Best Dance Hits of the 90s

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If you were born in the 80s, you know almost all these songs by heart. 90s dance music is a genre in itself as theme parties are still held around the globe to accommodate the music buds of us 'twentinagers', who grew up in the 90s. It was during the 90s that pop music once more gained the forefront of the mainstream music industry and the genre shifted more or less to the fast paced european beats with a heavy influence of disco. Eurodance shaped the first half of the decade while the various  boy bands and the girl groups shaped the end of the decade and laid the foundation for the 2000s dance music based solely or mostly on dance pop and europop. 

Line/step dancing was also a trend during the 90s and it was the global one-hit wonder Macarena by Los Del Rio that really infiltrated almost all parties after its release. The song ranks at No.7 on the Billboard's All Time Top 100 and also Billboard's No.1 Dance Song of All Time. The song was released in 1992 but it was the English remix by the Bayside Boys which made it a worldwide hit. Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Steps, NSync and BWitched were some of the all boy or girl bands which released dance hits while Real McCoy, Snap!, Haddaway, Mr. President and T-Spoon are some of the eurodance artists which have entries in this list. 

Another interesting fact to notice is that it was at the very end of the decade that some of the best selling artists of our time, particularly the 2000s became popular such as Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera and Marc Anthony who all initially started out with their own dance hits. Michael Jackson's best hits may have been in the past but he still released some awesome dance singles in the 90s and the King of Pop leads with 5 entries in the list alongside Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls who also have 5 entries each. Then with 4 entries each we have Aqua, Will Smith and Ace of Base who also released a number of dance singles. So without further rambling here is the list of the Best Dance Hits of the 90s:

1. Los Del Rio – Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
2. C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams – Gonna make you sweat (Everybody dance now)
3. Haddaway – What is love
4. Inner Circle – Sweat
5. Snap! – Rhythm is a dancer
6. Cher – Believe
7. Will Smith – Gettin’ jiggy wit it
8. Real McCoy – Another night
9. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg – The next episode
10. MC Hammer – U can’t touch this
11. Alice Deejay – Better off alone
12. No Mercy – Where do you go
13. Lou Bega – Mambo no.5
14. Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s back)
15. Ace of Base – Beautiful life
16. ATB – 9 p.m. (Till I come)
17. Aqua – Barbie girl
18. Jennifer Lopez – Waiting for tonight (Hex Hector Remix)
19. Everything But the Girl – Missing (Todd Terry Mix)
20. Enrique Iglesias – Bailamos
21. Vengaboys – We like to party
22. Sir Mix a Lot – Baby got back
23. Chumbawumba – Tupthumpin’
24. EMF – Unbelievable
25. Marc Anthony – I need to know
26. Michael Jackson – Blood on the dancefloor
27. C+C Music Factory – Here we go (let’s rock & roll)
28. Britney Spears – Baby one more time
29. Spice Girls – Wannabe
30. Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da ba dee)
31. Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy breaky heart
32. Peter Andre – Mysterious girl
33. T-Spoon – Sex on the beach
34. Sash! ft. Rodriguez – Ecuador
35. Technotronic – Pump up the jam
36. Ricky Martin – Livin’ la vida loca
37. The Wonders – That thing you do
38. Steps – 5,6,7,8
39. Michael Jackson – Black or white
40. House of Pain – Jump around
41. Vanilla Ice – Ice ice baby
42. Carrapicho – Tic tic tac
43. Diana King – Shy guy
44. Imi Kamoze – Here comes the hot stepper
45. Mr. President – Coco Jamboo
46. Vanessa Amorosi – Absolutely everybody
47. Santana ft. Rob Thomas – Smooth
48. Shaggy – In the summertime
49. Tag Team – Whoomp! (There it is)
50. Sonique – It feels so good
51. Whigfield – Saturday night
52. Dee-Lite – Groove is in the heart
53. Backstreet Boys – Quit playing games with my heart
54. Dr. Alban – It’s my life
55. Snap! – The power
56. Snow – Informer
57. Ricky Martin – The cup of life
58. Vengaboys – Boom, boom, boom, boom
59. Jennifer Lopez – If you had my love
60. Ace of Base – The sign
61. Culture Beat – Mr. Vain
62. Black Box – Strike it up
63. Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch ft. Loletta Holloway – Good vibrations
64. Gala – Freed from desire
65. Reel 2 Real ft. The Mad Stuntman – I like to move it
66. Daft Punk – Around the world
67. Rozalla – Everybody’s free (to feel good)
68. 2 Unlimited – No limit
69. Technotronic – Pump up the jam
70. Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins – It’s like that
71. Michael Jackson – They don’t care about us 
72. Spice Girls – Who do you think you are
73. Real McCoy – Come and get your love
74. 2 Unlimited – Twilight zone
75. Red Nex – Cotton eye Joe
76. La Bouche – Be my lover
77. ATC – Around the world (La, la, la, la, la)
78. Amber – This is your night
79. Corona – The rhythm of the night
80. DJ Bobo – Somebody dance with me
81. C+C Music Factory – Things that make you go hmm…
82. Montell Jordan – This is how we do it
83. Faithless – Insomnia
84. Robin S. – Show me love
85. Cappella ft. The Bootmasters – U got 2 let the music
86. Scatman John – Scatman
87. Alexia – Uh la la la
88. Robert Miles – Children
89. Spice Girls – Spice up your life
90. Gloria Estefan – Turn the beat around
91. Ricky Martin – Maria
92. Steps – Tragedy
93. 2Pac – California love
94. Billie – Because we want to
95. Ace of Base – All that she wants
96. Mariah Carey – Fantasy
97. Notorious B.I.G ft. Puff Daddy & Mase – Mo money mo problems
98. Next – Too close
99. Savage Garden – The animal song
100. TLC – No scrubs
101. NSync – Tearin’ up my heart
102. Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 – I’ll be missing you
103. Five – When the lights go out
104. Fatboy Slim – The rockafeller skank
105. Enrique Iglesias – Rhythm divine
106. The Cardigans – Lovefool
107. The Offspring – Pretty fly (for a white guy)
108. 911 – Bodyshakin’
109. BWitched – C’est la Vie
110. Will Smith – Miami
111. Stardust – Music sounds better with you
112. Olive – You’re not alone
113. M People – Movin’ on up
114. Gina G – Ooh aah… just a little bit
115. Beats International – Dub be good to me
116. Janet Jackson – Runaway 
117. Shania Twain – That don’t impress me much
118. Hanson – MMMbop
119. Will Smith – Wild wild west
120. Blondie – Maria
121. Backstreet Boys – Larger than life
122. Spice Girls – Stop
123. Kriss Kross – Jump
124. Aswad – Shine
125. Five – Keep on movin’
126. Vengaboys – We’re going to Ibiza
127. Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre – No diggity
128. T-Spoon – Tom’s party ‘98
129. Eiffel 65 – Move ya body
130. Destiny’s Child – Bills, bills, bills
131. Meredith Brooks – Bitch
132. Wes – Alane
133. Twenty 4 Seven – Slave to the music
134. Britney Spears – (You drive me) crazy
135. Aqua – Roses are red
136. Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet like chocolate
137. The Corrs – So young (K-Klaas Remix)
138. Michael Jackson – Remember the time
139. Whigfield – Sexy eyes
140. Jamiroquai – Virtual insanity
141. 2 Unlimited – Get ready for this
142. Shaggy – Boombastic
143. Christina Aguilera – Genie in a bottle
144. Mariah Carey – Dreamlover
145. Cleopatra – Cleopatra’s theme
146. Faithless – God is a Dj
147. Backstreet Boys – We’ve got it goin’ on
148. New Kids on the Block – Step by step
149. Fun Factory – I wanna b with u
150. Aqua – My oh my
151. Right Said Fred – I’m too sexy
152. Madonna – Ray of light
153. OMC – How bizarre
154. Destiny’s Child – No, no, no
155. Sham Rock – Tell me ma
156. Spin Doctors – Two princes
157. Jimmy Ray – Are you Jimmy Ray?
158. Lutricia McNeal – Someone loves you
159. Ace of Base – Don’t turn around
160. M2M – Everything you do
161. Janet Jackson – That’s the way love goes
162. Usher – You make me wanna...
163. Backstreet Boys – Get down (you’re the one for me)
164. Paradisio – Bailando
165. Gina G – I belong to you
166. Spice Girls – Say you’ll be there
167. Digital Underground – The humpty dance
168. Boyzone – Love me for a reason
169. Captain Hollywood Project – More and more
170. Steps – Last thing on my mind
171. Michael Jackson – In the closet
172. 2 Brothers on the 4^th Floor – Dreams (will come alive)
173. Whitney Houston – Step by step
174. Robyn – Show me love
175. Jamiroquai – Virtual insanity
176. Lauryn Hill – Doo wop (that thing)
177. Will Smith – Men in black
178. Ace of Base – Cruel summer 
179. The Double U – Please don’t go
180. Ace of Base – Living in danger
181. Roxette – Joyride
182. NSync – I want you back
183. Heavy D & The Boyz – Now that we found love
184. Aqua – Dr. Jones
185. Mariah Carey – Honey
186. Crystal Waters – 100% pure love  
187. Boys II Men – Motownphilly
188. BWitched – Rollercoaster 
189. Groove Armada – I see you baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)
190. Magic Affair – Omen III
191. East 17 – Let it rain
192. Quad City DJs – C’mon n’ ride it
193. Real McCoy – Runaway
194. Sugar Ray – Fly
195. LFO – Summer girls
196. La Bouche – Sweet dreams
197. Christina Aguilera – What a girl wants
198. Kylie Minogue – Better the devil you know
199. The B52’s – Love shack
200. Madonna – Vogue

Till the next beat…

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