Posted June 28, 200817 yr Here's a list of the best-selling dance singles of the 1990s. It should be considered unofficial but hey, if the "official" one from the 00s has missed off Toca's Miracle this is at least as good. Some of the inclusions may be controversial but it all depends on what you consider dance. If I've missed anything out or got any sales wrong let me know. 1 Aqua - Barbie Girl 1,723,000 2 Cher - Believe 1,673,000 3 Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That 1,120,000 4 Whigfield - Saturday Night 1,092,250 5 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) 1,024,000 6 Everything But The Girl - Missing 845,000 7 ATB - 9pm (Till I Come) 810,000 8 Simply Red - Fairground 783,000 9 Robert Miles - Children 770,000 10 Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate 706,700 11 Gina G - Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit 682,000 12 Mr Oizo - Flat Beat 678,000 13 Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe 657,000 14 The Prodigy - Breathe 651,000 15 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 650,000 16 The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom 648,000 17 The Outhere Brothers - Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) 620,000 18 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 606,400 19 Ace Of Base - All That She Wants 603,000 20 Aqua - Doctor Jones 591,000 21 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 590,000 22 Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer 582,000 23 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! 578,900 24 Gala - Freed From Desire 570,000 25 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better 570,000 26 Robert Miles feat. Maria Nayler - One And One 540,000 27 No Mercy - Where Do You Go 540,000 28 The Prodigy - Firestarter 540,000 29 N-Trance - Set You Free 540,000 30 Adamski - Killer 540,000 31 2 Unlimited - No Limit 532,000 32 The Tamperer feat. Maya - Feel It 522,000 33 Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 510,000 34 Dario G - Sunchyme 500,000 35 Ann Lee - 2 Times 496,100 36 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game 490,000 37 Phats & Small - Turn Around 487,500 38 Ultra Nate - Free 480,000 39 KWS - Please Don't Go / Game Boy 480,000 40 Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me 480,000 41 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle 475,700 42 Vengaboys - We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) 474,900 43 Mousse T vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny 474,000 44 Sash! - Encore Une Fois 470,000 45 Doop - Doop 467,000 46 The Simpsons - Do The Bartman 460,000 47 Underworld - Born Slippy 460,000 48 Los Del Rio - Macarena 460,000 49 Haddaway - What Is Love 440,000 50 DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima 440,000 51 Culture Beat - Mr Vain 430,000 52 Erasure - ABBA-esque EP 420,000 53 Sash! feat. Rodriguez - Ecuador 420,000 54 Snap! - The Power 420,000 55 Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta 401,500 56 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza! 400,000 57 Sash! feat. La Trec - Stay 400,000 58 Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night 399,000 59 Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It 390,000 60 Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life 390,000 61 The Grid - Swamp Thing 385,000 62 Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy 380,000 63 Oceanic - Insanity 380,000 64 The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient 366,000 65 Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) 364,000 66 Livin' Joy - Dreamer 360,000 67 T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach 355,000 68 Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me 354,400 69 Shaft - Mucho Mambo (Sway) 351,100 70 Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Movin' 350,000 71 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This 350,000 72 Undercover - Baker Street 345,000 73 Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room 345,000 74 Vengaboys - Up And Down 344,000 75 Olive - You're Not Alone 340,000 76 MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This 340,000 77 (MC Sar &) The Real McCoy - Another Night 340,000 78 The KLF - 3AM Eternal 335,000 79 White Town - Your Woman 330,000 80 Technotronic - Get Up 330,000 81 Enigma - Return To Innocence 330,000 82 Enigma - Sadness Part 1 330,000 83 Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy 330,000 84 Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own 323,000 85 The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode 320,000 86 N-Trance feat. Ricardo Da Force - Staying Alive 320,000 87 Alice Deejay - Back In My Life 319,500 88 The KLF - What Time Is Love 315,000 89 Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash 315,000 90 Urban Cookie Collective - The Key: The Secret 310,000 91 Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing 310,000 92 The Blueboy - Remember Me 310,000 93 Sash! feat. Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times 306,000 94 Berri - The Sunshine After The Rain 305,000 95 Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy 300,000 96 Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close 300,000 97 Sash! - La Primavera 292,000 98 Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Gotta Be Big) 290,000 99 JX - There's Nothing I Won't Do 290,000 100 Faithless - Insomnia 290,000 101 Dr Alban - It's My Life 290,000 102 Baby D - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime (I Need Your Loving) 278,000 103 SL2 - On A Ragga Tip 275,000 104 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 274,000 105 The Bucketheads - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) 272,000 106 Nomad - I Wanna Give You Devotion 269,000 107 Bob Marley vs Funkstar Deluxe - Sun Is Shining 269,000 108 Fatboy Slim - Praise You 268,600 109 The Tamperer feat. Maya - If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better 265,000 110 Heavy D & The Boys - Now That We've Found Love 263,000 111 Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You 262,000 112 Blue Pearl - Naked In The Rain 258,000 113 Bamboo - Bamboogie 255,000 114 DNA feat. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner 254,000 115 Cher - Strong Enough 253,400 116 The Prodigy - Charly 252,000 117 The Original - I Luv U Baby 250,000 118 Strike - U Sure Do 250,000 119 Snap! - Ooops Up 250,000 120 Kris Kross - Jump 242,000 121 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl 241,700 122 DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (For The Love Of A Princess) 241,700 123 Nightcrawlers feat. John Reid - Push The Feeling On 240,000 124 The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) 235,000 125 Perfecto Allstarz - Reach Up (Pigbag) 235,000 126 2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone 234,000 127 The KLF - Last Train To Transcentral 233,000 128 Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now 230,300 129 West End feat. Sybil - The Love I Lost 230,000 130 Mr President - Coco Jamboo 230,000 131 Corona - Try Me Out 230,000 132 BBE - Seven Days And One Week 230,000 133 Madonna - Ray Of Light 228,000 134 The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love 227,000 135 Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) 225,800 136 Maxx - Get-A-Way 225,000 137 Dario G - Carnaval de Paris 224,000 138 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman 224,000 139 Smart Es - Sesame's Treet 223,000 140 Goodmen - Give It Up 220,000 141 (MC Sar &) The Real McCoy - Run Away 220,000 142 ATB - Don't Stop 219,700 143 Basement Jaxx - Red Alert 217,500 144 Wildchild - Renegade Master '98 216,000 145 Touch & Go - Would You…? 215,000 146 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 215,000 147 PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss 214,000 148 Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness '96 210,000 149 Whigfield - Think Of You 210,000 150 The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun 210,000 151 Chad Jackson - Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) 209,000 152 Bizarre Inc. feat. Angie Brown - I'm Gonna Get You 209,000 153 Snap! feat. Summer - Welcome To Tomorrow (Are You Ready?) 207,000 154 Black Box - Fantasy 207,000 155 Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas - Kung-Fu Fighting 205,000 156 Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love 203,000 157 The Shamen - Move Any Mountain 202,000 158 M People - Moving On Up 201,000 159 Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) 200,000 160 Cappella - U Got 2 Let The Music 200,000 161 Snap! feat. Niki Haris - Exterminate! 199,000 162 Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia 198,100 163 DJ Miko - What's Up 198,000 164 Felix - Don't You Want Me 196,000 165 Sybil - When I'm Good And Ready 195,000 166 Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms 195,000 167 Moloko - Sing It Back 193,000 168 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank 193,000 169 2 In A Room - Wiggle It 193,000 170 William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings 191,900 171 Utah Saints - Something Good 191,000 172 Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) 191,000 173 Erasure - Chorus 190,000 174 Black Box – I Don’t Know Anybody Else 190,000 175 M People - One Night In Heaven 189,000 176 De'Lacey - Hideaway 185,000 177 D:Ream - U R The Best Thing '94 185,000 178 2 Unlimited - Tribal Dance 184,000 179 C+C Music Factory - Things That Make You Go Mmmm 183,000 180 Yomanda - Synth And Strings 182,600 181 Stretch 'N' Vern present Maddog - I'm Alive 180,000 182 PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor - Choose Life 180,000 183 Dannii - All I Wanna Do 180,000 184 Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me 178,000 185 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin' 178,000 186 The Prodigy - Out Of Space 177,000 187 Spacedust - Gym And Tonic 175,000 188 Robin S - Show Me Love 175,000 189 Was (Not Was) - Shake Your Head 174,000 190 Quartz introducing Dina Carroll - It's Too Late 173,000 191 The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place EP 171,000 192 Chicane feat. Maire Brennan - Saltwater 170,600 193 Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash - Something Going On 170,000 194 Lisa Marie Experience - Keep On Jumpin' 170,000 195 Clock - Whoomph! (There It Is) 170,000 196 Cappella - U Got 2 Know 170,000 197 49ers - Touch Me 170,000 198 Zig & Zag - Them Girls Them Girls 168,000 199 Clock - Axel F 168,000 200 Sabrina Johnson - Peace 165,000 201 Culture Beat - Got To Get It 165,000 202 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally 164,000 203 Undercover - Never Let Her Slip Away 163,000 204 East Side Beat - Ride Like The Wind 162,000 205 2 Unlimite - Let The Beat Control Your Body 162,000 206 Haddaway - Life 161,000 207 Twenty 4 Seven feat. Captain Hollywood - I Can't Stand It 160,000 208 The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love '97 160,000 209 The Chemical Brothers - Block Rocking Beats 160,000 210 N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy 160,000 211 Gina G - I Belong To You 160,000 212 Guru Josh - Infinity (1990s Time For The Guru) 155,000 213 Faithless - God Is A DJ 155,000 214 Bomb The Bass - Winter In July 155,000 215 Whigfield - Another Day 155,000 216 The Shamen - Boss Drum 150,000 217 The Beloved - Sweet Harmony 150,000 218 Robert Miles - Fable 150,000 219 Pianoman - Blurred 150,000 220 Corona - Baby Baby 150,000 221 Altern8 - Activ8 150,000 222 Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu 148,000 223 Bizz Nizz - Don’t Miss The Partyline 146,900 224 Xpansions - Move Your Body (Elevation) 145,000 225 Sash! feat. Shannon - Move Mania 145,000 226 Rage - Run To You 145,000 227 Culture Beat - Anything 145,000 228 Opus III - It's A Fine Day 143,000 229 Usura - Open Your Mind 140,000 230 Ultra Nate - Found A Cure 140,000 231 The Shamen - L.S.I. 140,000 232 The Course - Ready Or Not 140,000 233 Grace - Not Over Yet 140,000 234 Deuce - Call It Love 140,000 235 Alexia - Uh La La La 139,000 236 Two Cowboys - Everybody Gonfi Gon 138,000 237 Aqua - My Oh My 138,000 238 M People - Sight For Sore Eyes 137,000 239 Technotronic - Megamix 136,000 240 Lucid - I Can't Help Myself 135,000 241 Cappella - Move On Baby 135,000 242 Gloworm - Carry Me Home 133,000 243 Haddaway - Rock My Heart 132,000 244 C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 131,000 245 Urban Hype - A Trip To Trumpton 130,000 246 Urban Cookie Collective - Feels Like Heaven 130,000 247 Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone) 130,000 248 Clubhouse feat. Carl - Light My Fire 130,000 249 Tinman - Eighteen Strings 128,000 250 Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm 128,000 Edited June 28, 200817 yr by AcerBen
June 28, 200817 yr add all of the versions of Set You Free together and it must be over 3/4 million now :o I thought Back In My Life sold more than that :( edit: just realised that it carried on selling in early 2000 :D
June 28, 200817 yr I look forward to a 24-hour marathon of these videos on some music channel... if only! :D
June 28, 200817 yr That's more like it seeing ATB top 10, Everything But The Girl is Amazing :wub: Top 10 is pretty good, but I'm surprised to see Barbie Girl at #1, Robert Miles another amazing track along with Shanks & Bigfoot. I would have thought Rhythm Is A Dancer would have done better than #22 Thanks for posting the list.
June 28, 200817 yr Author I would have thought Rhythm Is A Dancer would have done better than #22 Thanks for posting the list. Sales in 1992 were very low unfortunately
June 28, 200817 yr I wonder what the all-time list would look like you could work it out if you combined the 90's and 00's list... I'm not sure how many 80's records were regarded as 'dance'...I guess Black Box, Inner City, Technotronic and a few others...
June 28, 200817 yr But then Fragma would STILL not be on the list when they are at least Top 10 of ALL TIME!
June 28, 200817 yr :rolleyes: top 250 dance singles of the 90s? Oh please - there's no way on earth you couild consider ANY of that top 5 as a 'dance' single... Whigfield?!?! You serious?!
June 28, 200817 yr you could work it out if you combined the 90's and 00's list... Except some 1999 songs sold really well in 2000 but not enough to chart in the top100 of 2000's
June 28, 200817 yr you could work it out if you combined the 90's and 00's list... I'm not sure how many 80's records were regarded as 'dance'...I guess Black Box, Inner City, Technotronic and a few others... well these no1's for a start: Donna Summer I Feel Love (1977!!) Dead Or Alive You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Steve 'Silk' Hurley Jack Your Body Los Lobos La Bamba MARRS Pump Up The Volume S'Express Theme From S'Express (sonique provided some vocals for this :o) Yazz & Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me) Black Box Ride On Time (sold well over 900k) then the more debatable ones jive bunny (aka the tidy boys), pet shop boys?
June 28, 200817 yr Except some 1999 songs sold really well in 2000 but not enough to chart in the top100 of 2000's this is true...we'll have to hope the OCC compile one some day
June 28, 200817 yr Author :rolleyes: top 250 dance singles of the 90s? Oh please - there's no way on earth you couild consider ANY of that top 5 as a 'dance' single... Whigfield?!?! You serious?! Of course it is! It even has its own dance for goodness' sake! It's cheesy dance but it's still dance.
June 28, 200817 yr Author One I just realise I've left off is JX's Son Of A Gun. The 1994 release sold 84,000 but I have no figure for its 1995 re-issue because it didn't make the top 100 of the year.
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