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The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time (100-1): Staff List
Best Dance Songs of All Time: 100 classic dance music songs, from house to techno to electronic to dubstep to disco to dance-pop.
As a top 10 hit in the U.S. and a monster smash in Clean Bandit ’s native UK, “Rather Be” was partially boosted by timing: the post-EDM wave made room for a classical-infused dance track to cross over to the mainstream, London co-writer Jimmy Napes was in the middle of a red-hot streak, and guest vocalist Jess Glynne was still an unknown entity in search of an anthem. The biggest hit by German outfit Real McCoy is also a template example of Eurodance, one of the endless variations of house music forged on the continent after the genre first crossed the Atlantic, and a sound defined by bass rhythms, shiny synths, chest thumping vocal hooks, rapped verses and a hard pop lean. With DFA head honcho (and LCD Soundsystem ingenieur) James Murphy pushing neo-no-wavers The Rapture to focus their freakout on the floor, “Lovers” pulsed like an ECG and weaponized more cowbell than “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” and “Honky Tonk Women” combined, but still felt driven by the same thrashing live-band energy that made the New Rock Revolution.
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