John's World's Top 30 Dance Songs of 2011, Part II: #'s 20-11

Hello and welcome back to Part II of John's World's Top 30 Dance Songs of 2011. So far we've seen several good club tracks from the past year and now we're really getting down to the really good stuff. Each of these tunes have given me a good workout during the year and I hope you enjoy my selections.



#20 - Only Girl in the World - Rihanna

This is the first of three Rihanna songs to make it to my list this year. It came off of RiRi’s 2010 “Loud” album and it’s Euro dance music at its best. A great song deserving of the word “anthem!”







#19 - Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO

This official jam of the summer 2011 got played out way too much and frankly I’m really over it. I’m only including it here because it was a giant smash and should be recognized for its success. It was great fun while it lasted! Check out my original "Song of the Day" post featuring the song back in July right here, and you can even buy it here:




#18 - Give Me Everything – Pitbull, featuring Ne Yo, Afrojack and Nayer

I really wanted to place Pitbull a little higher on the list. After all, he really came into his own in 2011 with several songs and collaborations. This one, though the message isn’t as sweet and innocent as the melody, is a really great sing-a-long and very easy on the ears!







#17 - I Wanna Go – Britney Spears

This was an early favorite of mine off of “Femme Fatale,” with a catchy, whistly background and a fun track. Great song!





#16 - Rolling in the Deep – Adele

Even though the original version of this song was such a big, albeit, depressing kind of hit, it worked pretty good on the dance floors, as well, serving as one of the summer’s hottest anthems. Here's a short clip of one of the many remixes out there:





#15 - Born This Way – Lady Gaga

Yeah, yeah, so all the Gaga haters claim that this one is a rip off of Madge’s “Express Yourself.” Even though I disagree, isn’t imitation the sincerest form of flattery? All criticisms and hype aside, this is a great dance anthem and it inspired quite a few young LGBT’s, so I give it props for that alone!



I featured this one during Pride Week back in June, as it was THE song played over and over again the entire day of the Parade...check out the post right here. Buy it here:



#14 - Yeah 3X – Chris Brown

Even though Mr. Brown’s image will forever be tarnished because of he and Rihanna, he’s still a very talented young man with a knack for making radio and dance floor-friendly tunes. This feel good song is a lot of fun too dance to!







#13 – Blow – Ke$ha

I really didn’t like Ke$ha too much until this one came out earlier in the year. So sassy, so dancy!





#12 - Hey Hey – Dennis Ferrer

Just an ordinary day
Till you came around
I had my feet on the ground...

This one is a longtime favorite, and many people love it when they hear it. It’s not played too often in the clubs, but when it is, everybody’s jamming! Click play...







#11 - Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas

Even though this one technically came out in 2010, it was played a lot earlier in the year, though I think the straight-up version is much hotter than the mix they play in the clubs!





So there you have it, the middle ten of my Top 30 Dance/Club Songs of 2011. Ii hope you enjoyed reading and took the time to check out at least a couple of the videos. Stayed tuned for my top ten coming real soon... In the meantime, check out Part I here.

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Song of the Day - Wild Ones - Flo Rida, ft. Sia

Today's song is a new one from Flo Rida and Sia and has all the makings to be a big hit... Enjoy, and Happy Monday!





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John's World's Top 30 Dance Songs of 2011, Part I: #'s 30 through 21

Happy New Year 2012 to all of my readers and fellow music fans. The following posts are a first for me. They’re something I would normally put out on Yahoo Voices, but since they’re taking so long these days to get things approved and published, I figured I’d try my luck out here. Besides, I can add photos and videos to make them more interesting, and so we shall see how they do on here.

As many of you already know, I love dance music. Ever since I was in my late teens and started going to the clubs, it has almost always been my genre of choice. Though many people go to clubs to meet people, I often go for the love of dancing, and the songs I share here are some of my favorites from the past year.



I’ve done many “Top Ten,” “Top Twenty,” and such lists in many places before. I just had one published on Yahoo that you can see here: The Top Pop Songs of 2011. I originally called it “John’s Top Pop Songs of 2011,” but they made me change it, even though last year’s piece was titled as such. I have another one still in their queue since Wednesday or so (albums) and I’ll share that if and when it finally gets published.

In the meantime, I present, in three installments, my Top 30 Dance Songs of 2011. I’m counting 30 because I wanted to include all of the one’s I really enjoyed this year and that was the closest number. I could have done 40, but that would have been pushing it, and I could have done 20, but then I would have left out some really good ones. So sit back, relax, and take a look and listen at some of the songs many have danced to in 2011. I hope you enjoy, and if you have any suggestions that I may have left out, please leave a comment.

#30 - Beautiful People – Chris Brown, featuring Benny Benassi

Chris Brown’s kind of soft, kind of melodic and very danceable song is one of those tunes that you know, but often you don’t realize you know it.







#29 - One Hot Pleasure – Erika Jayne

I recently featured this one as “Song of the Day.” It’s one of those sexual songs with plenty of raw club energy!




#28 - Turn Me On – David Guetta, featuring Nicki Minaj

This song off of Guetta’s latest was written by Nicki Minaj and features the rapper actually singing, though her rap part makes the song even better. I haven’t heard this one in the clubs yet, but hopefully soon enough!





#27 - Take Over Control – Afrojack, featuring Ava Simons

This one’s a hypnotic, frenzied, dance floor filler…great fun!







#26 - End of Time – Beyonce

Come take my hand
I won't let you go
I'll be your friend
I will love you so deeply
I will be the one to kiss you at night
I will love you until the end of time

Oh, this one should be a single! The song is so inspiring, so beautiful, and so much fun. The deejay upstairs at Ritz loves Beyonce a lot and plays this one almost every week!

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#25 - Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) – Pitbull, featuring T-Pain

A great, fun song by Pitbull, with a smooth chorus!





#24 - Waka Waka – Shakira

This one was from the World Cup back in 2010, but I didn’t learn of it until earlier this year. It still gets played in the clubs a lot and its “Song of the Day” post still gets plenty of hits. It’s one of those really great feel good songs I love so much, with a great message and a great sound!





#23 - Tonight I’m Loving You – Enrique Iglesias, featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E

This one was always a surefire dance floor filler, and I like the dirty version much better than the clean one! It just sounds better…







#22 – Superbass – Nicki Minaj

This one is for the boys with the booming system
Top down, AC with the cooling system
When he come up in the club, he be blazin' up
Got stacks on deck like he savin' up

The year 2011 was a coming out party for Nicki Minaj, and this was her first big solo hit that worked really well in the clubs, too!

Check out Superbass on John's World Song of the day from July 15th right here.

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#21 - Where Them Girls At – David Guetta, featuring Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj

This was one of the lead singles off of “Nothing but the Beat” and it features two of my favorite hip-hop stars. Fun!





Well that's the first part of John's Top 300 Dance/Club Songs of 2011. I hope you've enjoyed these songs as much as I have in the past year. Stay tuned for Part II coming soon...

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Song of the Day - Clap Your Hands - Sia

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first "Song of the Day" for 2012. I recently downloaded a lot of new music by three young ladies who I hadn't really known before, but I'm really starting to like a lot. The first one is Australian singer/songwriter Sia, who came onto my RADAR through David Guetta's "Titanium," which Sia also wrote.

Sia's got a really nice, rich voice, and virtually every song on her album, "We Are Born," is pleasing to the ears. Since I always love the feel-good, up tempo stuff, I chose this fun one from that album...and the video is kinda cute, too! Enjoy!





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