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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:00:38 GMT -5
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'Love Is The Healer' is one of two new studio recordings released on Donna Summer's 1999 live album 'Live & More Encore'. The album version of the song was a co-production between Thunderpuss and Nathan DiGesare, with Thunderpuss also producing their own remix of the track. The song was a #1 club hit for Donna, with additional remixes from names such as Eric Kupper and Jonathan Peters. Top 10's from Disco, Mirago and Ky. Bottom 10's for myself and Ginger Spice. Disco🌶️📖 4 Mirago 5 Ky 8 Ty 15 Mic Technique 18 Albie 23 bat1990 23 Az Paynter 34 Ginger Spice 34 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
Janet Jackson - All For You
Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
LeAnn Rimes - Tic Toc
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Mandy Moore - In My Pocket
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:12:43 GMT -5
Coming Up With #13
Highest Position: #12
Lowest Position: #19
PROGRESSION: -- 19 15 12 19 19 16 15 13
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 3
Bottom 20's: 1
Bottom 10's: 2
#40's: 0
SD: 12.67324391 (6th Highest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:23:31 GMT -5
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'In My Pocket' was the lead single from Mandy Moore's self-titled third album. The song was not a success in the US, missing the Hot 100 and achieving a middling performance on pop radio. The single's greatest success came in Australia, peaking just outside the top 10. The single was remixed by Thunderpuss, Hex Hector and Soul Solution. Top 10 ranks from myself, Albie and Ginger Spice. Low rankings from Disco and Mirago. Az Paynter 2 Albie 8 Ginger Spice 9 Ky 11 bat1990 15 Mic Technique 20 Ty 23 No Dollars, No SenseDisco🌶️📖 37 Mirago 38 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
Janet Jackson - All For You
Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
LeAnn Rimes - Tic Toc
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:30:36 GMT -5
Coming Up With #12
Highest Position: #6
Lowest Position: #12
PROGRESSION: -- 12 9 8 10 6 7 11 12
Top 10's: 2
Top 20's: 5
Bottom 20's: 2
Bottom 10's: 0
#40's: 0
SD: 5.932490577 (5th Lowest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:38:55 GMT -5
I thought this was going to make the top 10. :(  {Original}
'All For You' was the lead single and title track from Janet Jackson's seventh studio album. Produced by frequent collaborators Jam & Lewis, the song is considered one of Janet's signature hits. Thunderpuss produced several remixes of the track; the main club mix, the 'Change It Up' mix and the 'Military' mix. These versions aided the song in topping the Billboard club charts. Top 10's for Ty and Ginger Spice depart here. Ty 8 Ginger Spice 10 Albie 12 Disco🌶️📖 14 Mic Technique 15 Az Paynter 16 bat1990 18 Mirago 22 Ky 27 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
LeAnn Rimes - Tic Toc
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 5, 2019 23:49:57 GMT -5
Coming Up With #11
Highest Position: #6
Lowest Position: #16
PROGRESSION: -- 16 10 11 6 9 11 9 11
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 2
Bottom 20's: 3
Bottom 10's: 1
#40's: 0
SD: 11.39931772 (9th Highest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 6, 2019 0:09:51 GMT -5
Here's another one I thought would make the top 10, even if I didn't personally care for it.  {Original}
'No More Drama' was the second single and title track from Mary J. Blige's fifth studio album, produced by Jam & Lewis. The original track samples 'Nadia's Theme' a piece composed in 1971 that was later used as the theme song to soap opera 'The Young & The Restless'. Thunderpuss retained the sample in one version of their remix, where the main body of the song was downtempo. An alternate version exists that remains completely uptempo at the expense of the sample. This song topped the Billboard club charts. Top 10's for Mirago, Ky and Disco (all of them top 5's) and a bottom 10 for me (call it payback for Mandy). :sip2: Mirago 2 Ky 4 Disco🌶️📖 5 bat1990 12 Ginger Spice 12 Mic Technique 21 Albie 24 Ty 29 Az Paynter 33 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
LeAnn Rimes - Tic Toc
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Mar 6, 2019 1:14:41 GMT -5
15 Lara Fabian - I will Love Again Love love love the original song and this mix, the Morales, and Hex mixes. I listen to the Morales ones most now but I love how anthemic this one is. The dramatic buildup with some of the bridge vocals is classic Thunderpuss. 14 Donna Summer - Love Is The Healer This is one that I discovered in the mid 2000s. I had only been familiar with the Eric Kupper 'I Feel Healed' mix which used an "I Feel Love"-esque production. Each Thunderpuss mix of this has different production elements. Their radio edit has the final choruses. The full mix omits the final choruses after the high note loop. The Tribe-A-Pella has some different vocal effects. The Thunderdub is the only mix with the full spoken part in the middle of which only some is used in the other mix. The Drum-A-Pella has the main riff throughout it and the main drum but most of the synths have been taken out. It has the same effects before the bridge from the Tribe-A-Pella. There is an unreleased dub which is based around loops of the spoken part "It still rings around in my head". Only the original Thunderpuss production has the Gregorian chants at the beginning and the "when you know the way to love..." vocal parts at the end. The Jonathan Peters mix use that as a secondary hook. 13 Mandy Moore - In My Pocket Was a huge fan of the original but didn't care for the direction they went in with this mix. I always preferred the Hex Hector mix with the guitar. 12 Janet Jackson - All For You Love the original and the 12" version. I like all 3 mixes but I prefer the Change It Up one. The vocal effects were absolutely amazing. 11 Mary J Blige - No More Drama The original is easily one of Mary's best songs and this is one of their best remixes. They took the drama factor up several levels with the mix with the slow parts. The way it builds back up with the bridge (the tempo is a little faster than the verses/choruses before it for this section) and then the "I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND!...LORD, HELP ME, HELP ME!" is epic after the pounding drums. The version released on the commercial single and Mary's remix album is shorter and doesn't have the same ad-libs in the outro (at 8:05) heard in the one linked above. The one above was only released on Promo Only. It has 32 additional beats at the end. The fully uptempo version was reportedly done before the one with the slow part. The intro/outro is totally different. I felt there wasn't as much drama in the buildup after the bridge into the final chorus. The vocal stretch was a contributing factor in the slower version even though the vocals were specifically comped for it so it would work out better. |
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Post by Ty on Mar 6, 2019 8:00:07 GMT -5
The "No More Drama" remix is grating...but I may be biased because the original version is too emotional of a song for me to be suitable for any dance mixing.
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Post by bat1990 on Mar 6, 2019 20:31:25 GMT -5
So what's even left? I know my jam "Tic Toc" is but I'm not sure of the others.
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 6, 2019 23:08:28 GMT -5
So what's even left? I know my jam "Tic Toc" is but I'm not sure of the others. Try clicking on 'remixes remaining' in the reveal posts to show the spoiler. :sip2: :kii: |
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Post by bat1990 on Mar 7, 2019 11:54:02 GMT -5
Apparently I can't read anymore...I'm so tired of embarrassing myself on this board.
Anyway, that's a solid top 10!! I'm so glad "Morning Star" made it as that was one of the highlights for me.
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Post by Ty on Mar 7, 2019 12:11:23 GMT -5
The Top 10 is pretty strong! I wish my #1 can win, but I also see quite of few candidates that I wouldn't mind winning.
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Post by Mirago on Mar 7, 2019 12:52:11 GMT -5
11 Mary J Blige - No More Drama The original is easily one of Mary's best songs and this is one of their best remixes. They took the drama factor up several levels with the mix with the slow parts. The way it builds back up with the bridge (the tempo is a little faster than the verses/choruses before it for this section) and then the "I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND!...LORD, HELP ME, HELP ME!" is epic after the pounding drums. The version released on the commercial single and Mary's remix album is shorter and doesn't have the same ad-libs in the outro (at 8:05) heard in the one linked above. The one above was only released on Promo Only. It has 32 additional beats at the end. In terms of craft I agree that No More Drama is one of their finest remixes. I find it masterful because of the three tempo changes you describe so eloquently. Of course Mary's words don't hurt either because, 'it's up to us to choose whether we win or lose'. |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:03:40 GMT -5
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:06:16 GMT -5
Coming Up With #10
Highest Position: #6
Lowest Position: #29
PROGRESSION: -- 29 12 13 11 10 6 6 10
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 3
Bottom 20's: 3
Bottom 10's: 0
#40's: 0
SD: 9.14391115 (17th Lowest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:18:20 GMT -5
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'Tic Toc' is a song from LeAnn Rimes' fifth studio album (and first pop record) 'Twisted Angel'. Originally slated to be the follow-up single to 'Life Goes On', no music video was ever produced and no commercial release ever materialized. Remixes by Thunderpuss, Widelife and Mike Rizzo promoted to DJ's however, and the song became a top 10 club hit. Time is up for top 10's from bat1990, Albie and Ty. bat1990 2 Albie 5 Ty 10 Ky 12 Ginger Spice 13 Mirago 18 Disco🌶️📖 21 Mic Technique 26 Az Paynter 29 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:25:34 GMT -5
Coming Up With #9
Highest Position: #7
Lowest Position: #24
PROGRESSION: -- 9 24 14 8 7 13 12 9
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 4
Bottom 20's: 0
Bottom 10's: 2
#40's: 0
SD: 11.71537451 (8th Highest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:40:25 GMT -5
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'Feelin' So Good' is the third international single (and fourth overall) from Jennifer Lopez' debut studio album 'On The 6'. Following the breakout success of previous hits 'If You Had My Love' and 'Waiting For Tonight' (and success in the Latin market with 'No Me Ames'), 'Feelin' So Good' was a step down in terms of commercial performance. However, it was a #1 club hit thanks to its remixes by Thunderpuss and HQ2. Not so good for Ginger Spice and Mic Technique with high top 10 losses, nor for Ky who also loses a top 10 ranking. Albie and bat1990, meanwhile, feel a bottom 10 ranking falling away. Ginger Spice 2 Mic Technique 2 Ky 9 Az Paynter 12 Mirago 12 Ty 12 Disco🌶️📖 16 Albie 31 bat1990 36 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Stacie Orrico - Stuck
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 1:52:20 GMT -5
Coming Up With #8
Highest Position: #8
Lowest Position: #18
PROGRESSION: -- 18 18 10 9 13 12 10 8
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 4
Bottom 20's: 2
Bottom 10's: 0
#40's: 0
SD: 9.015418891 (15th Lowest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 2:02:13 GMT -5
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'Stuck' was the lead single from Stacie Orrico's self-titled sophomore album, marking a shift from her Christian pop beginnings into more secular territory. This single found more success internationally than in the US with top 10 peaks in Australia and across Europe versus #52 on the Billboard Hot 100. Thunderpuss produced the only official dance mix of the song, with Stacie's father reportedly meddling in the production - demanding they remove Stacie's breath intakes because they sounded too 'sexual' and taking issue with looping the line 'I hate you' because he deemed it went against Stacie's Christian upbringing. The top 10 rankings here are triplets; Ginger Spice, Ky and Mic Technique all lose their #5. Ginger Spice 5 Ky 5 Mic Technique 5 Az Paynter 11 Albie 13 bat1990 17 Mirago 19 Disco🌶️📖 27 Ty 28 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
Cooler Kids - Morning Star
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 2:13:23 GMT -5
Coming Up With #7
Highest Position: #7
Lowest Position: #24
PROGRESSION: -- 24 13 15 12 8 8 7 7
Top 10's: 3
Top 20's: 4
Bottom 20's: 2
Bottom 10's: 0
#40's: 0
SD: 7.155029311 (7th Lowest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 2:20:55 GMT -5
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'Morning Star' was a single by short-lived duo the Cooler Kids. The duo had previously found success on the club charts with their single 'All Around The World', with this song released as the follow-up. Neither single was a commercial success, nor was their only album 'Punk Debutante'. This song featured remixes by Thunderpuss, 29 Palms and Eric Miller (as Thick Dick vs. E-Smoove). A star burns out for Ty, Ky and bat1990 as each loses a top 10 ranking. Ty 4 Ky 6 bat1990 8 Mic Technique 11 Mirago 16 Ginger Spice 18 Albie 20 Disco🌶️📖 22 Az Paynter 23 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 2:34:23 GMT -5
Coming Up With #6
Highest Position: #6
Lowest Position: #27
PROGRESSION: -- 26 27 25 15 14 10 8 6
!! #1 ALERT !!
#1's: 1
Top 10's: 4
Top 20's: 0
Bottom 20's: 3
Bottom 10's: 0
#40's: 1 (FINAL #40)
SD: 13.38946518 (3rd Highest)
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 2:42:41 GMT -5
I have never liked this, even with the Thunderpuss mix being the main single version here. I'm okay with it making it this far in spite of my ranking though because I do recognize it's one of their more iconic productions.  {Original}
'Sexual' is a single by Dutch-born German house singer Amber, released as the lead single from her self-titled sophomore album. The Thunderpuss remix was promoted internationally as the single version, being the version featured in the song's music video. This was Amber's first #1 on the Billboard club charts. Mirago becomes the third person to lose his #1, and the reveal is also painful for Ky, Albie, Mic Technique and Disco. Meanwhile I finally ditch my bottom ranking. Mirago 1 Ky 2 Albie 3 Mic Technique 4 Disco🌶️📖 7 Ty 21 bat1990 22 Ginger Spice 22 Az Paynter 40 {REMIXES REMAINING}
Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight
Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Hands In The Air Anthem)
Tamia - Stranger In My House
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay |
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Mar 8, 2019 3:09:23 GMT -5
I first heard their remix of "Sexual (Li Da Di)" before the original album version. It was a mainstay of our local mixshows for years. I was sneaking into clubs at that time and this was the mix they were playing. The stations played a re-edit from the Powerhouse remix service which took the chorus from towards the end of the full mix and inserted that in after the "li da di" looped sections and then the first verse would happen like usual after that.
After the major success of the Thunderpuss mix of "Sexual (Li Da Di)", the then president of Tommy Boy Records kept trying to re-create that success with the releases of "Above The Clouds" and "The Need To Be Naked".
With ATC, he had them program the mixes with most of the same sounds and stuff that were in the S(LDD) mix but it was such a different song that it didn't really achieve that. Amber would perform the original and Eric Kupper versions and not the TP ones live. She did do the Jonathan Peters mix at Sound Factory once.
The release of "Taste The Tears" which was also a TP production was intentionally sabotaged. It would have been huge with proper promotion.
"The Need To Be Naked" was not a sexual song the way the title indicated but the label wanted TP to do it in the same vein as S(LDD) and that ended up not happening. Guido Osorio's main vocal mix of that actually sounded more like what TP would have done. It was rumored that TP had been asked to remix "Yes!" and make it like S(LDD) but it has never been confirmed. Amber was reportedly disappointed with how the TP mixes turned out for TNTBN.
As much as I loved the mixes, I was disappointed that the 3rd verse was not used in any of the released Thunderpuss mixes. Amber performs the 3rd verse live over the TV track of their mix to this day.
Amber famously took issue with Marie Osmond when she went on her and Donny's then talk show Donny & Marie and Marie would only refer to the song as "Li Da Di" when she performed it there. She did the Thunderpuss mix. Amber dragged her and said "This is a woman who is pregnant every second week. What's that all about? Everybody's doing it, you know? If I can talk about sex, hopefully it can be seen as a normal thing in a good and responsible way."
Amber took a similar issue with radio programmers when they wouldn't add "Yes!" because of the Ulysses interpolation being too sexual but they were adding Nelly's "Ride Wit Me" at the time which is about getting high in the back of a Mercedes. She felt that it was a messed up double standard.
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Post by Albie on Mar 8, 2019 7:20:13 GMT -5
I'm sorry what? Damn Az couldn't you have been nicer to it just to appease us - your audience? You should have at least helped this be top 5 where it absolutely belongs.
Cancelled you it everything
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 7:38:05 GMT -5
Well s**t I've been told. Sorry guys the top 5 is never gonna happen now it's over. :kii: :sip2:
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Post by Ty on Mar 8, 2019 8:21:55 GMT -5
"Morning Star" is a great discovery for me here.
Also, as a Chinese native, this is the "Li Da Di" that I grew up to...
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Post by Az Paynter on Mar 8, 2019 8:26:30 GMT -5
Oooh, Coco Lee! I have her English single 'Do You Want My Love', underrated pop bop (and kinda flop lol)
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