The following is a chronological list of Eurodance songs.
Year | Artist | Origin | Song |
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1989 | Black Box | Italy | "Ride On Time" [1] |
1989 | Technotronic | Belgium | "Pump Up the Jam" [2] [3] |
Year | Artist | Origin | Song |
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1990 | Snap! | Germany | "The Power" [4] |
1990 | C+C Music Factory | United States | "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" |
1991 | 2 Unlimited | The Netherlands | "Get Ready for This" [5] |
1991 | Army of Lovers | Sweden | "Crucified" [6] |
1991 | Black Box | Italy | "Strike It Up" [5] |
1992 | 2 Unlimited | The Netherlands | "Twilight Zone" [7] |
1992 | Army of Lovers | Sweden | "Ride the Bullet" [6] |
1992 | Captain Hollywood Project | Germany | "More and More" [8] |
1992 | DJ BoBo | Switzerland | "Somebody Dance with Me" [9] |
1992 | Double You | Italy | "Please Don't Go" [10] |
1992 | Dr. Alban | Nigeria, Sweden | "It's My Life" [11] |
1992 | Felix | United Kingdom | "Don't You Want Me" [12] |
1992 | Snap! | Germany | "Rhythm Is a Dancer" [4] [5] [13] |
1993 | 2 Unlimited | The Netherlands | "No Limit" [14] |
1993 | 2 Unlimited | The Netherlands | "Tribal Dance" [7] |
1993 | E-type | Sweden | "Set The World on Fire" [15] |
1993 | Corona | Italy | "The Rhythm of the Night" [16] [17] |
1993 | Culture Beat | Germany | "Mr. Vain" [5] |
1993 | Haddaway | Germany, Trinidad and Tobago | "What Is Love" [18] [19] |
1993 | Magic Affair | Germany | "Omen III" [13] |
1993 | Whigfield | Italy, Denmark | "Saturday Night" [20] |
1994 | 2 Unlimited | The Netherlands | "The Real Thing" [7] [14] |
1994 | DJ BoBo | Switzerland | "Let the Dream Come True" [21] |
1994 | Doop | The Netherlands | "Doop" [22] |
1994 | Dr. Alban | Nigeria, Sweden | "Look Who's Talking" [23] |
1994 | Haddaway | Germany, Trinidad and Tobago | "Rock My Heart" [24] |
1994 | Real McCoy | Germany | "Another Night" [25] |
1994 | Rednex | Sweden | "Cotton Eye Joe" [26] [27] |
1994 | Scatman John | United States | "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" [28] [29] |
1995 | Ace of Base | Sweden | "Beautiful Life" [30] |
1995 | DJ BoBo | Switzerland | "There Is a Party" [21] |
1995 | Dreamworld | Sweden | "Movin' Up" [31] |
1995 | Haddaway | Germany, Trinidad and Tobago | "Fly Away" [32] |
1995 | La Bouche | Germany | "Be My Lover" |
1995 | Me & My | Denmark | "Dub-I-Dub" [33] |
1996 | Amber | The Netherlands | "This Is Your Night" [34] |
1996 | Gala | Italy | "Freed from Desire" [35] [36] |
1996 | Gina G | Australia | "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" [37] |
1996 | Mr. President | Germany | "Coco Jamboo" [38] |
1997 | Aqua | Denmark, Norway | "Barbie Girl" [39] |
1997 | Sash! | Germany | "Encore une fois" [40] |
1997 | Sash! | Germany | "Stay" [41] |
1998 | Alice Deejay | The Netherlands | "Better Off Alone" [42] [43] |
1998 | Bus Stop | United Kingdom | "Kung Fu Fighting" [44] |
1998 | Daze | Denmark | "Together Forever (The Cyber Pet Song)" [45] |
1998 | Loona | The Netherlands | "Bailando" [38] |
1998 | Love Inc. | Canada | "You're a Superstar" [46] |
1998 | Vengaboys | The Netherlands | "Up and Down" [47] |
1998 | Vengaboys | The Netherlands | "We Like to Party" [48] |
1999 | Vengaboys | The Netherlands | "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" [49] [50] |
1999 | Alice Deejay | The Netherlands | "Back in My Life" [42] |
1999 | Amber | The Netherlands | "Sexual (Li Da Di)" [51] |
1999 | Angel City featuring Lara McAllen | The Netherlands, United Kingdom | "Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)" [52] |
1999 | Eiffel 65 | Italy | "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" [53] |
Year | Artist | Origin | Song | Refs |
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2022 | Charli XCX feat. Rina Sawayama | United Kingdom | "Beg for You" | |
2022 | Jax Jones feat. MNEK | United Kingdom | "Where Did You Go?" | |
2023 | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding | United Kingdom | "Miracle" (with Ellie Goulding)" | |
2023 | Ava Max | United States | "Choose Your Fighter" | |
2023 | Kyle Gordon feat. DJ Crazy Times & Ms. Biljana Electronica | United States | "Planet of the Bass" | [102] [103] [104] |
2024 | Kaleen | Austria | "We will rave" |
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Haddaway's "What Is Love," the Eurodance ballad mocked in the "Saturday Night Live" skits and spinoff movie.
Whigfield (...) made her debut in 1994 with 'Saturday Night', a repetitive example of Euro dance/pop which became a huge international seller on release in September of that year
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