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| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Can You Feel It | The Jacksons | “Can You Feel It” by The Jacksons, released in 1980, was written by Michael and Jackie Jackson. |
| I Love Music | The O’Jays | “I Love Music” by The O’Jays, released in 1975, was written by the legendary songwriting duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. |
| Chihuahua | DJ BoBo | “Chihuahua” by DJ BoBo, released in 2003, is based on the 1955 hit by Louis Oliveira and His Bandodalua Boys, written by Aloysio De Oliveira and Bob Russell, and was used in an advert for Coca-Cola on the European continent. |
| Double Dutch Bus | Frankie Smith | “Double Dutch Bus” by Frankie Smith, released in 1981, celebrates the urban playground game Double Dutch. |
| (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop | Fatback Band | “(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop” by the Fatback Band, released in 1975, encourages listeners to dance the “Bus Stop,” a popular line dance of the time. |
| Miss Broadway | Belle Epoque | “Miss Broadway”, released in 1977, is a Euro disco hit by Belle Epoque, a female vocal trio that was based in Paris, France. |
| Hallelujah (Club mix) | Happy Mondays | “Hallelujah (Club mix)” was released in 1990 by the Happy Mondays, formed out of the “madchester” musical and cultural scene of the late 1980s to mid-1990s in the English city of Manchester. |
| God is a DJ | Faithless | “God is a DJ” by Faithless, released in 1998, was written by band leader Maxi Jazz and producing-duo Rollo & Sister Bliss. |
| Free | Ultra Nate | “Free” was released in 1997 by Baltimore singer/songwriter/DJ/producer and music legend Ultra Naté. The song was written by John C. Ciafone, Lemuel Loring Springsteen and Ultra Naté Wyche. |
| Freed From Desire | Gala | The Buddhist concept “Freed From Desire”, released in 1996, by the Italian singer Gala has become a stadium anthem for various sports teams. Gala Rizzatto is New York-based Italian singer-songwriter born in Milan on 6 september 1972. |
| Sing Hallelujah | Dr. Alban | “Sing Hallelujah”, released in 1993, by Dr. Alban, was written by Swedish DJ Dag Krister Volle (a.k.a. Denniz PoP) and Nigerian born, Swedish musician and producer, Alban Uzoma Nwapa, owning a dentistry practice, hence the name Dr. Alban. |
| Gangnam Style | PSY | “Gangnam Style”, released in 2012, by Korean K-pop artist PSY (born Park Jae-Sang), is a satirical take on the lavish lifestyle of Seoul’s Gangnam district. |
| Boom Shack-A-Lak – Edit | Apache Indian | “Boom Shack-A-Lak” was released in 1993 by Apache Indian (born Steven Kapur), an early innovator in combining West Indian and Asian styles within the UK music scene, also known as Don Raja. |
| I Like To Move It | Reel 2 Real & Mad Stuntman | “I Like To Move It”, released in 1993, by Reel 2 Real & Mad Stuntman, was written by Mark Quashie (a.k.a. Mad Stuntman) and Colombian-American DJ and house music producer Erick Morillo. |
| Mr. bombastic | Shaggy | “Mr. bombastic” was released in 1995 by, Jamaican born, artist Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) |
| La Bomba | King Africa | “La Bomba” was released in 2000 by Argentine project King Africa with Alan Duffy, an Argentine vocalist of British descent. The song was initially released in 1998 by Bolivian band Azul Azul and written by Fabio Zambrana. |
| Sweat (A La La La La Long) | Inner Circle | “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” released in 1992, by Inner Circle, was written by founding members Ian and Robert Lewis and vocalised by a past member Calton Coffie. |
| Pass The Dutchie | Musical Youth | “Pass The Dutchie”, released in 1982, by British-Jamaican band Musical Youth, combined two songs: “Gimme the Music” by U Brown, and “Pass the Kouchie” by Mighty Diamonds. Kouchie, being slang for a cannabis pipe was replaced by Dutchie a patois term for a cooking pot. |
| Here Comes The Hotstepper | Ini Kamoze | “Here Comes the Hotstepper”, released in 1994, by Jamaican reggae artist Ini Kamoze (born Cecil Campbell; 9 October 1957) contains several samples, including vocals from “The Champ” by The Mohawks, “Hot Pants” by Bobby Byrd, and “La Di Da Di” by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. The song’s instrumental samples the drums and bass from “Heartbeat” by Taana Gardner and guitar notes from “Hung Up on My Baby” by Isaac Hayes. The song uses the “na na na na na…” chorus from the Cannibal and the Headhunters version of “Land of a Thousand Dances,” and the verse vocal melody is reminiscent of The Beatles’ “Come Together”, which was inspired by Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me”. |
| Groovin | Pato Banton | “Groovin'” is a song written by the American singer songwriters Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, initially recorded by their group the Young Rascals in 1967. Cavaliere once stated that the song is a reflection of the bliss he felt relaxing with his girlfriend Adrienne Buccheri on Sunday afternoons, watching the world go by”. London born reggae artist Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray; 28 January 1961) released in 1996 a cover version with the Reggae Revolution. |
| I Don’t Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head”) | The Gap Band | “I Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)”, re-titled “Oops Up Side Your Head” or “Oops Upside Your Head”, released in 1979, by the R&B group the Gap Band is full of nursery rhyme allusions, such as “Jack and Jill went up the hill to have a little fun/stupid Jill forgot her pill and now they’ve got a son.”, “Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall/Humpty Dumpty had a great fall… I say he cracked on the whack!” and Little Miss Muffet and Mary Had a Little Lamb. |
| Spank | Jimmy “Bo” Horne | “Spank”, released in 1979, by Jimmy “Bo” Horne, is written by Ronald Louis Smith, the original kc and the sunshine band trumpet player, the leader of the horn section and choreographer. |
| Make My Day (Haunting) | Eyerer & Chopstick | “Make My Day (Haunting)”, released in 2007, written and performed by Eyerer & Chopstick (i.e. Martin Eyerer & Chi-Thien Nguyen) features the vocals of French electronic producer, sound engineer, and studio owner Zdar (Philippe Cerboneschi) |
Sources
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