List of number-one dance hits of 2002 (UK)
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UK Official Dance Chart number one hits of 2002.
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UK Official Dance Chart number one hits of 2002.
| Issue date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 5 January | "Gotta Get Thru This" | Daniel Bedingfield Daniel Bedingfield Daniel John Bedingfield is a British singer-songwriter. He is the brother of pop singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle.-Music career:... |
| 12 January | "Body Rock" | Shimon & Andy C Andy C Andy C , born Andrew John Clarke, is an English DJ and producer and co-founder of the RAM Recording Studio. He is the son of Mick Clarke, bass player and founder member of the Rubettes, who had hits in the seventies like Sugar Baby Love, Tonight and I Can Do It.He is considered a pioneering force... |
| 19 January | "Drifting Away" | Lange Stuart Langelaan Stuart Langelaan, stage name Lange, is a British DJ and record producer.-Career:Lange's career began in 1997, signing his first recording contract with Additive Records in the UK... featuring Skye |
| 26 January | "Star Guitar Star Guitar "Star Guitar" is the second single from The Chemical Brothers 2002 album Come with Us. The song reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart and number two on the American dance chart.-Structure:... " |
Chemical Brothers |
| 2 February | "The Drill" | Dirt Devils |
| 9 February | "Sleep Talk" | ATFC ATFC ATFC can refer to one of the following British association football clubs:* Abergavenny Thursdays F.C.* Aberystwyth Town F.C.* Abingdon Town F.C.* Aldershot Town F.C.* Alfreton Town F.C.* Almondsbury Town F.C.* Alnwick Town F.C.* Alresford Town F.C.... feat Lisa Millett |
| 16 February | "So Lonely" | Jakatta |
| 23 February | "To Get Down" | Timo Maas Timo Maas Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home... |
| 2 March | "Thrill Me" | Junior Jack Junior Jack Junior Jack is an Italian-Belgian house music producer and DJ.-Biography:... |
| 9 March | "Something" | Lasgo Lasgo Lasgo is a Belgian trio of dance music musicians. The group formed in 2000 and is composed of Jelle Van Dael as the vocalist, and Peter Luts and Jeff Martens as record producers. Peter Luts confirmed in 2008 that Evi Goffin was not returning to the band, after choosing to become a full-time... |
| 16 March | "Its Gonna Be (A Lovely Day) Lovely Day (song) "Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Published in 1977 , the song was written by Withers and Skip Scarborough and appears on Withers' 1978 album Menagerie.... " |
Brancaccio & Aisher Brancaccio & Aisher Brancaccio & Aisher are a duo of house music producers Luke Brancaccio and Bruce Aisher.As remixers they have a large catalog of hits. They hit #1 on both the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and the UK Dance Chart in 2002 with the track "It's Gonna Be...", it also reached the position #40 in... |
| 23 March | "Its Gonna Be (A Lovely Day)" | Brancaccio & Aisher |
| 30 March | "Mindcircus" | Way Out West feat Tricia Lee |
| 6 April | "Shake Ur Body" | Shy FX Shy FX Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams, an English DJ and Producer from London. He specializes in Drum and Bass and Jungle music.-Biography:... & T-Power feat Di |
| 13 April | "Lethal Industry" | DJ Tiësto |
| 20 April | "Lazy" | X-Press 2 X-Press 2 X-Press 2 is an English electronic and dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel and DJ Rocky . Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009.-History:... featuring David Byrne David Byrne (musician) David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,... |
| 27 April | "Lazy" | X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne |
| 4 May | "Come With Us / The Test" | Chemical Brothers |
| 11 May | "At Night" | Shakedown Shakedown Shakedown may refer to:* Shakedown , a type of plastic deformation* Shakedown or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft... |
| 18 May | "At Night" | Shakedown |
| 25 May | "La La Land" | Green Velvet |
| 1 June | "You Can't Go Home Again" | DJ Shadow DJ Shadow Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed... |
| 8 June | "Punk" | Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry... |
| 15 June | "Madagascar" | Art of Trance Art of Trance Simon Paul Berry, known by his alias Art of Trance is a trance music artist from England. Berry is also known as Poltergeist or Vicious Circles, and has been a member of the trance groups Clanger, Conscious and Union Jack. In addition to his work as an artist, Berry was the co-founder and head of... |
| 22 June | "Love Story" | Layo & Bushwacka! Layo & Bushwacka! Layo & Bushwacka! is the pseudonym of DJs Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin.Along with Mr. C, Paskin was the co-owner of The End nightclub in London, where Benjamin was the resident DJ. Labelled variously as tech house, house or breakbeat, the pair usually record and DJ together.Benjamin's best... |
| 29 June | "Get Me Off" | Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s... |
| 6 July | "Mother" | M Factor 187 Lockdown 187 Lockdown was a British speed garage act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. The duo produced one album, with four singles released from it, and remixed many songs towards the end of the 1990s.... |
| 13 July | "Reckless Girl" | Beginerz |
| 20 July | "It Just Won't Do" | Tim Deluxe feat Sam Obernik |
| 27 July | "It Just Won't Do" | Tim Deluxe feat Sam Obernik |
| 3 August | "It Just Won't Do" | Tim Deluxe feat Sam Obernik |
| 10 August | "Safe From Harm" | Narcotic Thrust Narcotic Thrust Narcotic Thrust is an electronic and house music duo from the UK consisting of producers Stuart Crichton and Andy Morris. The name Narcotic Thrust is an anagram of "Stuart Crichton".... |
| 17 August | "Fascinated" | Raven Maize |
| 24 August | "DJ Nation" | Nukleuz DJs Nukleuz Nukleuz is a dance record label based in the Clapham area of London, UK. Nukleuz is the home to many artists and compilation series in various genres including trance, UK hardcore, tech house and hard house.... |
| 31 August | "Just The Way You Are" | Milky Milky Milky is a dance production group based in Italy. The act consists of producers Giordano Trivellato and Giuliano Sacchetto, with Italian singer Giuditta serving as their lead singer on their album, Star. Although Giuditta was the singer on the recordings, a model, the Egyptian born and German... |
| 7 September | "Rippin Kittin Rippin Kittin "Rippin Kittin" is the first single from the duo Miss Kittin and Golden Boy's album Or.-Critical reception:Pitchfork Media placed "Rippin Kittin" at number four-hundred thirty-five on its Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s list... " |
Golden Boy Golden Boy (artist) Golden Boy is a visual artist/musician best known for his collaborations with Miss Kittin such as the club hit "Rippin Kittin."-Career:A resident of Zurich, Switzerland, Altenburger first found recognition as a visual artist, winning the 1991 Swiss Federal Prize for Design and the 1994 Swiss... with Miss Kittin Miss Kittin Miss Kittin is an electronic music DJ, vocalist, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy... |
| 14 September | "Two Months Off Two Months Off "Two Months Off" is the first single by Underworld from the album A Hundred Days Off, originally released in 2002. This track was one of the first songs that they released as a duo... " |
Underworld Underworld (band) Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :... |
| 21 September | "Two Months Off" | Underworld |
| 28 September | "Fly With Me" | Coloursound |
| 5 October | "Take Me With You" | Cosmos Cosmos In the general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος , meaning "order" or "ornament" and is antithetical to the concept of chaos. Today, the word is generally used as a synonym of the word Universe . The word cosmos originates from the same root... |
| 12 October | "Days Go By" | Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas is a Grammy Award-winning British house music trio made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals... |
| 19 October | "Pressure Cooker" | G Club presents Banda Sonara |
| 26 October | "Shined On Me Shined On Me "Shined on Me" is a 2002 house song performed by Praise Cats featuring Andrea Love for the vocals. Behind the band is Eric Miller, also known as E-Smoove, who composed and produced the track.It reached #1 on the UK dance chart.-Track listings:... " |
Praise Cats Eric Miller (musician) Eric Miller is an American house music DJ, record producer and remixer. As E-Smoove he worked for a number of years with Steve "Silk" Hurley and Maurice Joshua, before he hit the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1998 with "Deja Vu," which climbed to #16. The song reached #63 in the UK... |
| 2 November | "Shiny Disco Balls" | Who Da Funk feat Jessica Eve |
| 9 November | "Shiny Disco Balls" | Who Da Funk feat Jessica Eve |
| 16 November | "LK (Carolina Carol Bela)" | D.Kay D.Kay D.Kay aka David Kulenkampff is a drum and bass producer.In 2001 D.Kay came together with Rawfull to form Ill.Skillz. Tracks from D.Kay were released on Soul:R, Bingo, Hospital and Renegade Hardware, and he has worked with Kasra, Marcus Intalex and Black Sun Empire... , Marky DJ Marky Marco Antonio Silva a.k.a. DJ Marky is a Brazilian drum and bass DJ.Together with DJ Patife, XRS Land and Drumagick, Brazilians were forging a new sound in drum and bass that became popular around the world with releases such as LK and Só Tinha Que Ser Com Você.-Career:He was brought to the... & XRS XRS Xerxes de Oliveira is a drum and bass producer from Brazil. He uses several pseudonyms including XRS, XRS Land, Friendtornik, and Kapitel 06... feat Stamina MC Stamina MC Stamina MC is a stage name of drum & bass MC and vocalist Linden Reeves. Stamina MC used both rapping and vocalizing.-Biography:His earliest experiences of MCing were on pirate radio in 1996; first Pressure FM , then on to currently active, once-pirate-but-no-longer station Rinse FM... |
| 23 November | "Diamond Life" | Louie Vega and Jay "Sinister" Sealee starring Julie McKnight |
| 30 November | "Obsession" | Tiësto Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto... featuring Junkie XL Junkie XL Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits".... |
| 7 December | "Revolution" | BK BK (musician) BK is the working name of the English hard house producer Ben Keen .His "Revolution" single became one of the few hard house records to receive regular airplay on daytime BBC Radio 1, and between 1995 and 2005, he produced over one hundred 12” singles. He was the last artist to reach the UK Singles... |
| 14 December | "Revolution" | BK |
| 21 December | "Live Or Die / South Manz" | Dillinja Dillinja Dillinja, is an English drum and bass DJ, record producer and entrepreneur.-History:... |
| 28 December | "Wolf" | Shy FX Shy FX Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams, an English DJ and Producer from London. He specializes in Drum and Bass and Jungle music.-Biography:... |