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Yes! You are right to be excited! SholasBoy's next countdown has arrived! Dance music came into a league of its own in the 90s thanks to the rise in popularity of package holidays to Ibiza and Ayia Napa amongst others. In the 2000s, producers tried to keep up, but it became much tougher to have a hit with a dance anthem as the decade progressed. The lines slightly blurred for the genre, which incorporated garage music (included here) and later R&B and acts such as Ne-Yo and Taio Cruz picked up on house music sounds (not included here so much). I've tried to keep the shortlist to tracks I consider to be "dance anthems" as much as possible.
Also to keep the shortlist as concise as possible, I've only allowed songs that made the UK top 20 to be included. Soz about that.
Spoiler!
3 OF A KIND - Baby Cakes
4 STRINGS - Take Me Away (Into The Night)
666 - D.E.V.I.L
AARON SMITH - Dancin’
ALEX GAUDINO FT.CRYSTAL WATRS - Destination Calabria
ALEX GAUDINO FT.SHENA - Watch Out
ALICE DEEJAY - Celebrate Our Love
ALICE DEEJAY - The Lonely One
ALICE DEEJAY - Will I Ever?
ANGEL CITY - Do You Know (I Go Crazy)
ANGEL CITY - Sunrise
ANGEL CITY - Touch Me
ANGEL CITY FT.LARA MCALLEN - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)
ANGELIC - Can’t Keep Me Silent
ANGELIC - It’s My Turn
ARCHITECHS - Show Me The Money
ARCHITECHS FT.NANA - Body Groove
ARMAND VAN HELDEN - I Want Your Soul
ARMAND VAN HELDEN - Koochy
ARMAND VAN HELDEN - My My My
ARMIN - Communication
ARTFUL DODGER & ROMINA JOHNSON - Movin’ Too Fast
ARTFUL DODGER FT.LIFFORD - Please Don’t Turn Me On
ARTFUL DODGER FT.ROBBIE CRAIG & CRAIG DAVID - Woman Trouble
ATB - Killer
ATB FT.YORK - Fields Of Love
ATFC PRES ONEPHATDEEVA - Bad Habit
AUDIO BULLYS FT.NANCY SINATRA - Shot You Down
AUDIOBULLYS - We Don’t Care
AURORA - Hear You Calling
AURORA FT.NAIMEE COLEMAN - Ordinary World
AXWELL - Feel The Vibe (Til The Morning Comes)
AXWELL FT.MAX’C - I Found U
AZZIDO DA BASS - Dooms Night
B-15 PROJECT - Girls Like Us
BABY D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Garage Mixes)
BACKYARD DOG - Baddest Ruffest
BARBARA TUCKER - Stop Playing With My Mind
BARTHEZZ - On The Move
BASEMENT JAXX - Bingo Bango
BASEMENT JAXX - Good Luck
BASEMENT JAXX - Oh My Gosh
BASEMENT JAXX - Romeo
BASEMENT JAXX - Where’s Your Head At
BASSHUNTER - All I Ever Wanted
BASSHUNTER - Angel In The Night
BASSHUNTER - Every Morning
BASSHUNTER - Now You’re Gone
BEATFREAKZ - Somebody’s Watching Me
BEATFREAKZ - Superfreak
BENNY BENASSI - Satisfaction
BEYONCE - Green Light (Freemasons Remix)
BLACK LEGEND - You See The Trouble With Me
BLAZE FT.BARBARA TUCKER - Most Precious Love
BOB MARLEY VS.FUNKSTAR DE LUXE - Rainbow Country
BOB SINCLAR - I Feel For You
BOB SINCLAR - Love Generation
BOB SINCLAR - Sound Of Freedom
BOB SINCLAR & CUTEE B - Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)
BOB SINCLAR FT.STEVE EDWARDS - World Hold On (Children Of The Sky)
BODYROCKERS - I Like The Way
BODYROX FT.LUCIANA - Yeah Yeah
BOMFUNK MC’S - Freestyler
BOMFUNK MCS - Uprocking Beats
BOOGIE PIMPS - Somebody To Love
BOOGIE PIMPS - Sunny
BOOTY LUV - Boogie 2Nite
BOOTY LUV - Don’t Mess With My Man
BOOTY LUV - Say It
BOOTY LUV - Shine
BOOTY LUV - Some Kinda Rush
BORIS DLUGOSCH FT.ROISIN MURPHY - Never Enough
CABIN CREW - Star To Fall
CALVIN HARRIS - Acceptable In The 80s
CALVIN HARRIS - Flashback
CALVIN HARRIS - I’m Not Alone
CALVIN HARRIS - Ready For The Weekend
CALVIN HARRIS - The Girls
CAMILLE JONES VS.FEDDE LE GRANDE - The Creeps
CANDEE JAY - If I Were You
CASCADA - Evacuate The Dancefloor
CASCADA - Everytime We Touch
CASCADA - Miracle
CASCADA - Truly Madly Deeply
CASCADA - What Hurts The Most
CHASE & STATUS FT.PLAN B - End Credits
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Believe
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Do It Again
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Galvanise
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - It Began In Afrika
CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Star Guitar
CHICANE - Poppiholla
CHICANE FT.BRYAN ADAMS - Don’t Give Up
CHICANE FT.TOM JONES - Stoned In Love
CHOCOLATE PUMA - I Wanna Be U
CHOO CHOO PROJECT - Hazin’ & Phazin’
CHUCKIE & LMFAO - Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl
COSMIC GATE - Fire Wire
CRW - I Feel Love
D KAY & EPSILON - Barcelona
DA HOOL - Meet Her At The Love Parade 2001
DADA FT.SANDY RIVERA & TRIX - Lollipop
DAFT PUNK - Digital Love
DAFT PUNK - One More Time
DANA RAYNE - Object Of My Desire
DANCING DJS VS.ROXETTE - Fading Like A Flower
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - Gotta Get Thru This
DANZEL - Pump It Up
DARIO G - Dream To Me
DARUDE - Feel The Beat
DARUDE - Out Of Control (Back For More)
DARUDE - Sandstorm
DAVID GUETTA - Just A Little More Love
DAVID GUETTA FT.AKON - Sexy Chick
DAVID GUETTA FT.CHRIS WILLIS - Love Is Gone
DAVID GUETTA FT.KELLY ROWLAND - When Love Takes Over
DAVID GUETTA VS.THE EGG - Love Don’t Let Me Go (Walking Away)
DAVID MORALES FT.JULIET ROBERTS - Needing U II
DB BOULEVARD - Point Of View
DEADMAU5 & KASKADE - I Remember
DEADMAU5 FT.ROB SWIRE - Ghosts N Stuff
DEE DEE - Forever
DEEP DISH - Flashdance
DEEP DISH - Say Hello
DEEP DISH FT.STEVIE NICKS - Dreams
DEEPEST BLUE - Deepest Blue
DEEPEST BLUE - Give It Away
DELERIUM FT.SARAH MCLACHLAN - Silence
DELINQUENT FT.KCAT - My Destiny
DES MITCHELL - (Welcome) To The Dance
DHT FT.EDMEE - Listen To Your Heart
DIRT DEVILS - The Drill
DIRTY VEGAS - Days Go By
DISTANT SOUNDZ - Time After Time
DIVINE INSPIRATION - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)
DIZZEE RASCAL - Dirtee Cash
DIZZEE RASCAL & ARMAND VAN HELDEN - Bonkers
DIZZEE RASCAL & CALVIN HARRIS - Holiday
DJ ALIGATOR PROJECT - The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle)
DJ DEE KLINE - I Don’t Smoke
DJ LUCK & MC NEAT - Ain’t No Stoppin Us
DJ LUCK & MC NEAT - Masterblaster 2000
DJ LUCK & MC NEAT - Piano Loco
DJ MARKY & XRS - LK
DJ PIED PIPER - Do You Really Like It?
DJ SAMMY - Sunlight
DJ SAMMY - The Boys Of Summer
DJ SAMMY - Why
DJ SAMMY & YANOU - Heaven
DREAMCATCHER - I Don’t Wanna Lose My Way
DREEM TEAM VS.ARTFUL DODGER - It Ain’t Enough
DT8 PROJECT - The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me)
ELEMENT FOUR - Big Brother UK TV Theme
ELVIS VS.JXL - A Little Less Conversation
ERIC PRYDZ - Call On Me
ERIC PRYDZ - Pjanoo
ERIC PRYDZ VS.FLOYD - Proper Education
EXAMPLE - Watch The Sun Come Up
EYE OPENER - Hungry Eyes
FAITHLESS - Mass Destruction
FAITHLESS - We Come 1
FAITHLESS FT.DIDO - One Step Too Far
FATBOY SLIM - Slash Dot Dash
FATBOY SLIM - Star 69
FEDDE LE GRAND - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
FERRY CORSTEN - Rock Your Body Rock
FLICKMAN - The Sound Of Bamboo
FLIP & FILL - I Wanna Dance With So melody
FLIP & FILL - Shooting Star
FLIP & FILL FT.JUNIOR - Irish Blue
FLIP & FILL FT.KAREN PARRY - Discoland
FLIP & FILL FT.KELLY LLORENNA - True Love Never Dies
FRAGMA - You Are Alive
FRAGMA FT.MARIA RUBIA - Everytime You Need Me
FRAGMA VS.COCO - Toca’s Miracle
FRAGMA VS.COCO - Toca's Miracle (2008 InPetto Remix)
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Power Of Love 2000
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Two Tribes 2000
FREAKS - The Creeps (Get On The Dancefloor)
FREELOADERS FT.THE REAL THING - So Much Love To Give
FREEMASONS & SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)
FREEMASONS FT.AMANDA WILSON - Love On My Mind
FREEMASONS FT.AMANDA WILSON - Watchin’
FREEMASONS FT.BAILEY TZUKE - Uninvited
FREEMASONS FT.SIEDAH GARRETT - Rain Down Love
GLADIATOR FT.IZZY - Now We Are Free
GOLDTRIX - It’s Love (Trippin’)
GROOVE ARMADA - Get Down
GROOVE ARMADA - I See You Baby (2004)
GROOVE ARMADA - Superstylin’
GROOVE ARMADA & MUTYA - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
GUNTHER & THE SUNSHINE GIRLS - Ding Dong Song
GURU JOSH PROJECT - Infinity 2008
H TWO O FT.PLATNUM - What’s It Gonna Be?
HATIRAS FT.SLARTA JOHN - Spaced Invader
HERD & FITZ FT.ABIGAIL BAILEY - I Just Can’t Get Enough
HI-GATE - I Can Hear Voices
HI-GATE - Pitchin’ (In Every Direction)
HI-TACK - Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)
HOT CHIP - Ready For The Floor
IAN CAREY PROJECT - Get Shaky
IAN VAN DAHL - Castles In The Sky
IAN VAN DAHL - I Can’t Let You Go
IAN VAN DAHL - Reason
IAN VAN DAHL - Try
IAN VAN DAHL - Will I
IDA CORR VS.FEDDE LE GRAND - Let Me Think About It
IIO - At The End
IIO - Rapture
INAYA DAY - Nasty Girl
INFERNAL - From Paris To Berlin
INFERNAL - Self Control
JAIMESON - Take Control
JAIMESON - True
JAKATTA - American Dream
JAKATTA - So Lonely
JAKATTA FT.SEAL - My Vision
JAN WAYNE - Because The Night
JASON NEVINS FT.HOLLY JAMES - I’m In Heaven
JEAN JACQUES SMOOTHIE - 2 People
JOEY NEGRO - Make A Move On Me
JOEY NEGRO FT.TAKA BOOM - Must Be The Music
JUNIOR JACK FT.SHENA - Dare Me (Stupidisco)
JUNIOR SENIOR - Move Your Feet
JURGEN VRIES - The Theme
JURGEN VRIES FT.CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)
JURGEN VRIES FT.SHENA - Wilderness
JUSTICE VS.SIMIAN - We Are Your Friends
K-CI & JOJO - Tell Me It’s Real (Asylum Club Remix)
KELLY LLORENNA - Heart Of Gold
KELLY LLORENNA - Tell It To My Heart
KELLY LLORENNA - This Time I Know It’s For Real
KID CUDI VS.CROOKERS - Day N Night
KIRA - I’ll Be Your Angel
KLEERUP & ROBYN - With Every Heartbeat
KONTAKT - Show Me A Sign
KOSHEEN - Catch
KOSHEEN - Hide U
KURTIS MANTRONIK - How Did You Know
LANGE FT.SKYE - Drifting Away
LASGO - Alone
LASGO - Pray
LASGO - Something
LAYO & BUSHWACKA - Love Story vs.Finally
LEE CABRERA FT.ALEX CARTANA - Shake It (Move A Little Closer)
LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
LMC VS.U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above
LOCK N LOAD - Blow Ya Mind
LONYO - Summer Of Love
LOU REED - Satellite Of Love 04
LOVE INC - Broken Bones
LOVE INC - You’re A Superstar
LOVEFREEKZ - Shine
M FACTOR - Mother
M&S PRESENTS THE GIRL NEXT DOOR - Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna)
MADISON AVENUE - Don’t Call Me Baby
MADISON AVENUE - Who The Hell Are You
MARC ET CLAUDE - I Need Your Login (Like The Sunshine)
MARIO PIU - The Vision
MARK BROWN FT.SARAH CRACKNELL - The Journey Continues
MARK PICCHIOTTI PRES BASSTOY - Runnin’
MASON & PRINCESS SUPERSTAR - Perfect Exceeder
MATT DAREY FT.MARCELLA WOODS - Beautiful
MAURO PICOTTO - Komodo (Save A Soul)
MAX GRAHAM VS.YES - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
MECK FT.LEO SAYER - Thunder In My Heart Again
MICHAEL GRAY - The Weekend
MICHAEL GRAY FT.SHELLY POOLE - Borderline
MICKY MODELLE VS.JESSY - Dancing In The Dark
MILK & SUGAR FT.LIZZY PATTINSON - Let The Sunshine In
MILK INC - In My Eyes
MILK INC - Land Of The Living
MILK INC - Walk On Water
MILKY - Just The Way You Are
MINIMALISTIX - Close Cover
MINT ROYALE - Sexiest Man In Jamaica
MINT ROYALE - Singin’ In The Rain
MISH MASH - Speechless
MISSY ELLIOTT - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Remix)
MJ COLE - Crazy Love
MJ COLE - Sincere
MOBY - Lift Me Up
MOBY - Natural Blues
MODJO - Chillin’
MODJO - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
MOLOKO - Familiar Feeling
MOLOKO - Forever More
MOLOKO - The Time Is Now
MOONY - Dove (I’ll Be Loving You)
MOTORCYCLE - As The Rush Comes
MOUSSE T FT.EMMA LANFORD - Is it Cos I’m Cool?
MOUSSE T VS.DANDY WARHOLS - Horny As A Dandy
MR REDZ VS.DJ SKRIBBLE - Everybody Come On (Can U Feel It)
MUSIQUE VS.U2 - New Years Dub
MYLO - Destroy Rock & Roll
MYLO - Drop The Pressure
MYLO - In My Arms
MYLO VS.MIAMI SOUND MACHINE - Dr Pressure
N N G FT.KALLAGHAN - Right Before My Eyes
N-TRANCE - Forever
N-TRANCE - Set You Free 2001
NARCOTIC THRUST - I Like It
NORMAN BASS - How U Like Bass
NOVY VS.ENIAC - Pumpin’
NU GENERATION - In Your Arms (Rescue Me)
OAKENFOLD - Southern Sun
OAKENFOLD FT.BRITTANY MURPHY - Faster Kill Pussycat
OCEAN LAB - Satellite
OXIDE & NEUTRINO - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)
OXIDE & NEUTRINO FT.MEGAMAN - No Good 4 Me
PAFFENDORF - Be Cool
PAR-T-ONE VS.INXS - I’m So Crazy
PAUL VAN DYK - Nothing But You
PAUL VAN DYK - We Are Alive
PAUL VAN DYK FT.SAINT ETIENNE - Tell Me Why (The Riddle)
PHATS & SMALL - This Time Around
PLANET FUNK - Chase The Sun
PLANET PERFECTO - Bullet In The Gun 2000
PLATNUM - Love Shy (Thinking About You)
PLUMMET - Damaged
PPK - Resurection
PRECOCIOUS BRATS VS.KEVIN & PERRY - Big Girl
PRODIGY - Girls
PRODIGY - Omen
PRODIGY - Warriors Dance
PUBLIC DOMAIN - Operation Blade (Bass In The Place)
PUBLIC DOMAIN FT.CHUCK D - Rock Da Funky Beats
PURETONE - Addicted To Bass
RALPH FRIDGE - Angel
RANK 1 - Airwave
RAVEN MAIZE - The Real Life
REFLEKT FT.DELLINE BASS - Need To Feel Loved
RICHARD X FT.KELIS - Finest Dreams
RIVA FT.DANNII MINOGUE - Who Do You Love Now (Stringer)
ROBBIE RIVERA - Bang
ROGER SANCHEZ - Another Chance
ROGUE TRADERS - Voodoo Child
RONI SIZE - Who Told You
ROOM 5 FT.OLIVER CHEATHAM - Make Luv
ROYKSOPP - Eple
RUI DA SILVA - Touch Me
SAFRI DUO - Played A Live (The Bongo Song)
SAMIM - Heater
SANTOS - Camels
SASH! - Adelante
SASH! - With My Own Eyes
SASH! FT.STUNT - Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)
SASH! FT.TINA COUSINS - Just Around The Hill
SCANTY SANDWICH - Because Of You
SCHILLER - Das Glockenspiel
SCOOTER - Maria (I Like It Loud)
SCOOTER - Nessaja
SCOOTER - Posse (I Need You On The Floor)
SCOOTER - The Logical Song
SCOOTER - The Night
SCOOTER - Weekend
SCOTT & LEON - You Used To Hold Me
SEAMUS HAJI FT.KAYJAY - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
SEPTEMBER - Can’t Get Over
SEPTEMBER - Cry For You
SHAFT - Mambo Italiano
SHAKEDOWN - At Night
SHAPESHIFTERS - Back To Basics
SHAPESHIFTERS - Incredible
SHAPESHIFTERS - Lola’s Theme
SHARAM - PATT (Party All The Time)
SHY FX & T POWER - Don’t Wanna Know
SHY FX & T POWER - Shake Ur Body
SILICONE SOUL - Right On
SIMILOU - All This Love
SNAP - Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003
SNAP VS.PLAYTHING - Do You See The Light
SODA CLUB FT.HANNAH ALETHEA - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
SODA CLUB FT.HANNAH ALETHEA - Take My Breath Away
SOLU MUSIC FT.KIMBLEE - Fade
SONIQUE - Can’t Make Up My Mind
SONIQUE - I Put A Spell On You
SONIQUE - It Feels So Good
SONIQUE - Sky
SOUL CENTRAL FT.KATHY BROWN - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own)
SOUND DE ZIGN - Happiness
SOUTHSIDE SPINNERS - Luvstruck
SPACE BROTHERS - Shine 2000
SPECIAL D - Come With Me
SPILLER FT.SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
STELLAR PROECT FT.BRANDI EMMA - Get Up Stand Up
STEVE ANGELLO & LAIDBACK LUKE - Show Me Love
STEVE MAC - Paddys Revenge
STONEBRIDGE FT.THERESE - Put Em High
STONEBRIDGE FT.THERESE - Take Me Away
STORM - Time To Burn
STUDIO B - I See Girls
STUNTMASTERZ - The Ladyboy is Mine
STYLES & BREEZE - You’re Shining
STYLES & BREEZE FT.KAREN DANZIG - Heartbeatz
SUNBLOCK - I’ll Be Ready
SUNBLOCK FT.ROBIN BECK - First Time
SUNBLOCK FT.SANDY - Baby Baby
SUNSET STRIPPERS - Falling Stars
SUPER MAL FT.LUCIANA - Bigger Than Big
SUPERMEN LOVERS - Starlight
SUPERMODE - Tell Me Why
SUREAL - You Take My Breath Away
SWEET FEMALE ATTITUDE - Flowers
SYSTEM F - Cry
T2 FT.JODIE AYSHA - Heartbroken
TALL PAUL VS.INXS - Precious Heart
TAMPERER FT.MAYA - Hammer To The Heart
THE ONES - Flawless
THE SOURCE FT.CANDI STATON - You Got The Love (2006)
TILLMAN UHRMACHER - On The Run
TIM DELUXE - It Just Won’t Do
TIMO MAAS - To Get Down
TOM NOVY FT.MICHAEL MARSHALL - Your Body
TOMCRAFT - Loneliness
TREVOR & SIMON - Hands Up
TRINITY-X - Forever
TRU FAITH & DUB CONSPIRACY - Freak Like Me
TRUE STEPPERS FT.DANE BOWERS - Buggin’ Me
TRUSTEPPERS FT.DANE BOWERS & VICTORIA BECKHAM - Out Of Your Mind
UD PROJECT - Saturday Night
UD PROJECT - Summer Jam
ULTRABEAT - Feelin’ Fine
ULTRABEAT - Pretty Green Eyes
UNDERWORLD - Two Months Off
UNITING NATIONS - Ai No Corrida
UNITING NATIONS - Out Of Touch
UNITING NATIONS - You And Me
UTAH SAINTS - Something Good 08
VOODOO & SERANO - Blood Is Pumpin
WARP BROTHERS - We Will Survive
WARP BROTHERS VS.AQUAGEN - Phatt Bass
WARRIOR - Warrior
WATERGATE - Heart Of Asia
WHO DA FUNK - Shiny Disco Balls
WIDEBOYS - Sambuca
WOOKIE FT.LAIN - Battle
X-PRESS 2 - Lazy
XTM & DJ CHUCKY - Fly On The Wings Of Love
YOMANDA - Sunshine
YORK - On The Beach
YVES LAROCK - Rise Up
ZOMBIE NATION - Kernkraft 400
You may vote up to 75 songs, but a minimum of 20.
Please make it clear , following this system
1 [favourite] - 75 [least favourite]
I will keep this open until the end of June.
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