remix), so in a way it is the second Dance #1 for Hi_Tack.

 

Very atmospheric with the fadeouts too. I should have mentioned it was a Hi-Tack remix, the Hi-Tack remix that was released is definitely better than the original you posted there, and while the original is good, the Hi-Tack remix adds more energy to it so I prefer it.

 

Certainly a more inspired music video than OMG GIRLS DANCING BOOBS ASS anyway.

 

The sexualised music videos for dance songs trend doesn't quite end here sadly (although there are slowly becoming less of them by this point).

Edited July 23, 20177 yr by Hisspot

Of the three Bob Sinclar hits in the mid 00s that was the more forgettable one but still decent! I did like how the videos had a main character and theme linking them together.

 

The injustice (!) is that Justice vs. Simian "We Are Your Friends" wasn't a massive hit - it seemed so much bigger outside the charts. Such a tune!

The injustice (!) is that Justice vs. Simian "We Are Your Friends" wasn't a massive hit - it seemed so much bigger outside the charts. Such a tune!

 

But then like 2005, a lot of tracks were underperforming in the charts (albeit less tracks than 2005), Love Sensation '06 (Eddie Thoneick and Kurd Maverick version particularly as that got quite a bit of music channel airplay if I remember correctly), New Horizons, Elysium (I Go Crazy), Fade and Most Precious Love should have all been bigger. Our next dance number 1 also peaked at number 13 when it really should have been top 10 at least, if not top 5.

 

Definitely a massive WTF moment in 2007 too when one of the best dance songs of the year imo that I remember got quite a bit of airplay on music channels at the time, Counting Down The Days by Sunfreakz ft Andrea Britton, only made number 37.

Edited July 24, 20177 yr by Taking The Hiss

Not one of those songs you mentioned above felt big to me but "We Are Your Friends" was, it was always on when you went out, appealed to dance music and indie fans.

Supermode - Tell Me Why

 

 

Date: 30th July 2006

Weeks at #1: 1 week

Official Chart Run: 36-13-18-20-26-36-37-50-58-x (9 weeks)

 

 

Supermode was the name used for the collaboration between Steve Angello and Axwell, who both later appeared in Swedish House Mafia. It is also Axwell's second Dance #1 following his solo #16 hit 'Feel The Vibe ('Til The Morning Comes)'. We may see him again later in this thread. The song 'Tell Me Why' combines two Bronski Beat songs together, with the riff being taken from 'Smalltown Boy' and the lyrics from 'Why?'. For the single release the vocals were re-recorded by Hal Ritson.

 

It becomes the fifth Dance #1 of the year to rely heavily on a sample of the 80s (or earlier in the case of Meck). The trend of 80s-inspired looped house was not to last for much longer though, as we'll see with the next few entries. Unlike Sunblock, Hi_Tack and Beatfreakz though unfortunately this song missed the top 10, but for me at least it has aged the best and sounds brilliant as ever today. It's a shining example of its genre and I'm very pleased that it managed to sneak one week here as a Dance #1.

 

The music video features Axwell and Angello in a go-kart race, and whilst throughout the video it looks like either one of them could win it, the ending reveals the winner to be neither, but instead an unnamed woman. The helmets used in the video are the inspiration for the song's cover art.

 

Also making the top 40 on this week was 'Sensitivity' by Shapeshifters and Chic, which would be the final top 40 hit for both acts. It just beat our next Dance #1 to #40 (we're now in the era where songs charted low for one week on downloads alone before the physical was released). I'm not a fan of it myself but I imagine Snakey is so I'll let him elaborate further on that.

 

Sensitivity is very good, should have done better, don't remember it from the time though.

 

Chic's last single from 2015, I'll Be There, is a great tune and should have charted though! Was played on adult contemporary stations at the time and was one of my faves back in 2015!

 

Tell Me Why is an excellent tune, definitely deserved to be top 10. Remember it from the time and really liked it, it sounded so atmospheric. Definitely hearing it now it is up there with the best dance songs of 2006. The last 80s remix sadly to make dance number 1 :(

 

The trend of 80s-inspired looped house was not to last for much longer though

 

Well there is one final one at the end of 2006 which is definitely one of the best imo that makes top 10 in the chart.

 

As well as the 80s looped house trend coming to an end the violin funky house trend sparked by the success of Lola's Theme is too sadly by this stage, although there is one final brilliant one during the time of our next dance number 1 that reaches number 12.

Edited July 24, 20177 yr by Taking The Hiss

I start remembering less of the other tracks in the chart from the time for the other tracks in the chart from now on, mustn't have been watching music channels as much or watching music channels that broadcasted less dance by this stage.

 

Even 2 of the dance number 1s at the end of 2006 and 3 in 2007 I don't remember from the time much if at at all :o but know them well now.

Steve Edwards, who featured on many house songs in the 2000s

 

He was on Axwell's next single Watch the Sunrise which I have just discovered, it undeservedly flopped at #70 in September 2006. Great tune with an excellent vocal, maybe if it was released a month earlier while it was still summer it would have done better considering its summery sound and song title!

 

Cascada - Everytime We Touch

 

 

Date: 6th Aug 2006

Weeks at #1: 7 weeks

Official Chart Run: 41-4-2-5-4-10-12-12-7-12-15-15-21-26-32-38-35-38-38-50-x(4)-42-47-46-53-58-60-70-71-65-53-48-48-47-58-65-73-67-66-74-x (39 weeks)

 

 

Cascada are a eurodance trio consisting of vocalist Natalie Horler, producers Manuel "Manian" Reuter and Yann "Yanou" Peifer. Yanou previously had a Dance #1 as co-producer for DJ Sammy's 'Heaven'. Originally called Cascade, they changed their name to Cascada (Spanish for 'waterfall') to avoid confusion with dance producer Kaskade. Their first single, 'Miracle' gained minor traction in their home nation of Germany which led them to release 'Everytime We Touch', which became a worldwide hit and their first in the UK. It interpolates the chorus of Maggie Reilly's 1992 song of the same name and thus Cascada did not receive any songwriting credits for the hit.

 

The song was recorded in 2004 and originally released in 2005, though it took until the Summer of 2006 for it to receive a UK release. It also became a top 10 hit in the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming one of the few eurodance songs to make it big there. Cascada went on to have four more top 10 hits in the UK, including a #1, but 'Everytime We Touch' would remain their biggest single. More on those as we come to them in this thread. They also represented Germany at Eurovision in 2013.

 

The song itself focuses on Horler's vocal for the most part but also finds time for a good techno-style breakdown. The production builds nicely during the rest of the song also. It's a shining example of its genre and unsurprisingly has become somewhat of a modern dance classic. The video features Horler singing and dancing in a library, and unrealistically, everyone else joins in eventually rather than trying to shut her up. With her becoming the face of the group and the other members not featuring in their videos and cover art, many were led to believe that she was Cascada. It took me years to realise Cascada were actually a group.

 

'Everytime We Touch' also was the name of their debut studio album, which also peaked at #2 in the UK and was certified Platinum. They eventually released four studio albums and have a Best Of set, as well as an acoustic album and a Christmas album. They still release singles now ('Run' and 'Playground' both came out this year) but to no chart success, and they have not released an album since 2013's aforementioned acoustic album.

Other dance hits in the first two weeks of Cascada's run before it got kicked off for 2 non-consecutive weeks.

 

#20. The Similou - All This Love

 

Not familiar, sounds okay but not one I'm running back to.

 

#12. Michael Gray (feat. Shelly Poole) - Borderline

 

'The Weekend' is a lot better but this is good for what it is.

 

#17. Mousse T. vs. Dandy Warhols - Horny As A Dandy

 

Decent mashup, odd that it became a hit really as songs like this wouldn't get anywhere past becoming semi-viral on YouTube these days.

 

#31. Tom Novy & Lima - Take It

 

Not familiar with this, sounds very disappointing in comparison to what he's known most for; 'Your Body'.

"Cheesy" as it is, EVT will always hold a special place in my heart for the fact that Cascada headlined the first ever gig I saw:

 

http://i.imgur.com/gGjHyEl.jpg

 

(actual scan of my ticket!)

 

As I think I've mentioned before, they were on the same bill as Scooter, Ultrabeat, Flip & Fill and N-Trance, with a ton of other minor acts to boot - including Samantha Mumba for some baffling reason, who I think was attempting to reinvent herself as a club act!

 

I just absolutely loved it, and have fond memories of it blasting through car speakers when on my way to my first few clubs around this time. And yeah, I admit I did have a fairly big teenage crush on Natalie - or "Cascada" as I also thought she was called :P (see also many thinking HP Baxxter is "Scooter"!) Would never have known she was German as she spoke on stage with a fairly clear English accent, but that's explained by her parents being English.

 

For me it's one of the absolute iconic vocal dance tracks of the noughties, right up there with Castles In The Sky, Heaven etc, and one that will always be a major guilty pleasure for me!

Fade had been around for *years*, first got released in 2001 although the '06 release was an remix. Wasn't going to get anywhere with that video though, which looked cheap even at the time - standard "Look at these hot girls!!" marketing ploy who are blatantly miming to someone else's vocals.

 

The CD cover was as you'd expect, four bikini-clad women and the words "INCLUDES THE VIDEO" in big letters. Yeah, but what about the song?

 

Totally! The remix was just your standard "funky house" song, the original was everywhere here in Portugal back in 2001/2, and its so much better. A lot more chilled and deep.

 

Borderline and Take It were far better than The Weekend and Your Body imo.

 

Loved "Stoned In Love", still one of my favs from Chicane.

Edited July 26, 20177 yr by Euphorique

Remember Everytime We Touch from the time, not sure I was the biggest fan of it because of that hard beat and that it was cheesy, I think I generally thought back then Cascada got better with time, Miracle and What Hurts The Most I think I preferred more.

 

I think its a very good song now though and appreciate the hard beat in it to fist pump to!

 

Borderline was played a lot at the time, considered it more pop than dance because of the poppy vocal but I liked it. Such a great summery track. One of the last songs to make the chart to use that disco inspired violin production that became a trend after Lola's Theme. :( I actually prefer it to Michael Gray's other track 'The Weekend'. Shelley Poole's vocal is very good too even though it is more poppy than the vocals on most funky house songs.

 

Take It is great! Don't remember it at the time but it has a lovely bit of piano in the chorus, the second most lovely use of piano imo in a 00s dance track after Artful Dodger and Michelle Escoffery - Think About Me from 2001!

 

This Love is quite good, although not among my favourite dance tracks from 2006 as it is a bit too indie influenced and 'cool' for me to like a lot. I think I remember it from the time and liked it, I think I just thought it was an indie pop song back then and didn't realise it was dance. 'Bigger Than Big' by Super Mal and Luciana, a minor top 40 hit from 2007 I find quite similar in its style of dance to this with its indie influence and 80s style instrumental.

 

I don't like Horny as A Dandy at all really, like Bohemian Like You and Horny as songs themselves but no! at the two songs being mashed up, they could have at least left the best thing about Horny, the horns themselves in it. Don't remember 'Horny As A Dandy' from the time.

 

And yeah, I admit I did have a fairly big teenage crush on Natalie - or "Cascada" as I also thought she was called

I think I did too maybe a smaller one on seeing the videos on the music channels, although at a later stage to Everytime We Touch being released, which probably contributed to me linking the later Cascada songs better from 'Miracle' onwards (as well as these songs not having as hard a beat in them).

 

Totally! The remix was just your standard "funky house" song, the original was everywhere here in Portugal back in 2001/2, and its so much better. A lot more chilled and deep.

 

Upon listening the original for the first time there, I much prefer the remix definitely, it gives more energy to it, the original is a bit minimal and lifeless for my liking, whereas the 2006 remix is definitely up there with my favourite dance songs of the 00s.

 

The remix is still is quite chilled and deep for a funky house song I would say.

Edited July 26, 20177 yr by Sir Hissington

I think I remember it was quite a surprise when Everytime We Touch (along with Dancing In The Dark by Micky Modelle and Jessy, more on that soon) started getting played on music channels as I thought that sort of harder cheesy dance had gone but Clubland type eurodance really did have a revival at this point after house had been dominant in chart dance for most of 2005 and 2006.

 

Of course Listen to Your Heart was really the first Eurodance song in this revival back in late 2005 but it didn't seem as cheesy and was more chilled and less hyperactive sounding than Everytime We Touch or Dancing In The Dark, so I didn't really consider it Clublandy back then.

 

I am surprised there wasn't more of a Eurodance revival in late 2006/early 2007 apart from Cascada's songs, two Micky Modelle songs and Kim Sozzi - Break Up (which was a Cascada remix anyway). It took until the start of 2008 for the revival to take place properly, which is weird.

Edited July 26, 20177 yr by Sir Hissington

We will also see an early taste of some 2013-14 style deep house appearing as one of the dance songs in the chart at the time soon (the song appeared on today's Radio 1 Summer Mix incidentally).

Edited July 27, 20177 yr by Sir Hissington

David Guetta vs. The Egg (feat. Chris Willis) - Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)

 

 

Date: 20th Aug 2006

Weeks at #1: 2 weeks

Official Chart Run: 28-3-5-8-14-16-17-24-28-28-37-40-53-61-55-53-55-69-67-72-x (20 weeks)

 

 

For our next Dance #1 we see David Guetta for the second time in this thread (previously seen in 2003 with 'Just A Little More Love') and this was to become his first top ten hit of many many more to come. The song actually started out life in 2002 though where it charted at #46, but for the re-release the vocal from the track (by long time collaborator Chris Willis who received no official credit) was mashed up with the instrumental of the Tocadisco remix of The Egg's 'Walking Away'. Both songs are linked below for you to compare. Yes, it may shock you that David Guetta essentially has no part in this song's production, seeing as none of his original instrumental remains in this version. The instrumental ('Walking Away') also appeared on a car commercial, for the Citroën C4, as advertised on the cover art.

 

Guetta or his ghost producer(s) (whichever you believe) clearly were influenced by this song though as the direct follow up sounded quite similar, but more on that when we come to it. It featured as a bonus track in the UK on Guetta's third studio album 'Pop Life' which would be released in 2007. Like much of the dance hits of 2006, this was an electro house song and it's one of the best of its time too. I personally loved it a lot at the time and it still sounds great today. The video I also really enjoyed, which features people dancing and doing parkour.

 

The Egg are a four piece electronic band who released 'Walking Away' in 2005, with vocals from Sophie Barker of Zero 7. The original version sounds so different to the Tocadisco remix that it may as well be a different song altogether. You can hear it

. Needless to say, the had no further hits.

 

original 'Love Don't Let Me Go'

 

Tocadisco remix of 'Walking Away'

Love this one, deserved big hit. "Just A Little More Love" felt robbed of that.