Moopy's Greatest Dance Anthems: THE RESULTS SUPERTHREAD

What should we do with the final 50?

  • Let us rate them for a more accurate result, you fucking tyrant!

    Votes: 7 41.2%

  • Just use the results you've already got, you attention seeking cunt!

    Votes: 10 58.8%
  • Total voters
    17
BoysForSeles said:
I forgot how much I loved it until this thread. It’s as good as peak Janet and Jody. The video feels a bit KLo before KLo.
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I have much to catch up on with Jody. I was sent a song she did with lots of vogueing in the video. It was like a Vogue that was giving credit to where it truly came from, I loved it whatever it was called.
 
straightorbroken said:
I have much to catch up on with Jody. I was sent a song she did with lots of vogueing in the video. It was like a Vogue that was giving credit to where it truly came from, I loved it whatever it was called.
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That’ll be Real Love. If you want a bite sized Jody playlist also try Don’t You Want Me, Friends, Looking For A New Love, Most Of All, Everything, Still A Thrill and Some Kind Of Lover.
 
straightorbroken said:
Was Justified & Ancient recorded before wheeling in old Tammy? I included it in a playlist I made ahead of a 7 hour car trip driving from let's say Reading to where Susan Boyle lives and was gutted when I didn't get my fix of Wynette's rusty chipmunk twang.
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Im sure there was a male vocal version before there was a Tammy version....?
 
In March 1991, a full song called "Justified & Ancient" appeared on The KLF's album The White Room. Sung by Black Steel, the song begins and ends the album.

Black Steel - that's who I was thinking of.

 
82

Chicane ft. Tom Jones – Stoned In Love. 36 POINTS
Nominated by @ButterTart

2006, UK, No. 7 smash! I'm so pleased that this was a bit of a fan favourite around these parts. I've always thought Tom's vocals in the verses were processed, but apparently he actually was singing in a higher register. Chicane has two songs on this list, and a whole raft of others that could and should have been nominated. He wanted a powerful rock vocal for this song, and considered James Dean Bradfield and Kelly Jones alongside Sir Tom. He might as well have chucked Shirley Bassey's name into the hat and gone for a barbershop quartet of Welsh honkers.

This is very possibly my favourite song of all time, yet it didn’t get my 20 because I think there are better examples of pure dance songs in the mix. That's not to say this isn't an 11/10 banger, because it very much is. I remember hearing it for the first time at a house party, where I spent most of the day drunkenly asking them to 'put that Tom Jones one about being stoned on again'.

Here's afro-mullet pioneer Tom Jones and his legendary Top of the Pops performance.

 
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straightorbroken said:
Was Justified & Ancient recorded before wheeling in old Tammy? I included it in a playlist I made ahead of a 7 hour car trip driving from let's say Reading to where Susan Boyle lives and was gutted when I didn't get my fix of Wynette's rusty chipmunk twang.
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There are a ton of different versions out there, the Tammy one doesn’t exist on Spotify. It was released under the name ‘Stand by the Jams’ as well, so if in doubt try searching up that.
 
ButterTart said:
There are a ton of different versions out there, the Tammy one doesn’t exist on Spotify. It was released under the name ‘Stand by the Jams’ as well, so if in doubt try searching up that.
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What a hard life that woman had. Stand By Your Jam your faves could never and neither could she it seems.
 
81

Gloworm – Carry Me Home. 36 POINTS
Nominated by @ButterTart

1994, USA, No. 9 smash! Lord, oh lord. Here's another of my picks, and coincidentally a song which Chicane covered a few years back. Gloworm are singer Sedric Johnson and producer Will Mount, whose only other significant credit is a remix of Ian Wright's award-dodging debut single 'Do the Right Thing'. Gloworm only bothered the top 40 with one other song - no. 20 smash! 'I Lift My Cup'.

I really think I've said all I need to say about this one a thousand times over. It's glorious, and I'm honestly shocked that it took until the religious experience in 2015 for me to ever actually hear it.

Here they are on Top of the Tops, serenading the finalists of the Miss Generic Mid-90s pageant.

 
EVEN MORE FURIOUS THAN I WILL BE LATER WHEN I'M DRUNK AND MY KALAVISION SONG DOESN'T GET THROUGH!
 
With 80 songs left, let's have a head count of the survivors. Thirty of these will miss out on our final 50 LIVE GALA SPECTACULAR.

1. 2 Unlimited - No Limit
2. Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
3. Agnes - Release Me
4. Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life
5. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone
6. Ascension - Someone
7. ATC - Around The World (La La La La La)
8. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy
9. Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
10. Black Box - Ride On Time
11. Brainbug - Nightmare
12. CeCe Peniston - Finally
13. Chicane ft. Moya Brennan - Saltwater
14. Corona - Baby Baby
15. Corona - Rhythm Of the Night
16. Culture Beat - Mr Vain
17. Dannii Minogue - Disremembrance
18. Darude - Sandstorm
19. David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
20. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
21. De'Lacy - Hideaway (Deep Dish Mix)
22. Delerium - Silence (Airscape remix)
23. DJ Sammy & Yanou ft. Do - Heaven
24. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
25. Editors - Papillon
26. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
27. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo
28. Everything But The Girl - Missing
29. Faithless - Insomnia
30. Felix - Don't You Want Me
31. Fragma - Toca’s Miracle
32. Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)
33. Gala - Freed From Desire
34. Gina G - Ooh Aah…Just A Little Bit
35. Grace - Not Over Yet (Perfecto Mix)
36. Haddaway - What Is Love?
37. Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky
38. Jam & Spoon - Right In The Night
39. JX- There's Nothing I Won't Do
40. Kelly Rowland - Commander
41. La Bouche - Be My Lover
42. Lasgo - Something
43. Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving
44. Livin Joy - Dreamer
45. Loreen - Euphoria
46. Mason vs Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)
47. Modjo - Lady
48. N-Joi - Anthem
49. N-Trance - Set You Free
50. Olive - You’re Not Alone
51. OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Builds like a skyscraper mix)
52. Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (Tiesto Mix)
53. Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun
54. Plummet - Damaged (Antillas Radio Mix)
55. Real McCoy - Another Night
56. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love
57. Riva ft. Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now
58. Robert Miles - Children
59. Robert Miles ft Maria Naylor - One And One
60. Robin S - Show Me Love
61. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
62. Rozalla - Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)
63. Rui Da Silva ft. Cassandra - Touch Me
64. Saint Etienne - He's On The Phone
65. Sash! - Ecuador
66. Sash! - Encore Une Fois
67. Sash! Ft. La Trec - Stay
68. Sash! Ft. Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times
69. Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer
70. Space Brothers - Shine
71. Spiller Featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
72. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
73. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child
74. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
75. The Ones - Flawless
76. The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love
77. The Tamperer ft. Maya - Feel It
78. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden single Mix)
79. Ultra Nate - Free
80. Underworld - Born Slippy
 
80

Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child. 36 POINTS
Nominated by @ButterTart

2012, Sweden, No 1 smash! And it's three in a row for ol' BT! If only we were about fifty further up the list I might consider it an achievement. This was the final single from Swedish House Mafia (from Sweden, fact fans) before they disbanded. They went out on a high, though, as this bagged itself a Grammy nomination. The mafia themselves are comprised of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, whose cousin is the furry wardrobe who embarrassed his country at Eurovision in 2018. Singer John Martin returned from their previous hit Save the World.

Considering I nominated this, I didn't actually give it ANY points in the final - the field was just too fucking strong. This really is built around that chorus, and what an absolute brute that is.

John Martin only seems to perform this in wanky candlelight version, so here it is being played at Tomorrowland.

 
Very much enjoying the GALA SPECTACULAR (I do have those 7 days a week, but every one is a blessing, etc).

I'm incredulous that Carry Me Home has taken a bow so soon. His voice is so cracked it's on the Richter scale.

Stoned In Love is equally devastating and the bitchy kiss-off is just the anthem I needed this year. IF. I. CARE. What a woman :disco:
 
ButterTart said:
81

Gloworm – Carry Me Home. 36 POINTS
Nominated by @ButterTart

1994, USA, No. 9 smash! Lord, oh lord. Here's another of my picks, and coincidentally a song which Chicane covered a few years back. Gloworm are singer Sedric Johnson and producer Will Mount, whose only other significant credit is a remix of Ian Wright's award-dodging debut single 'Do the Right Thing'. Gloworm only bothered the top 40 with one other song - no. 20 smash! 'I Lift My Cup'.

I really think I've said all I need to say about this one a thousand times over. It's glorious, and I'm honestly shocked that it took until the religious experience in 2015 for me to ever actually hear it.

Here they are on Top of the Tops, serenading the finalists of the Miss Generic Mid-90s pageant.

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Sweet jesus, I want to grab a snake and re-enact the Tori Amos video for God to this. The hysteria of it all is unreal.
 
I think I have 8 nominations and 25 songs that I voted for in the final still to come. Good.
 
79

Kelly Rowland feat. David Guetta – Commander. 37 POINTS
Nominated by @Lume

2010, USA, No. 9 smash! Mince... Prance... Flounce... Hot on the heels of her triumphant collaboration with David Guetta on 'When Love Takes Over', Karly Bellend knocked out an even more audacious attempt to grab the pink pound. Although it didn't quite match the success of its predecessor, it was massive in its own right, and was further proof that David Guetta really could do no wrong during his imperial phase. This WON the bonus round, and performs exceptionally well again here.

This is - by far - my favourite Destiny’s Child-related song. I admit that's not a hotly contested category, but still. This is as infectious as they get, and the promo with the duelling Kellies having a sort of Tron dance off was memorable, to boot.

Here she is selling the shit out of it on the Graham Norton show to a deafening barrage of polite applause from the white Brexiters in the audience.

 
I think Commander is my favourite Kelendria tune. When Love Takes Over was GREAT at the time but I couldn’t care less if I ever hear it again. Work has never clicked for me.
 
78

Paul Oakenfold – Southern Sun (Tiesto Mix). 37 POINTS
Nominated by @straightorbroken

2002, UK/Netherlands, No. 16 smash! Paul Oakenfold is one of Britain's most prolific and respected producers, and Tiesto is his Dutch equivalent. Together, they created one of the most iconic moments in the history of trance. This was released - in a much more ambient arrangement - as double-a side with the unimportant 'Ready Steady Go', and features the vocals of Carla Werner. Tiesto created two similar mixes for this, with slightly different lyrics in the chorus. The alternative version makes the allusions to suicide throughout much more explicit, and so the family-friendly one has become the default.

Oh my Christing GOD! Shivers. I feel like the radio version I used in the semi didn't do this justice, and so it didn't connect as well as it ought to have (dmlaw in particular said he'd 'rather be skullfucked by a bull elephant than spend another second listening to this turgid filth'. I may be paraphrasing). Still, this is gorgeous. All these years later and it STILL gets me, I think I want it played at my funeral. The full ten minute version, too, with a glitterball descending from the rafters and pills being passed around on the collection plate.

Here they are performing it in Malta - the version she performed on TOTP was pre-remix.

 
77

La Bouche – Be My Lover. 38 POINTS
Nominated by @straightorbroken

1995, Germany/USA, No. 25 smash! It's a straightorbroken double feature! This sold a ridiculous SIX MILLION copies worldwide, and achieved the greatest possible honour when it was featured in Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion. Frontman Lane McCray was still on active duty in the United States Air Force when La Bouche formed, but still managed to juggle churning out infectious Europop with strafing civilians in the former Yugoslavia. Melanie Thornton died in the Crossair Flight 3597 crash in 2001, and the forthcoming Disaster Rate 2020 will be dedicated to her memory.

This is one I was never massively familiar with (not to say I don't like it), so it would be disingenuous of me to enthuse too much about it. What I will say is that it's a textbook slice of Euro dance, and its placing here is a testament to its enduring quality.

Here they are being treated like fucking ROYALTY, and taking to the stage like absolute megastars.

 
I just put Freed From Desire on youtube and now we're in a dance video playlist (currently Ride On Time) so we're having a dance party chez Tischguana in your honour @ButterTart :disco:
 
76

Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight). 39 POINTS
Nominated by @Superstylin'

2000, France, No. 1 smash! French house duo Modjo produced a characteristically classy little bop that was the soundtrack to the Summer of love in 2000 (Steps are reportedly furious that their 2000 hit 'Summer of Love' was passed over for that title). This one samples 'Soup For One' by Chic, and it featured on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto V. Their follow up, Chillin', reached no. 12 a year later, and their collaboration with Charity Shop Sue, S'cuse Me Lady (Hear Me Tonaaht), is an early contender for the Christmas number one.

For me, this isn't a song I expect to hear on a night out. It's a 'lounging by the pool with some of the Strongbow you brought with you in your suitcase' tune, an accompaniment to a hazy Summer's afternoon and an early evening spent tearfully applying calamine lotion to blistered shoulders. Day drinkers need anthems too, and this is most definitely it.

Here's a slightly pointless performance from Toppity Pops. Full marks for effort, mind.

 
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