Stretch and Vern - I'm Alive (1994)

Hot from England , this Earth Wind and Fire sampled house track off FFRR Records UK made its way onto the Strictly Rhythm label in the US. It went # 1 with promotion, but it really didnt need it. 

video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNsbC5hopR8

Gusto - Disco's Revenge (1995)

One of the most famous Disco/House release of all times: remixed and covered many times.

All versions and re-versions contains samples of 'Groovin' You' performed by Harvey Mason.
Some releases contains the Latin reworks of 'Disco's Revenge' under the name 'Desperado'. They are attributed to El Mariachi  AKA popular filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.

The original mixes were released in 1995 (Bootleg, Mole Hole Dirty Mix, Dub, Church Mix, Mojo Beats).

Official remixes 1995: Tom Moulton / David Anthony / Deep Dish / Johnny Vicious / Temperence / John Kelly & Ian Martin Wright

2001: Winnie / The Neglectarinos / George Llanes, Jr. / Joeski / Laurent Wolf / DJ Luccio / The Tamperer

2008: The Freemasons / Dominatorz / Whelan & Di Scala
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original video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQbo9XWVH0
 
original mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOC4VWQpnDM&feature=related
 
2008 remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN29KfAjoVE&feature=related
 
 
 

Fish Go Deep Feat. Tracey K - The Cure & The Cause (2006)

Fish Go Deep are an Irish production duo consisting of Greg Dowling and Shane Johnson from Cork. They have been releasing house records under this name since 1997 and in 2006 they reached number 1 on both the dance chart and indie chart with their track "The Cure & the Cause". The track featured vocals from Tracey Kelliher and was remixed by two soulful house veterans, Dennis Ferrer and DJ Memê , and after that came a banging Friscia and Lamboy mix.

"The Cure and the Cause" originally missed the UK Top 75 but was re-released later in the year where it finally became a hit in the UK, peaking at 23

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbM0DtQZ9AY

Santessa - Just When I Needed You (1999)

From 1999 Bobby Shaw from New York City turned me on to this band. Sexy Sade style vocals and beats , very similar to Blue 6 or Ananda Project tracks. The whole LP was genius. Very rare, I dont even own a copy of the vinyl LP. This is very deep. Very Ibiza or Benidorm or Rio or anywhere  theres a beach.
Santessa's debut album DELIRIUM, produced by Stuart Matthewman, (Sade, Maxwell, Sweetback) released through Sony UK in 2000, was critically acclaimed across the board. It has gone on to become a highly sought after collectors item worldwide.




Born on the Isle of Man,; Her mother is half English, half Ghanaian, and her father hails from Ireland.
She began joining bands, forming a few of her own, trying on different music styles; funk, rock, folk, whatever people around her wanted to play, but finding none that fitted comfortably. Supporting herself with a job in a casino, she took singing classes, studied drama and dance, listened to rare groove and R&B in the clubs, to the bass-heavy dub of Jah Shaka at sound system clashes, to reggae songs by Gregory Isaacs, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse and David Bowie.
Influenced by the sound of Bristol and Bjork she began writing her own material. Meeting Stuart Matthewman of Sade led to the 2000 release of “Delirium” on Sony. In in a style reminiscent of Portishead and Sweetback, Santessa combined trip-hop, downtempo, and 70’s soul to create a sound both new and familiar. This song was off that fantastic album.


audio link to original mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnNh-EzUd0

Joe Clausell dub mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvRVA4qpu3g&feature=related

Coldplay - Clocks (Illicit White Label Bootleg Mix) (2004)

"Clocks" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay.  Several remixes of the track exist and its riff has been widely  sampled . "Clocks" won Record Of The Year at the 2004 Grammy Awards and, to date, is one of Coldplay's most successful songs.
The single was successful on the radio throughout in 2003, and has charted at several singles chart worldwide. In the United Kingdom, the song has peaked at number nine. In the United States, "Clocks" has peaked there at number 29.It has also reached number seven in Canada. Although it wasn't as successful as expected in Australia (charting at #28), it did get a lot of radio play.
And of all the remixes that came out, the Illicit Bootleg was the biggest in and around New York. The trance clubs played trance mixes of course.  But in a house set the Illicit was the one.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qG-mgnf3u8

Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me (1987)

"Don't You Want Me" is the third single from singer Jody Watley's eponymous debut album. The song was produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic-fame.


Watley's previous single, "Still a Thrill," fared well in dance and R&B markets, but less-so in the mainstream. This prompted her label, MCA, to go in a more pop-friendly direction. "Don't You Want Me" was one of the biggest crossover singles for the year 1987, reaching top ten on the Billboard pop and R&B charts and becoming a number-one dance club hit.
Don't You Want Me" landed in the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of October 24, 1987, advancing from #56 to #40. The song would go on to peak at #6 on the Hot 100 and would (beginning December 19, 1987), remain there for three consecutive weeks.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7Za5waqls&feature=related

(my autographed 1997 xmas mail from jody....)

Alex Clare - Too Close - 2010

Too Close" is a song by British singer songwriter Alex Clare.  The track was first released in the UK in 2010 as the second track from Clare's debut LP - "The Lateness of the Hour'. The track was written by Alex Clare and Jim Duguid and produced by Mike Spencer and major Lazor.
In March 2012, "Too Close" was selected as the soundtrack to Microsoft's advertisement for Internet Explorer 9 ,released the following month. The feature saw the track achieve international success, peaking at number fourty-eight on the US Billboard Hot 100,  and number four on the UK Singles chart. In May 2012, an instrumental version of the song was used in an advertisement for the UK version of the television series Revenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXjLbMZFmo

Gino Soccio - Remember (1982)

Gino Soccio is a Canadian disco producer born in 1955 in Montreal. His heritage is Italian. His only US Hot 100 entry was the #48 "Dancer" in 1979, but he did hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice ("Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" in 1979 and "Try It Out" / "Hold Tight" in 1981, six weeks each). Gino's third biggest hit "It's Alright"/"Look At Yourself" from his mega album "Face to Face" reached #2 for 5 weeks also on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. "Turn it around" was released as a single-only in 1984.


He also assembled and produced the disco studio group Witch Queen, best known for their Top 10 dance hit "Bang A Gong" / "All Right Now" in 1979. While it may not have topped the charts the song "Remember" was a NYC club favourite in the 80s.


audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE-ST9YRdww

Criminal Element Orchestra - Put The Needle To The Record (1987)

From Criminal Records New york back towards the beginning of house music, this Wally Jump Jr production is smokin' breakbeat. A well known hit off Arthur Bakers label, this song was not played at a lot of places, it wasnt quite house...not electro or freestyle. More like fast mininal hip hop, I only played it for years with hop hop. Until I rediscovered it within a house set. And it worked. And it works clearly with breakbeat. And techno. And even rock. And it definitly doesnt sound like its from 1987. Its way too fresh sounding.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj7vSlvAiR0

Who Da Funk - Shiny Disco Balls (2002)

On SUBUSA Records, a division of Subliminal Records USA, comes this HUGE dance record from 2002. Complete with accapella on the 12" US release, you could not go anywhere in New York City without hearing this tune. Massive for me with all demographics, everybody who went out in 2002-2005 knows this song . Everybody. Thats if you went to dance clubs .. Went to # 1 in both the US and UK dance charts.


bootleg video (not a good one. too many karaoke tags believe it or not)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZM_SbCeDQo

Thick Dick - Insatiable (2002)

From 2002 on Sondoz Records US, a division of Subliminal US. this seductive vocal track sports some seriously deep beats. Keyboards, strings, and a sexy guitar on top of those SEXY vocals ?  Big New York record.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SPKiCPTT9k

Jose Nunez - Bi-lingual (2004)

José Nunez is an American house music producer In 1998 he hit the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart chart twice, first hitting number one with "In My Life." The follow-up "Hold On" hit number nine later that year. This spanglish deep progressive house track was released on Subliminal records US in 2004 and became an instant house classic. Very sexually explicit. Maybe that helped with the club crowd.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aorrJBhwUQQ&has_verified=1

Tim Deluxe - It Just Won't Do (2002)

Tim Deluxe, from North London, had a huge # 1 worldwide smash with this groovy song. Featuring vocals by Sam Obernik, the Crystal Waters style vocals carried this tune. In all houseclubs worldwide, and a pop hit in the UK.

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

Stunt - Raindrops (2004)

This song , featuring Sash (sample from Encore En Fois barrelled thru the Stunt song) was huge in vocal trance sets the summer it was out. Househeads I'm sure would find it cheesy, too commercial. Even some tranceheads would consider this a tad too commercial I'm sure. But the song worked like hell in energy sets, always packing the floor.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zea96HQ5Xw

Trio - Da Da Da (1982)

German minimalist pop trio from 1980 to 1985, they gained worldwide reputation for their song 'Da Da Da' which was a hit in more than 30 countries. The group was Stephan Remmler (vocals), Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel (guitar) and Peter Behrens (drums). They released three albums and one live album (on cassette only, later rereleased on CD).

They regained some fame in 1997 due to 'Da Da Da' being featured in a Volkswagen Jetta commercial called 'Sunday Afternoon'. Mercury rushed out a compilation of tracks to meet the new-found interest in the group.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSwJ2rjUSdc

Sunloverz - Summer Of Love (2008)

From 2008 on Lickin' Records Germany comes this song, one of my more recent favorite dance tunes. i played this thru the summer of 2009, right after my divorce and my move out of cold Connecticut to tropical Miami metro. This song was truely uplifting, when I needed it. it was summery, kinda reggaeish, and just a feel good song. The Ian Carey mix did it for me...i played this song at one club several times in a four hour set. Just so I could hear it. It was my first summer alone since almost two decades of marriage...and my own Summer Of Love.

audio link to Ian Carey mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeG5mVZ8080&feature=related

video mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTxvuLgK_E

Third World - Now That We Found Love (1978)

"Now That We Found Love" (also known as "Now That We've Found Love") was written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff  and originally recorded by The O'Jays. It was a reggae disco hit for the reggae band  Third World . The single was released in 1978 by Island records and peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song was later covered by Heavy D and The Boyz featuring  Aaron Hall  in 1991 and became an international hit, reaching #2 on the UK Singles chart and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The Heavy D & The Boyz cover was also ranked number 86 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. It can also be heard during the end of the movie Hitch.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY74ttezU

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984)

West End Girls" is a song by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. It is a synthpop song, influenced by hip hop music. The lyrics focus on class, and inner-city pressure, and were inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
The first version of the song was produced by Bobby Orlando and was released on his label in the United States in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the there and some European countries. After the duo signed with EMI, the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague, for their first studio album, Please. The group then released their first major label single "Opportunities (Lets Make Lots Of Money)", but it failed to attract attention. The Pet Shop Boys then decided to release "West End Girls" for the second time. Producer Steven Hague then reworked the song and the single was re-released in late 1985,  reaching number one in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986. In 1987, the song won for Best Single at The BRIT Awards, and Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards. In Canada, "West End Girls" first entered the RPM singles chart in April 1985, reaching a peak position of 81 in June 1985. In March 1986, the song re-entered the chart, peaking at number one for one week on 17 May 1986. In the United States, "West End Girls" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100at number 71, reaching the number one position on 10 May 1986, and remained on the chart for 20 weeks. The song also peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart for two weeks.
 In 2005, 20 years later after its release, the song was awarded Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994, by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. A cover was released by East 17 in 1993.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd_K6Yk4-oE&ob=av3e

Lipps Inc. - Funky Town (1980)

"Funkytown" is a song performed by the funk band Lipps Inc. Released in 1980, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keeps me groovin' with some energy". It reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Dance charts in 1980, also reaching number 1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway and The Netherlands. It reached No. 2 in the UK,Sweden and on the U.S. R&B chart. "Funkytown" is often considered to be one of disco's last stands. It was Lipps Inc's only U.S. Top 40 hit.
In 1995, it was covered by late Tejano singer Selena  during her last televised concert before she was brutally murdered by her fan club president. The song was later released on the movie soundtrack.
(website http://www.funkytown.com/ )

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CImrIKNmBo

Voyage - Souvenirs (1978)

Voyage was a European disco group, consisting of lead vocalist Sylvia Mason-James, along with Slim Pezin (guitar/vocals), Marc Chantereau (keyboards/vocals), Sauveur Mallia (bass) and Pierre-Alain Dahan (drums/vocals).

Their lone Billboard Hot 100 entry was "Souvenirs," which hit number forty-one in 1979. They had more success on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where two of their albums, Voyage (1978) and Fly Away (1979), hit number one.
In the UK, the group had three chart singles. A double A-side, "From East To West" / "Scotch Machine" (the latter song retitled "Scots Machine" because the term "Scotch" is generally considered offensive in Scotland) reached number thirteen in 1978, while later that same year "Souvenirs" made number fifty-six.Their last impact on the charts came in 1979 when "Let's Fly Away" peaked at number thirty-eight.
I first heard this song when I had the 2 record set A Night At Studio 54.  This song was one of the best tracks on a fantastic LP...and remains one of the best disco songs of all time.

audio link
extended version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZTySRIscCI

soul train tv appearence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBxP1U0YnPc

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFQRUcWLbHU

Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (1980)

From West End Records in 1980, this Garage classic has been played to death, and redone (Underground Solution - Luv Dancin' produced by Roger Sanchez and a massive house classic is basially a remix of the Loose Joints classic.) Old school disco-philes know this track, its about as underground disco as you can get. Rare on vinyl. Even more rare to hear this at a nightclub now.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sErApGs3J5s

Inner City - Big Fun (1988)

Inner City is an American house- and techno-music group formed in Detroit in 1987. The group is composed of producer and composer Kevin Saunderson and Chicago native Paris Grey. Kevin Saunderson is renowned as one of the Belleville Three—along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May)—high school friends who later originated the Detroit Techno sound.


Inner City topped dancing charts in America and Britain 11 times, hit the UK Top 40 eight times and sold around 6 million records. The group is best known for its early dancefloor-pop music crossover tracks "Big Fun" (UK #8, US Dance #1) and "Good Life" (UK #4, US Dance #1). Other hits include "Do You Love What You Feel" (UK #16, US Dance #1) and "Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" (UK #12, US Dance #8). The music videos to these songs received significant airplay throughout the world.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omfiVkkJ1OU&feature=related

Blaze - If You Should Need A Friend (1987)

Deep vocal house from Jersey...this Blaze track, one of their first releases, sold mega copies when it came out on New Yorks Quark Records. Fantastic vocal, the dub was played forever at New Yorks Paradise Garage and other real house nightclubs. The vocal fluffy crowd may not have dug this deep track, but in the UK they ate this import up. Still sounds fabulous. LOUD.

audio link to vocal mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFmMCdrICnQ

R.T.Z Belgium - Dance Your Ass Off (1994)

Techno from Belgium, this James Brown Is Dead style banger remains a Techno classic, remade, remixed and revamped. Still pounding in its original form. Dance your ass off!

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnvoej3S2bI

Jambo ! - Drumattack (1992)

Tribal Techno from Sweden . This massive progressive house record was the shit in Europe and more progressive dancefloors across the USA.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQp9GymLVI&feature=related

Ohm - Tribal Tone (1993)

PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANCEFLOOR REACTION RECORDS i EVER PLAYED DEEP INTO MY HOUSE SETS.

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

Longsy D's House Sound - This Is Ska (1988)

From deep in the twelfth summer of love in the UK (1988)..the acid house craze was starting to wind down at that time. But the house crowd, hugely hungry for new fresh beats, easily gravitated to this fusion of reggae/ska and acid house . released in the US on Warlock Records (home to similar sounding Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald) ..when it came out in the US with its deep Tony Humphries mixes it crossed over from deep house to deeper house. Huge in its day.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLB3c24KIzo

empty slot

PM Dawn - Watcher's Point of View (Todd Terry Mix) (1991)

"A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)" is a single by P.M. Dawn that peaked at # 44 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1991. Song writing credit is given to Attrell Cordes (Prince Be of P.M. Dawn) and Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers as the song contains a sample of the Doobie Brothers' "Feelin' Down Farther."

It is from their debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. Todd Terry's "Hard House Mix" appeared on their 2000 compilation, The Best of P.M. Dawn. The song references "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and performed by The Monkees in 1967.

the mix every dj played
very rare 12" single
i was once offered 100 bucks for my copy on the spot. just for that Todd Terry Dub.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6W9dorK-k

Garys Gang - Keep On Dancin ' (1979)

Gary's Gang was a funk/soul/R&B/disco group who just missed having a U.S. Top 40 hit, when their lone Billboard Hot 100 entry, "Keep on Dancin'", reached #41 in 1978. The song climbed to #8 in the UK Singles Chart, #14 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in 1978. and also made #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, as did two of the group's other songs: "Do It At the Disco" and "Let's Lovedance Tonight". The latter was later used as the sampling background track to Soulsearcher's 1999 #20 Club Play hit, "Can't Get Enough".

In the 1980s Gary's Gang also enjoyed further U.S. and European success with the 1982 single "Knock Me Out" (#45 UK) and the 1983 hit "Makin' Music", which reached #8 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Gary's Gang was the brainchild of Joseph Tucci, who put the group together when he sold "Keep on Dancin" to Sam Records in Long Island City NY. The song was written, produced and recorded in Joe's Richmond Hill garage. All vocals were sung by Joseph Tucci, who also played all the instruments except for the drums which were played by Gary Turnier. After shopping the song to all major labels for several weeks, a record deal seemed elusive, the majors had all declined. Sam Records in Long Island City NY, picked up the record and to their total surprise was an instant club hit. Sam Weiss sold the record to Columbia Records a few months later, the rest is history.
The group, based in Queens, New York, consisted of Gary Turnier, Eric Matthew AKA Joseph Tucci, Al Lauricella, Rino Minetti, Bill Catalano, Bob Forman and Jay Leon.



audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFBnMAMBuw4

Voices In The Dark - Keep It Warm (1987)

From New Yorks Next Plateau Records, this deep house Paradise/NYC classic was re-done in 1991 by Jinny into an international hit, fueled by huge European chart numbers. Huge in Italy where it first came out, it also broke big in the United States. But B4 the Jinny version even came to be, New Yorkers and US Vocal house and pre-house affectionado's were already groovin' to this classic.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzQIpP1l0-c

Lectroluv - Dream Drums (1999)

On Eightball Records US...produced by Frederick Jorio and in the US released as a 2 X 12' , its the Junior Vasquez mix that put this over the top to make this list. Heavily requested all over the east coast of the US (i can bet on that) and just generally huge for a long time, this is a must for any classic late 90's house music list. It must have been my numer one record for months, despite my resistance to it ( i resisted a lot of the long involved Junior Vasquez mixes, but my Southern Connecticut New York centric crowd insisted. )

This groovy Sound Facory (nightclub) track  tore up dancefloors in gay clubs and huge house music nightclubs in the US when released in 1999. There were few songs as hot at the time.  This track exzemplified New York City and its nightclubs. Still a New York City metro classic.  Did I mention New York ? There was a whole sound based on the kind of beat in the junior Vasquez mix of this track...kinda like Get Your Hands off Of My Man by Junior....almost like commercial wildpitch sounding. Junior had at the time a signiture sound, this record was one of his most popular - and best - remixes.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGjNc0yNJt8&feature=related

Carlton - Do You Dream (1990)

Deep vocal UK house , sounding more like a deep Detroit classic in this original mix. AKA this video clip. Off FFRR Records UK, this song was pretty big in the UK on it's release , and huge on more sophisticated house dancefloors in 1990-1991.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7KpRVPeiY

Xpansions - Move Your Body (1990)

From 1990, a fantastic time for house music. Thank god for England. er...Chicago.  This track was HUGE....dunno if anyone today over 30 years of age knows it. I'm betting no.......Vastly unbderplayed anthem. for Vocal, House or Detroit style techno (ie kevin saunderson) dancefloors. Always a crowdpleaser.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ywo5WUNyU

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest dancer (1976)

"He's the Greatest Dancer" is a disco song written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers and recorded by Sister Sledge for their 1979 breakout album We Are Family (1979).

"He's the Greatest Dancer" was sampled by Will Smith in his 1998 number one hit single Gettin' Jiggy Wit It. In 2000 DJ Tony Touch recorded a version of the song, entitled I Wonder Why? (He's The Greatest DJ) with lyrics sung by Keisha Spivey and Pam Long of R&B girl group Total. The song was recorded and released by Dannii Minogue in 2007 and was an international Top 40 hit.

Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers ,who produced the We Are Family album for Sister Sledge, originally formulated all its songs with the group in mind envisioning the title cut as the lead single. When Atlantic Records wanted a more overtly disco song Edwards and Rodgers gave Sister Sledge "He's the Greatest Dancer" originally intended for Chic.

Nile Rodgers recalled Sister Sledge being "furious" at being asked to sing the lyric "My crème de la crème please take me home" - "to them that [line] made them seem like loose women" - and suggested a lyric adjustment to "My crème de la crème, please don't go home." Rodgers says he and Edwards refused to change the lyric "because we knew the world that we were writing about obviously more than [Sister Sledge] did because they had never even been in a disco...He ain't going to go home because [he is] the greatest dancer...he's gonna stay there longer than you".
"He's the Greatest Dancer" was released as the lead single from We Are Family at the end of 1978 crossing over from the clubs - its 12" version was shared by the "We Are Family" and "Lost in Music" tracks" - to R&B radio giving Sister Sledge a number one hit on both Billboard's Dance and R&B charts in March 1979. "He's the Greatest Dancer" reached number nine on the Hot 100 in May; it might have risen higher but that same month Atlantic Records prompted by the overwhelming club response to "We Are Family" sent the last-named track to radio.
"He's the Greatest Dancer" was also a hit in Australia (#22), the Netherlands (#18) and the UK (#6).

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUie81E82k

John Creamer & Stephane K - I Wish You Were Here (2002)

I find/found this record to be amazing. Its total deep tribal house, yet somewhat of a trance classic. IE it trancends genres, my favorite kind of dance music. this song PACKED my floors when it was new, and today remains one of my all time favorites. Big with the 8Ball records/Satellite Records / Sound factory New York crowd.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja_9HVhuqKU

David Guetta - Love Don't Let Me Go ( 2002)

This was David Guetta's second big hit in the US. His first was 'Just A Little More Love, which topped many dance charts. This track....Love Don't Let Me Go...was re-mixed and re-released in Europe as David Guetta vs The Egg in a mashup release, and topped the charts AS WELL. After his second smash in a row it's been nothing but superstar for Guetta. But this, his second release, only solidified that.
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Love Dont Let Me Go / Walking Away

"Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was released as a mashup of Tocadisco's remix of The Egg's single "Walking Away" with the vocals of Chris Willis from David Guetta's 2002 single "Love Don't Let Me Go. The mash-up became popular on radio and peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Love Dont Let Me Go video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUdAT5Fwnvk

Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)

"It's My Life" is a song by the British synthpop band Talk Talk. Written by Mark Holliss and  tim Friese-Greene , it was the title track on the band's 2nd album in 1984. The song was released as a single in January 1984, then again in 1985, and a third time in 1990 when it finally became a hit and reached number 13 in the UK. In 2003, it was covered by No Doubt whose version also made the UK Top 20.
The song was the first collaboration between Hollis and Friese-Greene. "It's My Life" was released as the album's lead single in January 1984.

The single reached number 46 in the UK charts, but fared better in other countries: number 31 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, number 30 in Canada and Netherlands, number 33 in Germany, number 32 in New Zealand, number 25 in France and number seven in Italy.
The single was re-released in the UK in 1985, but this time only reached number 93.
In 1990, "It's My Life" was reissued again to promote the compilation album Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk. This time, the song was a hit in the UK, reaching number 13, the band's highest singles chart placing.
The song is also featured on the Rockstar Games video game for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the 'Flash FM' radio station.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fntl0mK3fzY

Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (1990)

Joey Beltram (born November 6, 1971 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA) is an American DJ and record producer, best-known for the pioneering house music recordings Energy Flash and Mentasm.

Mentasm, coproduced with Mundo Muzique, became iconic within rave culture, as it was the track that gave birth to the "mentasm riff" (also known as the "Hoover sound"): a churning, dirgelike synth pattern that wormed into techno's communal genome and has since been mutated and reused in literally thousands of records. It was pre-empted to an extent by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in their Cybersonik project; although Hawtin, in response, made sure to answer Beltram's seminal Energy Flash (1990) in return with Substance Abuse (1991). Beltram and the "mentasm riff" are strongly associated with Drum & Bass, the Belgian techno scene, and the R&S record label, as well as hardcore/hard house in their various permutations since 1994.

audio link
Energy Flash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALsHox5sYCk

Juliet Roberts - I Want You (1994)

Juliet Roberts is a British jazz, rock and house music singer of Grenadian descent, who was born in London on  May 6, 1962.

She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 Top 10 hit single, "It's Over" by the Funkmasters. In July 1983, she released the single "Fool For You" backed with "It's Been A Long, Long Time" on the Bluebird Records label, catalogue reference BRT3. The single peaked at #77 on the Gallup chart, week ending 20 August 1983.
In 1984, she began a four year stint as vocalist for the jazz group Working Week. She also released another single on Bluebird, "The Old Rugged Cross" b/w "I'm So Glad". In 1986 she released a single of "Ain't You Had Enough Love", a cover of a Phyllis Hyman recording.
She then collaborated with British house group LA Mix on the album "Coming Back for More" in 1991. On the album Juliet Roberts appears on four tracks,amongst them the single "We Shouldn't Hold Hands In The Dark", that made it to no 69 in the British charts in 1991. The mastermind behind LA Mix was British DJ, producer and song writer Les Adams.
She resurfaced in 1993 as a dance music artist, with the hit single "I Want You". (#1 U.S. Dance, #44 U.S. Billboard Hot 100) and the house music offering, "Caught In The Middle". Since 1997, she has had a trio of UK Top 20 hits: "So Good", "Bad Girls" and "Needin U II".
 (wikipedia)
video
I Want You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ypcoEZY3M

Divine Inspiration - What Will Be Will Be (2003)

Vastly underrated vocal trance classic. This record is smooth. Uplifting , the beat just works if you like high energy music.  from 2003 Heat records, if you like Plummett or Tiesto or 4 Strings, well then you should love this. Classic.

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

Off - Electric Salsa (1988)

From ZYX Germany and a slew of other labels, this 1988 German classic by Off has been redone remashed and remixed galore....making the original mix sound all the more fresh. Classic New Beat/Early Tech Electro...

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

The Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine- Jonathan Peters Remix (1997)

I bought this on a rare vinyl copy. This mix is incredible. There has been countless other mixes by other remixers to surface, some damn good. Most maybe even.  Dare I say. But this remix by Jonathan Peters (for DMC UK Remix Service (Remix Culture # 177 Oct 1997) stands out as one of the best mixes of a very classic and very popular tune....of all time. JP's mix , with the same fantastic buildup as his remix of White Rabbitt or Hooked On A feeling ...this record always packed my floor. Old as time yet the song still packs the floor.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNw1ih09u5o

T-Coy - Carino (1986)

classic latin flavored house music from the UK....remixed in 2010 Both times the song fared well on the charts. Widely considered to be the first British house tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsL6W7Y5NFU

Opus III - It's A Fine Day (1994)

"It's a Fine Day" is a song written by English poet and musician Edward Barton. . It was originally recorded in 1983 by Jane, and later by Opus III for whom it was a major international hit in 1992.
In 1992, the version by Opus III with vocals by Kirsty Hawkshaw, was released. This version reached # 5 in the UK charts, and # 1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart

video link Opus III version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIPzyVlK60


original version by Miss Jane (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zySiUtank

Level 42 - Something About You (1985)

"Something About You" is a single released by British Jazz funk band Level 42 in 1985, in advance of its inclusion on the album World Machine the same year. "Something About You" was released in several countries beyond the United Kingdom, including United States, Germany, Italy, Canada and many countries of South America and Asia. It is the only Level 42 song to be a top ten hit in the United States, where it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; and is their second top 10 in the United Kingdom, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Something About You" appears in many Level 42 collections: Level Best, The Very Best of Level 42 and The Definitive Collection. This song also is ranked in #21 at the 100 Greatest New Wave songs, for the Britain website Digital Dream Door.
The song was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional in-game station "Vice City FM".

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJjRytLK-sE

Dennis Ferrer & Jerome Sydenham - Sandcastles (2004)

very underground vocal classic. Why this song wasn't more well known is beyond me, but thats a good thing I guess. That makes it more underground. If you already know the song you know how GOOD it is, and you know how much of a classic it is. From 2004. Deep Body and Soul/Shelter style.

audio link to vocal remix
(original mix was an instrumental.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKejYfm5io

Riva - Time Is A Healer (2002)

From 2002, Riva's 'Time Is A Healer' was a huge pop and dance record in Europe. A pop trance classic....you can play this anywhere from Barcelona to Athens to Benidorm to London and pack a dancefloor.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzf3uQTpg0g&ob=av3e

The Future Sound of London — Papua New Guinea (1991)

From 1991, this UK release tore across progressive dancefloors across the world, its interesting sound effect laden breakbeats still had a tribal sound, even though it really was far from tribal. A UK classic.

video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCoCTkC0oL0&feature=related

Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (1988)

"Beat Dis" is a track by British act Bomb the Bass, a studio production formed by producer Tim Simenon, from the act's album Into the Dragon. It, like other hits such as "Pump Up the Volume" by MARRS

and "Theme from S'Express" by S'Express, was consisted of samples.
The single was very successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week and was Bomb the Bass' only chart hit in the U.S.

audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNkphoWE2I