Dance-pop

Dance-pop on vinyl: hits with a club beat

In short: Dance-pop is pop for the dance floor: catchy choruses over club beats. Since the eighties it has joined catchy pop songs to disco, funk, R&B and electronic beats, with house influences growing stronger later on. The Vinyl Room currently has 45 dance-pop records.

What is dance-pop?

From the eighties into the nineties: Billy Ocean with “Suddenly”, the Pet Shop Boys with “Disco”, The Beloved with “Happiness” and Prince with The New Power Generation and “Diamonds & Pearls”.

Pop of today: Dua Lipa with “Future Nostalgia”, Robyn with “Honey”, Ariana Grande with “Sweetener”, Calvin Harris with “Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1” and Disclosure with “Settle”.

What to look for

Among our dance-pop records the 2010s are the largest group; most are European editions; label, catalogue number and year of release help you tell which edition you have – it’s noted with each copy.

From our stock

First pressings

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FAQ

What is dance-pop? Pop for the dance floor – catchy choruses over club beats.

How long has dance-pop been around? Since the eighties – with roots in disco, funk and R&B, later house too.

How is it different from Europop? Europop describes a sound shaped in Europe; dance-pop refers more broadly to pop music made for dancing.

Which dance-pop records do you have? Here, for example, Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “Disco”.