Onto Round 7... Taking a selection of the most notable dance hits of 2003, as curated by myself to save time doing a nominations round, simply rank your top 10 as below:

 

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The year's biggest hits came from 'Move Your Feet' and 'Make Luv', whilst eurodance was still going strong with entries from Ultrabeat, Scooter, DJ Sammy and XTM in the year-end list. 'Satisfaction' was a huge electro house hit for Benny Benassi whilst garage producer Jaimeson had two hits in the year. Trance also represented with 'Loneliness', 'The Opera Song' and 'The Way' though the genre was starting to die out as a chart force sadly.

 

Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

Audio Bullys - We Don't Care

Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

Bhangra Knights - Husan

David Guetta & Chris Willis - Just a Little More Love

Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

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

DJ Sammy - Sunlight

DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

Ian Van Dahl - I Can't Let You Go

Jaimeson feat. Angel Blu - True

Jaimeson feat. Xara - Complete

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

Kurtis Mantronik - How Did You Know?

Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (Vs Finally)

Lee Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - Shake It (Move A Little Closer)

Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

Love Inc. - Broken Bones

Milk & Sugar feat. Lizzy Pattinson - Let the Sun Shine

Paul Van Dyk feat. Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You

Plummet - Damaged

Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

Röyksopp - Eple

Scooter - Weekend!

Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

The Underdog Project - Summer Jam

Tomcraft - Loneliness

Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

 

Round 8 will open this time next week so you have until Saturday night to vote.

 

The top 5 from the round will go directly to the grand final.

 

2004 Results

 

A very pleasing, if perhaps expected, top two from the year's two biggest #1s in dance from Shapeshifters and Eric Prydz. Also great to see is Motorcycle getting a handful of last minute votes to push them over the line. They are joined by two more of the retro sample trend songs from Uniting Nations and Boogie Pimps.

 

1 115 Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme

2 83 Eric Prydz - Call On Me

3 78 Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch

4 67 Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes

5 63 Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love

6 55 Special D - Come With Me

7 48 LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above

8 40 Basement Jaxx - Good Luck

9 39 Deep Dish - Flashdance

10 36 Michael Gray - The Weekend

11 32 Gladiator feat. Izzy - Now We Are Free

12 31 Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power - You Won't Forget About Me

13 31 Stonebridge feat. Therese - Put Em' High

14 31 Ultrabeat - Feelin' Fine

15 30 Günther & The Sunshine Girls - Ding Dong Song

16 30 Junior Jack - Stupidisco

17 29 Danzel - Pump It Up

18 28 Armand Van Helden - My My My

19 27 DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide

20 26 OceanLab - Satellite

21 25 Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock

22 21 Faithless - Mass Destruction

23 21 Kelly Llorenna - This Time I Know It's For Real

24 18 Angel City - Do You Know (I Go Crazy)

25 15 3 Of A Kind - Baby Cakes

26 8 Deepest Blue - Give It Away

27 8 Narcotic Thrust - I Like It

28 7 Starsailor - Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix)

29 2 Eyeopener - Hungry Eyes

30 0 Stellar Project - Get Up Stand Up

 

Finalists:

Audio Bullys feat. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down

Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted

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

Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Nesta Pine - Love Generation

Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Edit)

Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love

Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone

Cascada - Everytime We Touch

Cascada - Miracle

Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Chicane - Poppiholla

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over

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

Eric Prydz - Call On Me

Eric Prydz - Pjanoo

Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited

Groove Armada feat. Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)

Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 (Klaas Edit)

Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends

Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)

Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes

Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure

Pendulum - Propane Nightmares

Prodigy - Omen

Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme

Supermode - Tell Me Why

Tiësto - Adagio For Strings

Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

 

View previous results: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

+12 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

+10 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+08 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+07 Plummet - Damaged

+06 Röyksopp - Eple

+05 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+04 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+03 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+02 Love Inc. - Broken Bones

+01 Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (Vs Finally)

+12 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+10 Milk & Sugar feat. Lizzy Pattinson - Let the Sun Shine

+08 Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

+07 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+06 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+05 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+04 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+03 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+02 DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+01 Scooter - Weekend!

12; Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

10; Röyksopp - Eple

08; XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

07; Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

06; Tomcraft - Loneliness

05; Jaimeson feat. Xara - Complete

04; Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

03; Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

02; Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

01; Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

 

Top 4 are all time favourites <3

12. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

10. Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

8. Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

7. DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

6. Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

5. Bhangra Knights - Husan

4. Tomcraft - Loneliness

3. XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

2. Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

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

Some of these are classics!

 

+12 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+10 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+8 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+7 Plummet - Damaged

+6 Röyksopp - Eple

+5 Audio Bullys - We Don't Care

+4 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

+3 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+2 Kurtis Mantronik - How Did You Know?

+1 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

I found this one the most difficult so far!

+12 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+10 DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+8 Love Inc. - Broken Bones

+7 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+6 Röyksopp - Eple

+5 DJ Sammy - Sunlight

+4 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

+3 Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

+2 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+1 Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)

 

I always think of 2003 as the year dance fell away from the charts somewhat but this list proves it didn't as much as I thought, just that R&B, rap and dancehall felt so dominant that I guess the genre took a bit more of a backseat. And as Dan mentioned, the presence of trance and Eurodance massively reduced.

 

As an aside, they really need to get the UK radio edits of Broken Bones and Love Me Right on streaming...

Oh I'm sad I've missed the majority of this rate.

 

+12: Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

+10: Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)

+08: DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+07: Jaimeson feat. Xara - Complete

+06: Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+05: XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+04: The Underdog Project - Summer Jam

+03: Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

+02: Tomcraft - Loneliness

+01: Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

+12- Ultrabeat- Pretty Green Eyes

+10- Bhangra Knights- Husan

+8- Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

+7- Room 5 ft Oliver Cheatham- Make Luv

+6- Junior Senior- Move Your Feet

+5- XTM & DJ Chucky ft Annia- Fly On The Wings Of Love

+4- DJ Sammy- The Boys Of Summer

+3- Tomcraft- Loneliness

+2- Benny Benassi & The Biz- Satisfaction

+1- Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+12 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+10 Bhangra Knights - Husan

+08 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+07 Plummet - Damaged

+06 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

+05 Röyksopp - Eple

+04 Jaimeson feat. Angel Blu - True

+03 Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (Vs Finally)

+02 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+01 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

Narcotic Thrust done dirty there, one of the gems of that year.

 

+12: Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

+10: Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+08: Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

+07: Tomcraft - Loneliness

+06: Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)

+05: Plummet - Damaged

+04: XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+03: Jaimeson feat. Angel Blu - True

+02: Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (Vs Finally)

+01: DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

 

 

INCREDIBLE year :wub:

+12 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

+10 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+08 Ian Van Dahl - I Can't Let You Go

+07 DJ Sammy - Sunlight

+06 Röyksopp - Eple

+05 Love Inc. - Broken Bones

+04 Paul Van Dyk feat. Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You

+03 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+02 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+01 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

 

+ 12 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+ 10 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+ 8 Bhangra Knights - Husan

+ 7 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

+ 6 Lee Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - Shake It (Move A Little Closer)

+ 5 The Underdog Project - Summer Jam

+ 4 Röyksopp - Eple

+ 3 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+ 2 Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

+ 1 Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

 

+12 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+10 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+8 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+7 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+6 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv

+5 DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+4 David Guetta & Chris Willis - Just a Little More Love

+3 The Underdog Project - Summer Jam

+2 Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

+1 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue

Last day to vote!

+12 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+10 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+08 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+07 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+06 Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

+05 Kurtis Mantronik - How Did You Know?

+04 Ian Van Dahl - I Can't Let You Go

+03 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather for Ducks

+02 Paul Van Dyk feat. Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing But You

+01 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+12 Tomcraft - Loneliness

 

+10 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

 

+08 The Underdog Project - Summer Jam

+07 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+06 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+05 Love Inc. - Broken Bones

+04 Angel City feat. Lara McAllen - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)

+03 Scooter - Weekend!

+02 DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+01 Scooter feat. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud)

 

+12 Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes

+10 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

+08 DJ Sammy - Sunlight

+07 DJ Sammy - The Boys Of Summer

+06 XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

+05 Benny Benassi & The Biz - Satisfaction

+04 Röyksopp - Eple

+03 Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)

+02 Tomcraft - Loneliness

+01 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv