Friday, February 3, 2017

200 MOST ESSENTIAL DANCE SONGS. This post: #180-171.
PART THREE:
#180-171

DANCE MUSIC has encompassed a myriad of genres, including: techno, disco, EDM, funk, trance and house. Here are 200 key dance tracks, spanning the decades since the 1960s to the present day. Among them are floor fillers; dance crazes such as The Twist and The Hustle; and groundbreaking tracks to lift any party.
THE CAFFE` LATTE`
200 MOST ESSENTIAL
DANCE SONGS
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180
MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH
YOU
Stardust
French house act Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You" sounded good enough to top the US Dance Chart in 1998. It featured Thomas Bangalter who has enjoyed great success as a member of Daft Punk.
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179
YOU SPIN ME ROUND
Dead Or Alive
Hi-NRG and an androgynous lead singer (Pete Burns) propelled the UK group to #1 in Britain and Canada in 1984-5. "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" also charted high in Europe and Australia. It was the 1st #1 produced by the Stock, Aitken & Waterman team.
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178
FREESTYLER
Bomfunk MC's
"Freestyler" meshed drum and bass with hip hop to create a 2000 hit for the Finnish group that reached #1 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and #2 in Britain.
 
177
SOUVENIRS
Voyage
Paris was a hub of Euro-disco, a bold new sound ushered in by its key architects: ABBA, Giorgio Moroder and Cerrone. French disco group Voyage found success in 1978 with the single "Souvenirs".
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176
FEEL IT
The Tamperer
The Italo house hit "Feel It" featured Maya on vocals and sampled "Can You Feel It" by The Jacksons. It filled dancefloors in 1998.
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175
HAPPENIN' ALL OVER AGAIN
Lonnie Gordon
New Yorker Gordon hit the top of the US Dance Chart thrice. Her 3rd #1 was "Happenin' All Over Again". The song first came out in 1990 and has been remixed in subsequent years.
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174
A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN
Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Classical music from composer Beethoven was set to a disco beat for the US #1 single "A Fifth Of Beethoven". The instrumental later was added to the 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack album.
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SOMETHING GOOD
Utah Saints
"Something Good" had clubbers dancing to a sample of the Kate Bush song "Cloudbusting". The unlikely match was a hit in 1992 for the British techno-rave duo.
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172
SING IT BACK
Moloko
British duo Moloko reached #1 on the American Dance Chart in 1999 with "Sing It Back", as remixed by Boris Dlugosch.
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171
CALL ME
Blondie
New wave performer Debbie Harry (from Blondie) co-wrote "Call Me" with disco producer Giorgio Moroder. The 2 worlds merged well enough to send the disc hurtling to #1 in the US and UK in 1980.
Continues next week.

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