Dance Music CDs

modern/contemporary ballroom music?!?

i need help finding modern/contemporary music for a waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, rumba, samba, chacha, and jive. when giving me your answer, please list the song and the artist and what type of dance it is. thank you in advance!

Public Comments

1. I dj some of this stuff. You can find my cha cha list in iTunes under iMix (Funky Cha Cha) but off the top of my head: Cha Cha: Best of Me - Chrisette Michele Supermassive Black Hole - Muse (yes, it works) Let's get Loud - Jennifer Lopez Rumba: Anywhere - Beth Orton Sundirtwater - The Waifs (its mid tempo so you can do a slow cha cha to this) Fields of Gold - Sting Tango: Santa Maria - Gotan Project (you can cha cha to this one too) Quickstep: Cha Cha - Chelo (the most misnamed song ever - anyway you can start with a foxtrot and switch to qs, great tune) Jive: Crabbuckit - K-OS (sounds like a single step but you can jive it) Candyman - Christina Aquilera (an overplayed jive, but a good song) Wake me up before you go go (old, but fun) Samba: Un Corazon (One Heart) - Chelo Hope this helps. DJ TBA (aka Kristine Maitland) http://thedarklady.vox.com
2. related to Kristin's response, Chelo's Cha-Cha can be danced as a samba. It makes a damn good one, and it's our favorite in Cotillion at UCSB : )
3. The following web site gives some good suggestions for various dance styles http://www.danzones.net/music.htm Hope this helps.