Ultra Nate - Free ( 1997)

Ultra was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1968, and was discovered by the Basement Boys in the early 90's .her first hit was It's over now which was a huge underground dance hit in 1989. She followed that with her ' Blue Notes in the Basement ' Lp on Warner Bros records in 1991.  Several dance hit singles and LP's followed.
When Warner Bros. tried to push her in a more R&B, less house, direction, Ultra Naté left the major label and fled to the independent dance label, Strictly Rhythm. It was here that "Free", her biggest mainstream hit in America, was released in 1997. The song, produced by Mood II Swing, enjoyed heavy airplay throughout the rest of the millennium, not only in clubs, but on rhythmic and mainstream radio stations across the country. "Free" peaked at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It became a substantial hit in the UK, where it peaked at number four, helping its parent album 'Situation: Critical' reach number seventeen on the album charts. It was also successful in Canada where it reached number 10 at the Canadian Singles Charts. ( source : wikipedia)

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youtube video  link
Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgRBkjgXHro&feature=avmsc2

youtube link
Mood II Swing extended mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A13NeRao8qs


Free charted on May 24, 1997. Spent 14 weeks on the chart and reached #1

Donna Summer - I feel love (1977)

"I Feel Love" is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday. The recording's entirely electronic backing track is considered to pioneer the electro music genre, prominent in the 1980s. The song constituted the 'future' segment of the album, which represented a stylistic progress through time. The title track of the I Remember Yesterday album represented the 1940s, "Love's Unkind" the 50s, "Back in Love Again" the 60s and the album concluded with the futuristic "I Feel Love". The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and number nine on the Hot Soul Chart. It quickly became popular in gay dance clubs and was adopted as a gay anthem. "I Feel Love" is ranked #411 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Before "I Feel Love", most disco recordings had been backed by acoustic orchestras although all-electronic music had been produced for decades. Giorgio Moroder's innovative production of this disco-style song, recorded with an entirely synthesized backing track, was influential in the development of disco, electronica, house and techno styles and has even been said to have originated the latter genres.
In 1978, disco and high energy pioneer Patrick Cowley created a 15:45 remix of "I Feel Love" which, despite not impressing Moroder, became a popular "underground classic" available only on acetate discs.[6] The remix used loops, keeping the song's bass-line going for extended passages of overdubbed effects and synthesiser parts.


In mid-1980, Cowley's mix was released with the title "I Feel Love / I Feel Megalove" and subtitle "The Patrick Cowley MegaMix", but only on a limited vinyl pressing by the DJ-only subscription service Disconet. Since this pressing was not available to the general public for commercial sale, it became highly sought after by collectors.
In 1982 the mix was released on a commercially available 12" single in the UK market by Casablanca, backed with an 8-minute edited version. With this wider release, "I Feel Love" became a dance floor hit again, five years after its debut. A further-edited 7" single reached #21 on the UK singles chart.

Following 1993's The Donna Summer Anthology and 1994's Endless Summer: Greatest Hits, both released by PolyGram, "I Feel Love" was re-released on the PolyGram sublabel Manifesto in a newly remixed form as a single in 1995, including mixes by Masters At Work and Rollo Armstrong and Sister Bliss of UK remixer/producer team Faithless - and also new vocals by Summer herself. The single became a UK #8 hit, the second time the song had entered the Top 10, and the '95 Radio Edit was later included as a bonus track on PolyGram France's version of the Endless Summer compilation. In 2006 the Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Remix of the track was re-released as part of Faithless' Faithless - Renaissance 3D 3 CD box set.
(source : wikipedia)

youtube link
Patrick Cowley remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_AqSbgKKS8

Stardust - Music sounds better with you (1998)

"Music Sounds Better with You" is a 1998 single by house music band Stardust. The vocal performance of the song was provided by Benjamin Diamond of the band. The song uses a sample of the song "Fate" by Chaka Khan, which appeared on her 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me. It was also one of the highest-selling singles of the year in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at #2 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998 and maintained the position for two weeks. That same month, the song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. This is the only single released by the Stardust project.

This song was later used by Daft Punk for their live album Alive 2007, which features "Music Sounds Better with You" in the encore along with elements of "One More Time", "Human After All", and "Together". The song also came out in a remix/bootleg/mashup form in Madonna vs Stardust (Holiday vs Music sounds better) which also rocked dancefloors across the world.
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youtube video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN-pXD5MDw


youtube audio link
Madonna vs Stardust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXsrM9pk5HY

France Joli - Come to me (1979)

"Come to Me" is a #1 disco hit from 1979 performed by France Joli, who had recorded it at the age of fifteen with producer Tony Green who composed the song and briefly sings on it. The track also features the famed Philadelphia session vocalists the Sweethearts of Sigma Sound. Introduced on the album France Joli released in the US on 17 April 1979 on Prelude, "Come to Me" received a major boost on 7 July when Joli performed it as a last minute replacement for Donna Summer at a concert held on Fire Island whose estimated audience numbered 5000. "Come to Me" began a three week reign atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play on 22 September 1979 and the France Joli album rose to #26. On the Billboard Hot 100 "Come to Me" peaked at #15 a symptom of the increasing disenchantment of Pop radio with disco music. ( source : wikipedia)

youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voxU5X2VOCg

Black Legend - You see the trouble in me (2000)

Black Legend is a collaboration between Italian DJs and producers Enrico Ferrari and Ciro Sasso; plus British vocalist Elroy "Spoonface" Powell.

Black Legend's "You See the Trouble with Me" reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in June 2000. The chart-topping version featured a karaoke re-recording of the original Barry White vocal by Powell. A follow-up single entitled "Somebody", billed as Shortie vs. Black Legend, failed to gain any notable chart success; however, it was a hit record in nightclubs worldwide.
The record peaked at # 1 in the UK,  26 in Austria , 16 in Netherlands , 5 in Belgium and was a huge dancefloor hit throughout the world.
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youtube video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicSwhJcNxY

Bob Marley vs Funkstar Deluxe - Sun is shining (1999)

Funkstar DeLuxe is the stage name of the Danish house music producer and remixer, Martin Ottesen.

In 1999 and 2000 he had several hits that were reinterpretations of older songs. Two remixes of his featured Bob Marley compositions: "Sun Is Shining" (which reached number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart) and "Rainbow Country" (number seven). Ottesen was the first producer to receive clearance from the Marley estate to release official remixes of the late singer's music (although bootleg mixes of Marley tunes have circulated in the club world for years). These songs were officially credited to Bob Marley vs. Funkstar de Luxe.
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youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DmLIUKZB7I

MFSB - Love is the message (1973)

The ultimate dance record, a huge New York City nightclub anthem. Probably the biggest non-radio dance record of my early Dj years. In 1972, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" also known as the Soul Train theme was their first and most successful single. Released in March 1974, it peaked at #1 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts. "TSOP" was influential in establishing the disco sound. The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in April 1974.
Love Is The Message", has been a favorite of dance/disco DJs since its release; countless remixes, both official and unofficial, exist of the song. The accompanying MFSB album, Love Is the Message, was a gold-selling Top Ten hit (and a number one R&B album).  On September 20, 2004, the record became among the first to be inducted into the newly formed Dance Music Hall of Fame.

youtube audio link (Danny Krivit re-edit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwM2j-terQQ

Diana Ross - The boss (1979)

"The Boss" is a 1979 soul/disco song written and produced by Ashford & Simpson and recorded by singer Diana Ross, who released it as a single on the Motown label. It was the first release from the album of the same title

The single peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , reached #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The track was remixed by David Morales in 1993 and included on Ross' album Diana Extended: The Remixes.
The track was remixed by Almighty Records in 2009 and was included on their album "Almighty - We Love Diana Ross".
A cover of the song by The Braxtons was include on the 1996 album The Braxtons, A remix by Masters At Work topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in early 1997.
On February 12, 2008, American dance-pop singer Kristine W released a cover of this song as the first single off her album The Power of Music. Kristine's version also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 2008, becoming her eleventh US dance chart-topper and the third version of the song to top this survey.
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youtube  audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFLRCcIivI

Daou - Surrender yourself (1992)

The Daou was a New York-based dance music duo consisting of husband-and-wife Peter and Vanessa Daou. Their only album Head Music was released in 1992. The single "Surrender Yourself" went to number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. The pair subsequently performed under her name alone, and stopped working together in 2004. Peter Daou, who writes "The Daou Report" for salon.com, is a nephew of Erica Jong and was one-half of the dance-music group The Daou. He is also a renowned keyboard player, his influence stamped on many dance music hits .
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youtube link
Danny Tenaglia remix
Surrender yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0byaC0F-i8

Tiesto - Love comes again (2004)

"Love Comes Again" is a single which appeared on the album Just Be by DJ Tiësto, it features vocals by artist BT, written by Brian Transeau and Tiësto. In exchange to the collaboration of BT in his album, Tiësto remixed that same year one of BT's songs, "Force of Gravity" which is featured on his album Emotional Technology and it was released on an EP entitled: The Technology EP. Australian releases of "Love Comes Again" under Bang On! Recordings contain a B-side which was previously released as a single, known as "Traffic".
The song peaked at # 30 on the UK singles chart, and # 32 on the US dance chart.
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youtube video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwLLyy-hZQ

Motorcycle - As the rush comes (2004)

"As the Rush Comes" is a 2004 song by the American progressive house group Motorcycle. The rock-inspired song was a number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2004, where it would also become the first year-end number one Dance Airplay track that same year, and reached number eleven in the UK Singles Chart.
There were recorded several remixes made of As the Rush Comes, such as the "Chillout Mix" made by Gabriel & Dresden, featured on their a 3rd season episode of Nip/Tuck was also used on CSI Episode 214 Stalkerazzi and Entourage featured the "Sweeping Strings Radio Edit" by Gabriel & Dresden as it was the first release.Other versions includes remixes by the UK trance group Above & Beyond and Dutch trance DJ Armin van Buuren.

The "Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Radio Edit" was featured in Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme 2 for the PlayStation 2.  ( source : wikipedia)
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youtube video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oBRgXtyKeE&feature=avmsc2

Adeva - Respect (1988)

The original composer of the timeless classic "Respect" was the Soul artist Otis Redding, but this tune of 1967 became famous through the vocals of Aretha Franklin.

Adeva (born Patricia Daniels in 1960) is a female African American house music and R&B artist from Paterson, New Jersey, United States, the youngest of six children. She had a string of successful hits in the late 80s to early 90s including "Warning" (UK #17), "I Thank You" (UK #17) and "Respect" (UK #17).

She began singing professionally in the mid-1980s, releasing the single "In and Out of My Life" on Easy Street Records before moving on to Cooltempo in 1988. Noted for her powerful vocals, she released a house rendition of the Otis Redding hit "Respect" in 1989 that reached #17 in the UK, and released her debut album ! in the same year. The album was released in the United States in 1990 via the major record label Capitol/EMI Records under license from Chrysalis Records in the UK, where she was signed originally, reaching #6 on the UK Albums Chart.
The album was a critical and commercial success in the UK and contained several hit singles including "Beautiful Love" and "Musical Freedom". "Respect" remains a favorite on Urban contemporary radio stations, especially in New York City to this day. She had a hit follow-up from the album, "I Thank You," which also reached #17 in the UK.

Her second album, 1991's Love Or Lust? failed to chart in both the UK and the US despite featuring two hit singles, "Independent Woman" and "It Should Have Been Me", and she was dropped by Cooltempo in 1992. The a cappella vocal of 1988's "In and Out of My Life" single has become a famous house vocal. It has been sampled by numerous artists including Onephatdeeva and Eric Prydz who both used the vocal for their "In and Out of My Life" and "In and Out" hits, respectively. Adeva continues to be a highly regarded figure in both the New York and UK Garage/House scenes. ( source : wikipedia)
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youtube video  link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21dMFdA0NU

Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte (1985)

Magazine 60 is a name of a French synth pop group that was active in the 1980s.

Members included Jean-Luc Drion and Dominique Régiacorte. The female lead singer's name was Véronique Oliver.
They were best known in the United States for the 1985 song "Don Quichotte". In 1987 they released the song "Pancho Villa".
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youtube audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY3bEyQ9J2E

Raze - Break 4 love (1988)

"Break 4 Love" is a song written, produced and recorded by house-music group Raze. The song, the group's only significant hit, featured vocals by Keith Thompson. The single peaked at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart and it topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1988. It is still considered a classic of the early house music genre. The song has been remixed, re-recorded and reissued on several different independent dance music labels, the most significant of which, "All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990)", climbed to number 30 in the UK in early 1990.
Sydney Youngblood's "If Only I Could" used the bassline and drumbeat from "Break 4 Love", and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
"Break 4 Love" was covered by Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys, released under the name "Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration". The single was not released in the United Kingdom and did not chart there. The song can be found on the U.S. bonus disc of the Pet Shop Boys album Release and a B-Side to CD2 of their single, "Home and Dry".

The single did not chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart . (souce : wikipedia)
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youtube audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJJeY-cPu0

Sydney Youngblood
If only I could
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsj66S6Xuw

New Order - Blue Monday (1983)

"Blue Monday" is a dance song recorded in 1982, released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene. The Official UK Chart Company (UK Singles Chart) has estimated its total UK sales at over one million. In the all-time UK best-selling singles chart, published in 2002, "Blue Monday" came 76th.  This is the best-selling 12 inch single of all time. It is also one of the longest charting singles ever, at 7:25.

"Blue Monday" is often seen as one of the most important crossover tracks of the 1980s pop music scene. Synthpop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but "Blue Monday" was arguably the first British dance record to exhibit an obvious influence from the New York club scene, particularly the work of producers like Arthur Baker (who collaborated on New Order's follow-up single "Confusion").
According to Bernard Sumner, "Blue Monday" was influenced by four songs: the arrangement came from "Dirty Talk", by Klein + M.B.O.; the signature bassline with octaves came from Sylvester's disco classic, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"; the house beat came from "Our Love", by Donna Summer; and the long keyboard pad on the intro and outro was sampled from the Kraftwerk song "Uranium", from the Radio-Activity album. In an interview for Channel 4's countdown of the biggest selling UK singles, the band claimed to have written the song in response to crowd disappointment at the fact that they never played encores. This song, they say, allowed them to return to the stage, press play on a synthesiser and leave the stage again.
"Blue Monday" has been a hit several times in the UK. In 1983, it charted twice, initially reaching number 12, then re-entering the chart later in the year .
In 1988, "Blue Monday" was officially remixed by Quincy Jones and John Potoker under the title "Blue Monday 88" (with the instrumental flip being titled "Beach Buggy"). The single reached number 3 in the British charts, number 4 in the Australian charts, and topped the dance charts in the United States, and in New Zealand. A further official remix/reissue in 1995, with a mix by Hardfloor as the lead track, also made the British Top 20.
In 1993 Electroset covered Blue Monday under the name "How Does It Feel?". This entered the top 30 in the UK.  In 1998 Orgy covered Blue Monday on their album Candyass, which became the band's biggest hit and arguably the biggest hit remake of the original song.
In 2005 Tanghetto covered this song on their album Buenos Aires Remixed.
The title is not mentioned in the lyrics. This is true of many New Order songs.

In 2008 Blue Monday was remixed by Kurd Maverick. ( source : wikipedia)

youtube link
original video 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJZomwDhxQ

youtube link
88 remix audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGbr32Hn3bo

Electroset remake
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bbJb0BkfY

Orgy remake
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKm8G9Z8ik4