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Whilst we're revisiting 00s dance in the chart forum, it's time we ranked the biggest dance hits of the 2000s.

 

The top 15 best-selling dance songs of each year in the UK have been selected, simply rank them from +15 (favourite) to +01 (least favourite) and the top four of each group will be put into a grand final.

 

The deadline will be set for next Saturday (or whenever I remember to do results).

 

2000

Now at the final round and the first year of the decade we have 2000, the year when garage stepped to the forefront of dance music whilst house and trance were still dominant. Artful Dodger, Sweet Female Attitude, Sonique and Truesteppers brought garage to the top of the charts whilst Bomfunk MC's gave us a rare drum n' bass hit. House was represented by Black Legend, Madison Avenue, Modjo and Spiller and it was a particularly big year for trance, with hits from Chicane, Darude, Fragma, Melanie C & Hex Hector, Public Domain and Zombie Nation making the year end list.

 

Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

Darude - Sandstorm

Fragma - Toca's Miracle

Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

Sonique - It Feels So Good

Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

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+15 Darude - Sandstorm [an absolute classic!!]

+14 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 [another top trance tune]

+13 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [amazing groove to this and catchy vocal, same with Modjo]

+12 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

+11 Fragma - Toca's Miracle [one of the better examples of 'trance-pop' that charted well]

+10 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby [really like the bassline]

+09 Sonique - It Feels So Good

+08 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler [this really bangs, shame there wasn't more of this type of dance being made/charting]

+07 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

+06 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

+05 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

+04 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

+03 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) [decent but there was a lot of better trance being done, same with I Turn To You]

+02 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

+01 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind [never really got this]

Fantastic year for dance music in the UK, one the best ever if not THE best ever for UK Chart Dance I think. So many excellent top 10 reaching dance tune that didn't make the list from 2000, Heart Of Asia, Silence, Time To Burn, Welcome To The Dance and Bullet In The Gun come to mind.

 

+15 Fragma - Toca's Miracle - absolute classic, probably the favourite to win this whole Ultimate Dance Hits I think.

+14 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix) - an example of trancepop that isn't cheesy, really liked this at the time.

+13 Sonique - It Feels So Good - Excellent tune, one I remember a lot and liked from the time, I think her follow up 'Sky' is even better though

+12 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler - Remember this one from the time and liked it, much different to the rest of the dance that made the charts in 2000.

+11 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind - Nice uplifting garage tune with some good orchestral strings in it!

+10 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 - Fantastic mostly instrumental hard trance track.

+9 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up - Really like this, nice and chilled, but not the extent of being boring. Atmospheric too. Remember it a lot from the time and liked it back then.

+8 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers - This is a lovely song! Its a pity there was no top 40 charting follow up from SFA.

+7 Darude - Sandstorm - Excellent trance instrumental but I have over heard it a bit it would be higher if I didn't. I think I liked it at the time.

+6 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast - Another soulful garage tune with female empowerment lyrics!

+5 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me - Good remix, didn't like this at the time though as I thought it was a bit of a mess. I prefer Mad'house - Like A Prayer though which was inspired by this.

+4 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) - This is like the 'Eat, Sleep, Rave Repeat' of 2000, it isn't trance I would say, but hard house. I hated this sort of hard dance at the time but like it now!

+3 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Good tune but the strong competition from other songs on this list sadly makes it this low.

+2 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby - Like the bassline but the lyrics and vocal are a bit cringeworthy in parts.

+1 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Nice tune but wouldn't be one of my favourite funky house songs.

 

 

 

A final outstanding year. My top 4 are basically interchangeable.

 

+15: Fragma - Toca's Miracle [definitely one of the best of the 00s]

+14: Sonique - It Feels So Good [love all 3 of her big hits: this, Sky & I Put A Spell On You]

+13: Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers [possibly my fave garage track of all time]

+12: Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 [THAT instrumental :wub:]

+11: Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

+10: Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) [don't know anyone who doesn't like this one]

+09: Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix) [the best solo Spice Girls track by far, Never Be The Same Again is also great]

+08: Darude - Sandstorm [a great track but a bit overdone by all the memes etc.]

+07: Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

+06: Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place) [would probably be much higher if asked a few years back but don't return to it as much nowadays]

+05: Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

+04: Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

+03: Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [a good song but always found it a bit overrated]

+02: Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind [always forget how this one goes]

+01: Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me [never have been a fan of this]

+15 Darude - Sandstorm

+14 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

+13 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

+12 Fragma - Toca's Miracle

+11 Sonique - It Feels So Good

 

+10 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

+09 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

+08 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+07 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

+06 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

+05 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

+04 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

+03 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

+02 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

+01 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

+15 Darude - Sandstorm

+14 Fragma - Toca's Miracle

+13 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

+12 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+11 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

+10 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

+09 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

+08 Sonique - It Feels So Good

+07 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

+06 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

+05 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

+04 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

+03 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

+02 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

+01 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

+15 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

+14 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

+13 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

+12 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

+11 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

 

+10 Sonique - It Feels So Good

+09 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

+08 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

+07 Fragma - Toca's Miracle

+06 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

+05 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

+04 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

+03 Darude - Sandstorm

+02 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

+01 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

015 Fragma - Toca's Miracle

014 Darude - Sandstorm

013 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

012 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

011 Sonique - It Feels So Good

010 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

009 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

008 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

007 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

006 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

005 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

004 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

003 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

002 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

001 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

 

The top 12 are all incredible songs. Such a fantastic year, my top three are amongst my favourite songs ever.

+15 Sandstorm

14 Kernkraft 400

13 I Turn To You

12 You See The Trouble With Me

11 Toca's Miracle

10 Don't Give Up

9 Lady

8 Groovejet

7 It Feels So Good

6 Don't Call Me Baby

5 Flowers

4 Out Of Your Mind

3 Movin' Too Fast

2 Freestyler

1 Operation Blade

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RESULTS

 

:winner: 01 100 Fragma - Toca's Miracle :winner:

02 92 Darude - Sandstorm

03 83 Sonique - It Feels So Good

04 82 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

05 69 Melanie C - I Turn To You (Hex Hector Remix)

06 64 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

07 63 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

08 62 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

09 62 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

10 59 Chicane feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up

11 57 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

12 55 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

13 44 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me

14 40 Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham - Out Of Your Mind

15 28 Public Domain - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)

 

The top 4 remember will appear in the grand final at the end of the initial rounds. Great to see Darude and Zombie Nation through and I also love the other qualifiers here, but sad for Modjo and Spiller who finish way too low here.

 

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grand final qualifiers:

 

Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters - Destination Calabria

Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down

Basshunter feat. DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz - Now You're Gone

Benny Benassi pts. The Biz - Satisfaction

Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah

Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s

Cascada - Everytime We Touch

Chase & Status feat. Plan B - End Credits

Chicane - Poppiholla

Darude - Sandstorm

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over

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

Deep Dish - Flashdance

DHT feat. Edmee - Listen To Your Heart

Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)

DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven

Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Eric Prydz - Pjanoo

Fragma - Toca's Miracle

Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited

Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008

Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky

Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It

Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - Day 'N' Nite

Lasgo - Something

Meck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again

Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

PPK - Resurection

Puretone - Addicted To Bass

Roger Sanchez - Another Chance

Rui da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me

Scooter - The Logical Song

Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme

Sonique - It Feels So Good

Stonebridge feat. Therese - Put 'Em High

The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Tomcraft - Loneliness

Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

Utah Saints - Something Good '08

Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

Fantastic qualifiers here too! Only SFA not from my top 4 advancing but that was a long shot anyway.

 

This final is gonna be actual torture to rank tho :drama:

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