11 Facts About Eurodance

Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe.

Eurodance music originated in the late 1980s in central Europe, especially in Germany, where rave parties were becoming popular.

Notably, the group 2 Unlimited wanted to remain within Eurodance sounds in order to remain chartbusters, although the producer De Coster predicted a retreat from a poppy to a more clubby sound.

Nevertheless, in the second half of the decade the popularity of Eurodance started to decline, and "Scatman's World" by Scatman John was the last major hit of the original Eurodance sound in the Eurochart Hot 100, being number 1 for 3 weeks between late August and early September 1995.

Basshunter, Scooter and Cascada saw significant success during the 2000s by the early 2010s, popularity waned, and by about 2012, Eurodance music disappeared almost completely from the majority of European radio airplay.

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Term "Eurodance" gradually became associated with a specific style of European dance music.

Eurodance often carries a positive, upbeat attitude; the lyrics usually involve issues of love and peace, dancing and partying, or expressing and overcoming difficult emotions.

The early to mid-1990s Eurodance vocals were frequently done by a solo vocalist or a mixed rapper-vocalist duet such as the male–female duets of 2 Unlimited, La Bouche and Magic Affair.

Eurodance lyrics are almost always sung in English, regardless of the artist's nationalities.

Eurodance received significant airplay on radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area such as Power 88.

Eurodance is not well known in the United States outside of the major cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami.