Get in the Groove with Classic Albums: The World's Eurobeat – Recommended Popular Tracks
Eurobeat is a genre that gained popularity as a mainstream form of dance music in the 1980s.
Although the boom overseas lasted only until the early 1990s at most, in Japan it has been loved for a long time, with Eurobeat being used widely across many types of media up through the 2000s.
This time, we’re introducing some classic Eurobeat tracks!
From songs everyone has heard at least once to timeless hits covered by Japanese artists—check out this curated selection of must-hear classics!
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[Grooving with Classic Albums] Eurobeat from Around the World: Recommended Popular Tracks (21–30)
Give Me UpMichael Fortunati
This song was covered by a Japanese idol group, and that’s how I first came to know it.
I remember thinking it didn’t sound like a typical idol track and felt unusually profound, and when I found out it was a cover, it all made sense.
Early Eurobeat songs were often covered by Japanese artists.
Tora Tora ToraDOMINO
Alessandra Mirka Gatti, an Italian artist affectionately known as Domino, gained popularity in Italy, the hotbed of Eurobeat, and was active in the 1990s.
Her song “Tora Tora Tora” is one of her hits, released in 1994.
Two years later, in 1996, the dance-vocal group MAX covered it, which helped it become popular in Japan as well.
[Grooving to Classic Albums] Eurobeat Around the World: Recommended Popular Tracks (31–40)
ButterflySMiLE.dk
A song said to be one of the most memorable tracks in the Dance Dance Revolution video game series.
Smile.
dk is a Danish band whose members are from Sweden.
Thanks to the success of Dance Dance Revolution, they became known not only in Japan and Hong Kong, but also across Europe and the United States.
YOU THINK YOU’RE A MANDIVINE
A song written by Jeff Dean and produced by Waterman and Barry Evangeli.
It was released in June 1984 by Proto Record Company.
The track reached No.
16 in the UK and was also a hit in Germany and New Zealand.
Can’t Live Without Your LoveSuzy
This is an early Eurobeat classic that makes you feel a major Eurobeat boom is just about to arrive.
There’s still a bit of Eurobeat and techno getting mixed together, but that’s precisely what characterizes early Eurobeat tracks.
It even evokes a bit of Ann Lewis.
I Heard A RumourBananarama
Bananarama is a pop music vocal group formed in the UK in 1979.
This song was released in 1987 and was also used in the film Disorderlies.
It became one of their biggest hits in the United States, reaching No.
4 on the charts.
Toy BoySinitta
Here’s a song released in 1987 by Sinitta, a singer who was born in the United States but made her career in the UK.
The lyrics are about leading a cute boy around like a toy.
In Japan, a comparable song would be Candies’ “Toshishita no Otokonoko” (“Younger Boy”).
Sinitta’s mother was also a singer, and Sinitta herself was engaged to Simon Cowell, who discovered and produced her, and dated Brad Pitt when he was still unknown—perhaps living out the theme of the song in real life.