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x A7S Thanks for subscribing! Actually, yes it is, because nothing else quite sums up the pure passion of rebellion as well as this monster from LA rap-metallers Rage. Feat.
Bey is guaranteed to get people on the dancefloor. Thank god for this song. ROCKSTAR With this belting slice of dance-pop, the Belgian act helped kick-start hip house, shouted to the world outside of Belgium about New Beat and achieved some impressive chart action (reaching Number Two in the UK and US), but never really get remembered much in the music history books. Make like Lena Dunham in ‘Girls’ (see-through vest optional).
But it’s a damn good thing he stuck around for long enough to spread the gospel of pop with this totemic 1979 disco jam. In cooking up a dish of sweet revenge, Boston’s Robert Brown unwittingly created one of the biggest party tunes of all time.
Rover Heard the latest music charts? Feat. It’s stark and simple – all drums, bass and vocals – but it’s irresistibly infectious.
Breaking Me Update your playlist with the most popular songs right now from urban, dance, to EDM. This timeless, We’re not entirely convinced MJ himself quite knew what enough was; otherwise he might have stopped, eh? Dammit, it’s pure genius.
But believe us, it isn’t. Dancing isn’t all about a big beat – sometimes you just need a driving rhythm and persistent voice, waxing lyrical about the power of luuurve. Part of its potency is that it harks back to the days when disco was taking over the world, and dancers found new acceptance and openness on the floor: ‘I'm coming out – I want the world to know, got to let it show,’ goes the chorus. It’s a song they’ll sing at great volume while standing in a circle, drinks held aloft.
Back in the days when sampling wasn't such a legal quagmire, having a colour TV was something to boast about and rappers had names like Hank, New Jersey’s Sugarhill Gang were the first group to show that a rap track could also be mega-hit. This one is pure class.
Tin roof, rusted what does it mean? You do it because nobody, not Florence, nobody, can match Candi Staton’s voice. West Ten Listen to your favourite shows and playlists again, and get the full list of upcoming tracks. Like it? Yes, Amerie’s come-hither teasing vocal is good but that bass and brass combo is a big dirty come-on. A truly great party has to have drama, and who better to provide this than the Queen of Pop, If ever a song was guaranteed to make you break a hip while doing the running-man on a booze-drenched dancefloor, Montell’s 1995 new jack swing classic is the one. This synth-pop gem is chiseled like a diamond, with a perfect keyboard riff and a melody that moves in and out of major keys just as singer Morten Harket’s voice turns from desperate to hopeful and back again. The 14-minute-35-second-long full-length version had to be edited down a little, however, before ‘Rapper’s Delight’ could break into the charts. Biggie was the victim of a drive-by shooting in 1997, just a year after ‘Hypnotize’ came out.
The fact that it’s dedicated to simply being happy. & But layered over a rock-solid funk beat, a deadly simple bass hook and – crucially – Kelis’s hypnotically catchy chorus, the song transforms into a slow-burning hip hop banger. The ‘party-o-meter’ has spoken, and ‘Hey Ya!’ is Time Out’s top tune.
That’s not water - that is 'Everywhere', which has saturated every single DJ set at every single festival in the entire world. But more than any of this, it’s a bona fide groover that makes us asthmatic with dancefloor appreciation. Take their whoops as your cue: Marvin Gaye supplies the cool falsetto and someone can be heard rocking the cowbell, but the prime directive here is to dance. And when rock-hard riffs are doused in Clavinet keyboard flourishes and horn section licks, it’s hard not to agree. Except for Luther burgers. Just about every Sean Paul hit follows the same formula: a spare, repetitive riddim collides with that inimitable monotone, which always seems far too chill to concern itself with reaching for any tricky notes. Slick, soulful, sexy, bouncing and peppered with bleeps and bloops, ‘Hideaway’ was exactly what a ton of amateur deep house producers tried to do in 2014 (and 2015-16, in fact) and failed miserably at. And also that her skin is diamond-encrusted, which is actually pretty awesome and allows her to dance her way through laser sensors (and kill you). Get us in your inbox Don’t know what song’s been playing on the radio?