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Anothes Alessia song - but this sounds like it could be a huge hit in the new year, plus the video is fab.

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I think we're still long overdue drum n bass being a huge trend. There were a few songs around 2011/2012 (e.g. Hot Right Now, Gold Dust) but no mass domination

 

Drum & Bass has had its moment I think... We had DJ Fresh, Rudimental and Sigma dominating with acts like Matrix & Futurebound and Wilkinson getting chart hits too. Can't see it coming back yet, sounded tired by the start of 2015.

I think drum & bass has had it's moment. Sigma has watered it down to mainstream so much that it now features in nearly every BBC montage clip alongside Bittersweet Symphony!
Yeh means chase & status and sigma never do anything with new tracks!
Yeh means chase & status and sigma never do anything with new tracks!

 

Which is a shame because Chase & Status have put out some right bangers this year.

Only really their last single in Sept was chase & status by numbers and it sounded fantastic (better than anything Sigma has ever done) whereas their other stuff has been less commercial - more hip hop and the likes!
All Goes Wrong did decently for a drum and bass track, I doubt they can complain with the success it had considering the current chart climate.
This would be my choice

 

i'm seeing this on so many spotify playlist n i rly hope it does blow up. jam and a half.

i'm seeing this on so many spotify playlist n i rly hope it does blow up. jam and a half.

 

Seriously... that is awful :(

 

Here are some which I think are possible hits...

 

Sage The Gemini - Now & Later

 

A very catchy song, Sage The Gemini also featured on Flo Rida's GDFR which was a huge party anthem and sadly missed out on being :no1: nearly two years ago. With this featured on the Snapchat Filter, I expect a lot of those users will be hopping on to this song quickly!

 

Chris Brown - Party (feat. Gucci Mane & Usher)

 

Chris Brown hasn't grabbed the attention of UK people for a while, however he could with this RnB smasher! Why?... Because of two artists who have had great success in 2016, Gucci Mane who found fame on Black Beatles and Usher who made a proper return on his tracks Crash & No Limit. With these two artists onboard this track, surely Chris Brown will be relevant on the charts again?

 

OneRepublic - Let's Hurt Tonight

 

This seems like it's the 3rd single from Oh My My and it's a proper emotional one. It's shame that Wherever I Go & Kids never really became big singles and I don't really expect this to either so I'm hoping this at least swallows into the top 40. I haven't disliked a OR song ever and this hasn't changed my mind.

 

Jax Jones - You Don't Know Me (feat. RAYE)

 

This song is another fresh start for funky house tunes although I could say that when Crank It (Woah!) was a nutter of a song. House Work never really took off and that's a shame because that was aimed at the hot bod's as well however this certainly is a contention for a top ten place. It helps as well that BBC Sound Of 2017 contender RAYE is featured on vocals like she was on Jonas Blue's By Your Side. With a bit of help from her, Jax Jones could be a name everyone remembers in the future!

 

Bastille - Blame

 

Bastille couldn't have had a better year last year with their second studio album Wild World out and two pretty good singles with it, in fact for this album they went more of the silly and British way of doing things hence the album name Wild World. Good Grief went to top ten on iTunes within a week but Send Them Off! didn't have quite the same effect, hopefully this will settle in the top 30 somewhere and it's a great tune again! Certainly wouldn't be surprised to see a fourth single soon.

 

James Arthur - Safe Inside

 

James Arthur's comeback year was certainly the one he wanted. A :no1: single and a fantastic album to go with it, so it's time to release another single from it. He has another version of Let Me Love The Lonely coming with Nicole Scherzinger on the way but before that we get Safe Inside which seems to be an easy top 40 song for him, the question is whether he can get R1 support and book a couple of live TV performances to push it up even further.

 

Galantis - Pillow Fight

 

We are in a era where dance and happy songs go very well together and do you know who is responsible for that??.. Galantis! They have seemed to quickly move on from Love On Me and go with their old style of building the tune and making it sound magic with Pillow Fight but for me it's not their best effort and probably won't hit as well as their other singles but still easily for a top 40 place.

 

Sigala & Digital Farm Animals - Only One

 

If you are a fan of Galantis then you really should be a fan of Sigala! This is their 5th single released from them and they have teamed up with Millionaire Boy's Digital Farm Animals for this one. It's a bit like combining Galantis & Sigala for this one with the robotic voices but as usual the Sigala vibes are still there! Easy top 20 for me and I bet radio stations will be quick to get behind this one. All I'm waiting for now is a bloody album!!!

 

I'll have another bunch of future hits soon!

 

I can't see the Sigala track doing anything, flopped badly like the Robin Schulz one.

 

Galantis won't either it's too close to Love On Me, should have waited longer (or actually released something better :kink:)

 

Now & Later could be huge! Will have to check out that Bastille track as well.

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I think the Jax Jones one could be a minor top 40 hit like 'Trouble' or 'Crank It'.

 

Not heard Sage The Gemini yet but that'll probably be big judging by its Spotify performance.

 

I'm not sure if the Galantis song is meant to be a commercial single, either way can't see it smashing.

 

Sigala will probably be a flop too sadly.

I would really like to see more stuff like Love On Me, certainly that was the closest thing we have had to that weird but fun mid to late 00s retro sounding eurodance trend I rather enjoyed even if it was cheesy (Uniting Nations, Sunblock, Cahill, Star Pilots etc). And after a long time with minimal tropical house and future bass, we need sonething more lively in dance music.

 

Galantis' new song, Pillow Talk isn't great though, a progressive house song nowhere near as good as Runaway in terms of climax, which falls rather flat in Pillow Talk.

 

I think we need nothing short of a major shift in popular dance music to more lively, less minimal styles to replace the tired sounding tropical house, future bass and minimal styles at the minute. I think that will happen later in 2017.

 

You mean Pillow Fight? :P

 

I agree with you there though, there's not enough happy dance music around atm. It's all a bit serious nowadays.

I think drum & bass has had it's moment. Sigma has watered it down to mainstream so much that it now features in nearly every BBC montage clip alongside Bittersweet Symphony!

 

I never really liked Sigma apart from Nobody To Love and Cry, as I don't really like drum and bass and orchestral music mixed. Sigma is so watered down for drum and bass too now, I agree.

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I loved Sigma at first but their new stuff is far too watered down, we do not need stuff like 'Cry' or 'Find Me' no thank u.

 

DJ Fresh's new one with Diplo is great though probably too bonkers to be a big chart hit in today's climate

You mean Pillow Fight? :P

 

I agree with you there though, there's not enough happy dance music around atm. It's all a bit serious nowadays.

 

Yes I mean Pillow Fight.

 

I think when Disclosure started to become popular a lot of dance music that made the charts since has been serious and minimal (deep house, tropical house and future bass). There have been quite a few exceptions I know, particularly big room house in 2014 which I enjoyed a lot more than the serious deep house of the time.

 

This year, future bass and tropical house's popularity have mean many dance tracks have been serious and minimal. We do need some less minimal, less serious dance music and I think we need a major shift in popular dance music in 2017. Hopefully the pitched vocal effects and the annoying sound effect drops will go too.

 

Now we have America driving dance music trends too now along with Europe and other places , the future of dance music and its trends will be interesting.

 

 

I loved Sigma at first but their new stuff is far too watered down, we do not need stuff like 'Cry' or 'Find Me' no thank u.

 

DJ Fresh's new one with Diplo is great though probably too bonkers to be a big chart hit in today's climate

 

I actually liked Cry as it was uplifting and disco influenced. We had that period around that time when I was getting excited :lol: because uplifting disco infuenced dance looked like it was coming back with Tears and Give Me Your Love becoming hits too.

 

In terms of Find Me, Birdy's vocal in it, particularly in the verses would sound better on another genre of dance music, trance,the home of haunting vocal styles (like Maire Brennan on Saltwater).

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