Love the Freemasons mix of this.

38 minutes ago, Jester said:

Love the Freemasons mix of this.

Need to give that a listen, I did love the 'Green Light' Freemasons remix from this era but that one passed me by!

Yay a song I know!

I actually quite like Deja Vu. I went through a phase a few years back where I was obsessed with is song. Whilst I’m not obsessed with it anymore I still do really enjoy it.

Never fussed with Deja Vu though I don’t hate it. Her non no.1 hits that year were better and sold more too.

I think 'Deja Vu' is really quite underrated in her discography!

It's a banger.

'Deja Vu' is fun and the B Day album is quite good too though haven't played it since 2006 lol. Here seems about right for it though.

13 Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit

Kept off #1: Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (feat. Luciana)

Kicking off the top half of this countdown is a Dutch DJ who created a club smash that became bigger than he ever would've expected. Fedde Le Grand came across a record from 1999 called 'Hands Up For Detroit' by Matthew Dear and Disco D, thanks to a fellow DJ who played at the same club as him. The DJs would often exchange records and Le Grand initially didn't think too much of the track. However, he came around to it, after an idea for a bassline entered his head. Le Grand felt his vision was missing something and decided to sample the "put your hands up for Detroit, our lovely city" line from the Matthew Dear song, giving us the chart-topper we know today. The combination of electro house music and raunchy visuals had already proven a hit earlier in the decade, with the likes of 'Call On Me' by Eric Prydz and Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' both fitting this brief. Visually, 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' is similarly right out of the 2000s, with the gynoid technicians of course being scantily clad. However, it does have a bit more of a storyline than your average 2000s dance video, as we follow the behaviours of androids in a Kubrick-esque lab, with one attempting to escape when he realises he's a robot. The video is set in 2027 so not long until we'll actually be living through that year! 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' initially charted at #53 with a 12" release but later climbed to #2 when all formats and downloads were synced up. It then climbed to #1 for a week, knocking off 'Star Girl' by McFly.

I am personally a big fan of electro house and electroclash music and the mid-late 2000s was a pretty hot time for these sounds in the charts. I'd say the main drawback of 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' is that it can get a bit repetitive, but that aside, it was an important crossover moment and I do enjoy the disco-influenced bassline. The more primal 'Hands Up For Detroit' that it samples is an interesting listen but doesn't quite measure up to the polished Fedde reworking for me, maybe I'm just too used to the latter. Despite liking this song, I'd say I actually return to Fedde's other two top 10 hits 'The Creeps' and 'Let Me Think About It' more, especially the latter, which is his most streamed on Spotify. I also love the song that 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' blocked from #1, the incredibly feisty and in-your-face 'Yeah Yeah' by Bodyrox featuring Luciana, an electroclash classic. That sound has experienced a revival of sorts in recent years with the Saltburn soundtrack taking off and Charli xcx incorporating sounds from this world on her hit Brat album, most notably on 'Von Dutch'. So I would've wholeheartedly approved of 'Yeah Yeah' becoming a #1 instead but at least I enjoy its competition too. This top 2 is a snapshot of a fun, carefree period for commercial dance music during Q4 of 2006.

I’ve never been a big fan of this one, but it did go off at all end of year and graduation celebrations for high school. So I’ll give it that.

Not a fan of 'Put Your Hands Up'. Too repetitive and annoying but I appreciate the dance instrumental element at least!

Banger and three quarters!

'Let Me Think About It' is definitely the one I hear in the wild these days though, rather than this one.

Aw 'No Tomorrow' is one I'd have ranked a lot higher myself, a bit offended at the multiple comparisons to Maroon 5 in the thread, I can't say I see the resemblance to them myself? Just another nostalgic landfill indie anthem for me, I still occasionally hear it on the radio and it's always a great time when I do. Would also put 'Star Girl' higher up, definitely aided by the nostalgia from Chris Moyles' McFlyday feature but I do think it's one of the best McFly songs anyway, and probably would rank 'So Sick' a bit higher too, Ne-Yo's discog is hit or miss but I still hold his first couple of #1s in quite high regard as solid R&B jams.

The rest that have been since my last comment are probably ranked about right for me, I do really like 'Put Your Hands Up For Detroit' but the list of remaining songs is looking very strong now and I guess it is a little simplistic/repetitive but again a good nostalgic banger. The Beyoncé song is quite good but not a standout in her discography so midtable is about right. 'Smack That' I haven't heard much recently and I expect it will have aged quite poorly but it's fun enough for what it is.

I do wish 'Ridin'' could have managed a week at the top, even if I do prefer Weird Al's version x

I don't think there would be much difference in my rankings at all really, No Tomorrow a few places lower but everything else looks in pretty much the order I'd put them in. Deja Vu might be a contender for the top 10, although I can't remember everything that's to come to be sure! Do like the Fedde song, buy oh my Yeah Yeah would have been such an amazing number one!

Edited December 4Dec 4 by RabbitFurCoat

Crazy In Love was a total classic banger, but had to re-play this one to remind me properly of it. Pretty much horn-based funk, the rhythm is great, the song not quite so much but it's fine. It still doesnt really sound like a chart-topper to me, but it's not bad at all. Behind Orson, but it would prob rate about here for me too.

13 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

Banger and three quarters!

'Let Me Think About It' is definitely the one I hear in the wild these days though, rather than this one.

I prefer both The Creeps and Let Me Think About It to this.

12 Meck - Thunder in My Heart Again (feat. Leo Sayer)

Kept off #1: nothing directly, but the highest non-#1 during this fortnight was Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys at #3

Next up is another dance track that borrows from a sample. English-Australian singer Leo Sayer released 'Thunder in My Heart' as the lead single from his fifth album of the same name. This passionate, lovestruck disco anthem was unleashed during the height of popularity for the genre, in 1977, just as the world was getting ready for Saturday Night Fever. 'Thunder in My Heart' was praised by critics but could only reach #22 in the U.K. singles chart and settled for #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well. The song has a pretty rich instrumental, as it features a bass guitar, further strings, piano, drums, congas and even a tambourine in the mix. It is quite an overwhelming backing to match the electrifying feelings described by Sayer. He wrote the song alongside Tom Snow who is also responsible for playing the piano on it. Elsewhere, Richard Perry, also known for working with The Pointer Sisters, took on production duties. Sayer had achieved his first U.K. #1 hit earlier that same year with 'When I Need You', which stayed there for three weeks. He also notched up four #2 hits from 1973 to 1980 including his most streamed song 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing'. A dance remake of this song was attempted in 1998 by an act called Groove Generation, complete with cheesy '90s rapping, but could only reach #32 in the U.K. chart. However, maybe a different song of his was crying out for a dance makeover instead...

British DJ Craig Dimech, better known under stage name Meck, came across a 12" copy of 'Thunder in My Heart' inside a Los Angeles discount shop and had a vision of transforming it with a dance mix. He approached Leo Sayer in 2005 to ask for permission to remix it and the rest was history. Sayer was impressed, feeling that Meck had altered its sound but kept the integrity of the original. He could not poke any holes in it. Meck went ahead with the release in February 2006 and also credited Leo Sayer on the song. Newly titled 'Thunder in My Heart Again' debuted at #1 on the U.K. singles chart a little over 28 years after the original song was released. Meck and Leo Sayer managed a fortnight at the top before being knocked off by Madonna. This was Meck's first and only chart-topper. He managed one more top 40 scrape, with 'Feels Like Home' at #39 the following year. That song also incorporates a sample, this time '90s floorfiller 'Don't You Want Me' by Felix. 'Thunder In My Heart Again' became Leo Sayer's second chart-topper at the age of 57 years and 8 months, 29 years after 'When I Need You' got there.

I suppose this is essentially sticking a dance beat over the original but I do like what Meck did with the song. The chaotic instrumental in the original, while charming in its own way, becomes more refined here and the updated funky house grooves give it a new, euphoric appeal for the 2000s. Leo's vocals are timeless and proudly soar over the modern dance makeover.

Sayer memorably exited the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2007 after breaking a fire door open with a broom, due to... not being provided any new clean underwear, as he didn't want to be seen washing his own on TV. However, it was the early 2006 series that was impacting the charts at the same time as 'Thunder In My Heart Again'. This legendary year included the toe-curling scenes where George Galloway pretended to be Rula Lenska's pet cat, Pete Burns was an almighty presence (Dead Or Alive's 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)' re-entered at #5 thanks to his appearance) and non-celebrity Chantelle Houghton shook up the experiment, falling in love with Ordinary Boys singer Preston in the process. His band's song 'Boys Will Be Boys' originally made #16 in 2005 but got all the way to #3 following his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother. It spent three weeks at #3 - first behind 'Nasty Girl' and 'Run It!', then stuck behind 'Thunder in My Heart Again' and 'Nasty Girl' for a fortnight. I remember hearing this song an awful lot at the time, it was even in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but it's not something I have sought out since. This is a decent enough example of ska revival but it's not really my thing, so Meck beating those three other songs was preferable to me.

"Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" was the biggest crowd pleaser of 2006 - this is definitely among my top 3 #1 hits of 2006. That Meck song was OK, but nothing special imo.

Think I also used to love Deja Vu more than I do now. But it would be quite high up for me

Thunder In My Heart is probably middle of the pack for me, though I don't know what's to come.

Love 'Thunder In My Heart'. It's such a feel good dance anthem for me.

13 hours ago, Roba. said:

Love 'Thunder In My Heart'. It's such a feel good dance anthem for me.

It seems around this time there was a trend of sampling 70s and 80s songs and putting a house beat over the top of them.