The classics of every style

Classics

The records each scene was built on, style by style.

Black Coffee, Kabza De Small, Martin Garrix, Ricardo Villalobos, Headhunterz, Armin van Buuren, Tchami, Chase & Status and Solomun
Explore Afro House
Black Coffee feat. Bucie – Superman
2010. The afro house anthem. Drake put it in his favourite songs, and Black Coffee still plays it (20 sets across all versions).
Culoe De Song – Webaba
2009, Innervisions. The track that put South African afro house on the world map.
Black Motion feat. Xoli M – Rainbow
2014. Live drums and a vocal: the Black Motion signature.
Sun-El Musician feat. Samthing Soweto – Akanamali
2017. The biggest South African house song of its year.
Zakes Bantwini & Kasango – Osama
2021. Modern classic, also the Claptone Remix.
Explore Amapiano
Kabza De Small feat. Leehleza – Umshove
2018. One of the first amapiano tracks with a vocal.
Samthing Soweto – Akulaleki (feat. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
2019. Topped the streaming charts and set the vocal style.
Mapara A Jazz – John Vuli Gate (feat. Ntosh Gazi & Colano)
2020. The dance challenge everybody did.
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Kwiish SA – Iskhathi (Gonggong)
2018. The log drum track that gave the genre a nickname.
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Sha Sha – Tender Love (feat. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
2019
Explore Bass House & Future House
Oliver Heldens – Last All Night (Koala) (feat. KStewart)
21 sets. 2014. Koala was the instrumental; with KStewart's vocal it went UK top 5.
Tchami – Promesses
2015, with Kaleem Taylor. The future house blueprint, and a UK top 20 hit. Also the Pep & Rash Remix (2 sets).
Jauz – Feel The Volume
13 sets. 2014, Mad Decent. The blueprint of American bass house.
Don Diablo – On My Mind
7 sets. 2015. Hexagon's calling card.
Malaa – Notorious
13 sets. 2016. The Malaa anthem.
Explore Big Room & Mainstage
Sandro Silva & Quintino – Epic
4 sets. 2011. The drop that started big room.
Showtek & Justin Prime – Cannonball
14 sets. 2012.
Showtek – Booyah (feat. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson)
39 sets. 2013.
Avicii & Nicky Romero – I Could Be The One
33 sets. 2012, UK #1.
Bingo Players – Rattle
19 sets. 2011. The vocal version with Far East Movement, "Get Up (Rattle)", went UK #1 in 2013.
Explore Dance Pop & Festival Hits
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
2009. Produced by David Guetta, 14 weeks at US #1. The song that made EDM pop.
Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
2013. Two Grammys, played by every DJ on this page.
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
2013.
Martin Solveig & Dragonette – Hello
2010. The French pop house template.
Dua Lipa – Don't Start Now
7 sets. 2019. The disco pop record of its decade. Also the Dom Dolla Remix (4 sets).
Explore Drum & Bass
Goldie – Inner City Life
23 sets across the original and the Trevino, Break and Burial remixes. 1994, Metalheadz. The one everybody names first.
UK Apache & Shy FX – Original Nuttah
24 sets. 1994. The jungle anthem; streaming has the 2019 re-record Original Nuttah 25.
Alex Reece – Pulp Fiction
1995, Metalheadz. The two-step blueprint. Also the Benny L Remix (2025).
Pendulum – Tarantula (feat. Fresh, $pyda & Tenor Fly)
12 sets. 2005.
Roni Size & Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag
9 sets. 1997, from the Mercury Prize winner New Forms.
Explore Dubstep & Bass
Skrillex – Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
48 sets. 2010. The track that took dubstep to America; Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Benga & Coki – Night
45 sets. 2008. The first dubstep crossover, still rinsed every weekend.
Skrillex & Damian Marley – Make It Bun Dem
33 sets. 2012.
Flux Pavilion – Bass Cannon
26 sets. 2011, Circus Records. Also the Crankdat Remix (10 sets).
Skrillex – Bangarang (feat. Sirah)
23 sets. 2011. Grammy for Best Dance Recording 2013.
Explore Hard Techno
Jeff Mills – The Bells
179 sets. 1996, Purpose Maker. Thirty years old and still in sets every weekend.
DJ Misjah – Mindrecorder
195 sets. 1997. Dutch hard techno played by Carl Cox, Tiësto and Joseph Capriati.
DJ Misjah & DJ Tim – Access
31 sets. 1995. The acid riff of the 90s, still played by Hadone, Regal and 999999999.
DJ Rush – Get On Up (Chris Liebing Remix)
29 sets. The Chicago hard techno king, remixed by Chris Liebing. Jeff Mills still plays it. Not on Deezer, so no preview here.
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DJ Rush – Dirty Dragonfly
33 sets. 2005, Bitshift. Jeff Mills plays it too.
Explore Hardstyle & Hard Dance
JDX – Live The Moment (feat. Sarah Maria)
2 sets. 2010, voted #1 hardstyle track of all time.
D-Block & S-te-Fan – Music Made Addict
7 sets. 2008, #2 all time. Also the Headhunterz & Wildstylez Remix (5 sets).
2 Best Enemies – Phases (TBY Romantic Mix)
2003, #3 all time. Technoboy's "romantic" mix, the melody that defined early hardstyle.
Headhunterz – Scrap Attack (Defqon.1 Anthem 2009)
6 sets. #7 all time.
Max Enforcer – Lost In Paradise
8 sets. 2010, #16 all time.
Explore House & Disco
Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body
41 sets for the original, 191 for the 2019 Solardo version. 1986, the House Music Anthem.
Inner City – Good Life
19 sets. 1988. Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey.
Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)
61 sets. 1991. La da dee, la da da.
Joe Smooth – Promised Land
35 sets. 1987. Also the Mark Knight & James Hurr Remix (8 sets).
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Frankie Knuckles – Baby Wants To Ride
18 sets. 1987, with Jamie Principle.
Explore Latin & Reggaeton
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Daddy Yankee – Gasolina
23 sets. 2004, Barrio Fino. Also in the anthems: it is the one.
Daddy Yankee – Rompe
2005, Barrio Fino en Directo.
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Daddy Yankee – Ella Me Levantó
2007, El Cartel: The Big Boss. The live version has 6 sets.
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Daddy Yankee – Salgo Pa' la Calle (feat. Randy)
5 sets. 2008, Talento de Barrio.
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Daddy Yankee – Limbo
2012.
Explore Melodic House & Techno
Noir & Haze – Around (Solomun Vox)
42 sets. 2011, Solomun's signature.
Stephan Bodzin – Singularity
11 sets. 2015.
Mano Le Tough – Primative People (Tale Of Us Remix)
28 sets. 2013, Tale Of Us' most-played track.
Tale Of Us – Another Earth
17 sets. 2013.
Paul Kalkbrenner – Sky And Sand
2008. The song everybody sings.
Explore Minimal / Deep Tech
Ricardo Villalobos – Dexter
12 sets. 2003, Alcachofa (Playhouse). The minimal track. Not on Deezer, no preview.
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Ricardo Villalobos – Easy Lee (Random Factor Remix)
9 sets. The Alcachofa opener in its 2003 remix, reissued Oct 2025; the original has no preview.
Audion – Mouth to Mouth
28 sets. 2006, Spectral Sound. The track that united house, techno and minimal floors.
Mathew Jonson – Marionette
16 sets. 2005, Wagon Repair. Also the Stephan Bodzin Remix (9 sets).
Loco Dice – Seeing Through Shadows
10 sets. June 2006, his own Circoloco classic.
Explore Open Format
50 Cent – In Da Club
25 sets. 2003, nine weeks at US #1. #59 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Get Low (feat. Ying Yang Twins)
5 sets. 2002. #37 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
Nelly – Hot In Herre
32 sets. 2002, seven weeks at US #1. #36 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
OutKast – Hey Ya!
4 sets. 2003, nine weeks at US #1. #18 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
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Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
32 sets. 2001. Timbaland's bhangra-flavoured beat.
Explore Organic / Downtempo
Parra for Cuva – Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)
2013. The Chris Isaak song, the first big organic crossover.
Stavroz – The Finishing
2015.
Bonobo – Cirrus
2013.
RY X – Only
2016.
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Ida Engberg – Disco Volante (Sébastien Léger Remix)
11 sets. 2007.
Explore Progressive House
Sasha – Xpander
20 sets. 1999. Eleven minutes of build, the blueprint of the sound.
Underworld – Born Slippy (Nuxx)
410 sets. 1995, a UK hit in 1996 thanks to Trainspotting.
Faithless – Insomnia
106 sets. 1995. Also the Monster Mix (87 sets).
Faithless – Salva Mea
205 sets. 1995.
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Faithless – God Is A DJ
34 sets. 1998.
Explore Tech House
Cajmere – Percolator
1992. Curtis Jones (Green Velvet) wrote the blueprint. DJs also play the Chris Lake Remix (17 sets) and the Bontan Remix (11).
Green Velvet – Flash
33 sets. 1995. Also the Eats Everything Remix (13 sets) and the Jamie Jones Remix (7).
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M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade – Body Language
2005, Get Physical. The one every DJ of the 2000s owned.
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Claude VonStroke – Who's Afraid Of Detroit?
2006. Dirtybird's first classic.
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Mark Knight & Funkagenda – Man With The Red Face
2008, Toolroom. The Laurent Garnier classic remade, the Toolroom sound in one track.
Explore Techno
Underworld – Born Slippy (Nuxx)
1995. The rave anthem that crossed over, thanks to Trainspotting.
Plastikman – Spastik
1993. Richie Hawtin's drum machine study, still a set opener.
Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
2000. The saxophone one.
Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
1990, R&S. Time Out called it the best techno track ever.
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings Of Life
1987. Derrick May, the Detroit blueprint.
Explore Trance & Psytrance
Energy 52 – Café Del Mar (Three 'N One Remix)
1993, remixed 1997. Voted the best dance record ever by Mixmag readers in 2001.
Robert Miles – Children
1995, the dream house record that sold five million copies.
Binary Finary – 1998 (Paul van Dyk Remix)
10 sets. 1998, the remix that beat the original.
ATB – 9PM (Till I Come)
1998, UK #1 the next summer, the pitch-bend guitar.
Three Drives On A Vinyl – Greece 2000
1997, the progressive trance benchmark.
Explore UK Garage & Speed Garage
Artful Dodger – Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)
22 sets. 1999, UK #2. The one everybody knows the words to.
Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers (Sunship Edit)
7 sets. 2000, UK #2. The Sunship mix is the one; AJ Tracey and Jorja Smith covered it for Live Lounge.
MJ Cole – Sincere
10 sets. 1998 (UK #38), re-cued in 2000 (UK #13). Mixmag and the Guardian both call it the anthem of 2-step. Also the Nero Remix and the Wookie Remix.
DJ Luck & MC Neat – A Little Bit Of Luck
21 sets. 1999, UK #9. The definitive old-school garage track for a lot of people.
187 Lockdown – Gunman
16 sets across versions. 1997, UK #16, UK dance #1. The speed garage reese bass. Not on streaming: buy the vinyl reissue or play the Interplanetary Criminal rebuild above.
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