"Gangsta's Paradise" is a single by American rapper Coolio,released on August 1,1995 by Tommy Boy,Warner Bros. and MCA. Interpolating Stevie Wonder's song "Pastime Paradise" (1976),"Gangsta's Paradise" features vocals from American singer L.V. who served as a co-composer and co-lyricist with Coolio and Doug Rasheed,with Wonder also being credited for the composition and lyrics. Certified Platinum in October,the song was included on Coolio's second album,Gangsta's Paradise,in November 1995. Its music video was directed by Antoine Fuqua and featured Michelle Pfeiffer.
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman,and released on Tyler's fifth studio album,Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was released as a single by CBS/Columbia in 1983.
"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a song written by Sherman Kelly,originally recorded in 1970 by Kelly's band Boffalongo,and then a hit single by King Harvest in 1972,reaching number 5 in Canada and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2000,a cover by English band Toploader became a worldwide hit and achieved multi-platinum status in the United Kingdom. A version by Swedish EDM duo Jubël,released in 2018,was a hit in Europe.
"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written,composed,and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970,and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon. It was a hit in her native Canada as well as Australia and the UK. It only reached No. 67 in the US in 1970,but was later a bigger hit there for her in a live version released in 1974,which peaked at No. 24. Charting versions have also been recorded by the Neighborhood,and most notably by Amy Grant in 1994 and Counting Crows in 2002. The song was also sampled in Janet Jackson's "Got 'til It's Gone" (1997).
"I Like to Move It" is a song by American solo project Reel 2 Real,featuring ragga vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman. Released by Strictly Rhythm in 1993 as the second single from the project's debut album,Move It! (1994),it appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1994,peaking at number 89,and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same year. It was a number-one hit in Belgium,France,the Netherlands,and Zimbabwe. On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart,it peaked at number eight. At the second International Dance Awards in 1995,it won the award for Best Tune of the Year. Its music video was directed by Craig K. McCall and filmed in New York City.
"Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" is a song by German electronic music duo Jam &Spoon,released by JAM! and Dance Pool as the second single from the duo's second album,Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1993). It is a Eurodance song with elements from progressive and vocal trance. It is based on "Leyenda" by the classical composer Isaac Albéniz and features vocals by American vocalist Plavka,with lyrics by Nosie Katzmann. The flamenco-styled riff in the song is played by duo member Jam El Mar,who was trained as a classical guitarist.
"Heaven" is a song by the Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams recorded in 1983,written by Adams and Jim Vallance. It first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album the same year and was later included on Adams' album Reckless in 1984. It was released as the third single from Reckless and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in June 1985,over a year and a half after the song first appeared on record. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985.
"Another Night" is a song by German Eurodance and pop music project Real McCoy. The single is featured on their hit album,Another Night (1995),which was the American release of the project's second album,Space Invaders. The song was written and produced in Germany by Juergen Wind and Frank Hassas (Quickmix) in 1993 under the producer team name Freshline.
20 Fingers is the name of an American production team consisting of producers and DJs Carlos "Charlie Babie" Rosario,Manfred "Manny" Mohr,J.J. Flores and Onofrio Lollino. They were popular in the mid-1990s for producing a series of pop,dance and rap songs,many of which were distinguished by their humorous or risquélyrics.
On the Attack is the debut studio album by American dance artist and rapper Gillette and produced by 20 Fingers. It was released in late 1994 as Gillette's solo album,then on April 18,1995,particularly in Poland and Germany,as the debut album of 20 Fingers,credited as 20 Fingers feat. Gillette and retitled On the Attack and More.
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory,released by Columbia in late 1990 as the debut and lead single from their first album,Gonna Make You Sweat (1990). The song is sung by singer Martha Wash and rapper Freedom Williams. It charted internationally and achieved great success in the United States,Austria,Germany,and Sweden,where it reached number one on the charts. The music video for the song was directed by Marcus Nispel. Billboard magazine ranked "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.
Sandra Navarro Gillette,known mononymously as Gillette,is an American singer and rapper active in mid-1990s and early 2000s. She is best known for her 1994 worldwide hit "Short Dick Man",a song released alongside the production team 20 Fingers.
"Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4,1983,as one of four studio tracks included on their live album,Stompin' at the Savoy (1983). "Ain't Nobody" quickly gathered popularity,and reached number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards,"Ain't Nobody" won for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has become one of Khan's signature songs.
"What a Man" is a song written by Dave Crawford,and originally recorded for Stax Records' Volt imprint by Linda Lyndell,whose recording reached number 50 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1968. The song was sampled and reinterpreted as "Whatta Man" in 1993 by the trio Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue,which became a commercial success;reaching the top ten in Australia,New Zealand,the United Kingdom,and the United States. In 2011,German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut covered the song while retaining the original title and lyrics.
"Show Me Love" is a song performed by American singer Robin S. But what sung by recording artist and writer Andrea Martin and written by Allen George and Fred McFarlane,originally released in October 1990 by Champion Records in the United Kingdom. In 1992,it was remixed by Swedish house music production duo StoneBridge and Nick Nice,and re-released in many European countries as well as the United States and Japan. It became one of the most well known house anthems in the United Kingdom,and Robin's biggest hit to date. It helped to make house more mainstream. In 1993,it was included on Robin S.'s debut album of the same name. Confusion arose with the 1997 hit "Show Me Love" by Swedish singer Robyn,due to their homonymous names and identical titles.
"Saturday Night" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield,fronted by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson. It was first released in 1992 in Italy and 1993 in Spain through Prodisc. Throughout 1994,it was released across the rest of Europe and experienced worldwide success. The song was written by Italian producers Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva and produced by Pignagnoli. In 1995,the song was included on Whigfield's debut album,Whigfield.
"Another Day" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield,fronted by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson. It was released in August 1994 by X-Energy,ZYX Music and Systematic as the second single from her debut album,Whigfield (1995). Written by producers Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva,with Annerley Gordon and Ray Dorset,the song was the follow-up single to Whigfield's 1994 hit single,"Saturday Night",and peaked at number seven in the United KIngdom. "Another Day" also became a top-10 hit in Canada,Denmark,Finland,Ireland,Italy,Norway,Spain,Switzerland and Zimbabwe. On the Eurochart Hot 100,it reached number nine.
"Don't Go" is a song by British synth-pop band Yazoo. It was released in 1982 as the second single from their debut album,Upstairs at Eric's. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart,becoming Yazoo's second top 5 hit. In the US,where the band was known as Yaz,the song was their second big hit on the American dance chart,where it spent two weeks at number one in October 1982. Their first American dance chart hit was "Situation",which had also gone to number one on this chart earlier the same year. The music video for the song features band members Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke in a sort of haunted mansion with Clarke cast in the role of Victor Frankenstein. The song re-entered the UK Dance Chart on 13 December 2009 at number 30,peaking at number 15 on 2 January 2010.
"Lick It" is a song recorded by American dance music group 20 Fingers featuring singer Roula,released in February 1995 as the second single from their debut album,On the Attack and More (1994). It also appears on 20 Fingers' self-titled second studio album and peaked at number-one in Italy. The song contains explicit lyrics that refer to cunnilingus. A black-and-white music video was also produced to promote the single.
"Mr. Personality" is a song recorded by American singer and rapper Gillette,produced by 20 Fingers and released in June 1995 as the second single from Gillette's debut solo album,On the Attack (1994).
