Top Dance Songs of 2021 — Volume 3 - a podcast by Keith a.k.a. K j A M

One of the things you may notice about the Party Favorz Top Dance Songs series is that there are always a few songs that never appeared on previous sets from the year. In most instances, it's because we missed them or they never came across our radar. There are literally hundreds of new dance tracks released each week and it's inevitible that some great tunes will fall through the cracks. We work with to different DJ promotional sources (one for official remixes and the other for bootlegs and mashups), labels, DJs and buy anything from Beatport, Traxsource and Bandcamp not available through traditional means, while scouring SoundCloud looking anything worthwhile that's free from up and coming DJs. There's a lot that of research and work that goes into creating every single mix but we're not perfect.



This year's missed opportunities are "Gold" by Austin Millz & Aluna (I can't say enough about this song), "Sunshine" by Fat Joe, DJ Khaled & Amorphous (only because there weren't any official remixes released for this song other than the standard DJ edit, which was too slow) and "Please" the final release from Jessie Ware's freaking amazing 2020 album "What's Your Pleasure?" which was her best selling album in the UK to date. Ms. Ware transitioned from her typical moody heartwrenching work to a more uplifting Disco album several months after Dua Lipa released "Future Nostalgia" another album inspired by Disco, 80's Dance and House and was merely coincidental as she had been working on the album for two years. If you really love the FN, you're ears will get equally excited over WYP.



Finally, there's "Fire" by Nigerian singer Kah-lo who had previously worked with Riton on "Rinse and Repeat." That song did in fact come across our radar but without any extended edits or remixes, we never used it — something we deeply regret. After all, we had used Soffi Tukker's "Good Time Girl" just a year earlier that had no remixes at the time and also clocked in under 3 minutes. I see a very bright future for Kah-lo and hope that Epic promotes her work to the masses. You can purchase her EP "Arrival" here and it's available on all the streaming platforms as well.







Typically, Party Favorz takes a deep dive into our Top Dance Songs annual reviews by combining remixed pop hits (authorized or bootleg because of cultural significance) as well as club-worthy tracks and standard EDM fare that otherwise go unnoticed at radio but has a larger impact in its niche on streaming and YouTube. That being said, here are our Top 20 picks for the biggest dance tracks of the year (in no particular order):

1. Fred Again feat. The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We've Lost Dancing) (Original Mix and Diplo Remix)

2. Shouse - Love Tonight (All remixes)

3. Gorgon City & Drama - You've Done Enough (All remixes)

4. Joel Corry X MNEK - Head & Heart (Tiesto Remix)

5. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Claptone and Pnau Extended Remix)

6. ACRAZE feat. Cherish - Do It To It (Extended Mix)

7. Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem (Extended Mix)

8. Tiesto - The Business (All remixes)

9. Topic & A7S - Breaking Me (All remixes)

10. Meduza & Dermot Kennedy - Paradise (All remixes)

11. Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday (Dopamine Re-edit Extended Mix)

12. Majestic x Boney M. - Rasputin (Extended Mix)

13. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart (Claptone Extended Mix)

14. Raye feat. Rudimental - Regardless (Extended Mix)

15. ATB vs. Topic & A7S - Your Love (9PM) (All remixes)

16. Dua Lipa - Levitating (Any remix without DaBaby)

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