On our list of the 200 Greatest Dance Songs All Time, one name kept popping up: producer and guitarist nilerodgers. The legend spoke to us about some of his own faves:
From that point forward, Rodgers and his bandmates in Chic dedicated themselves to disco. Their first two singles, both released in 1977, were “Dance, Dance, Dance ” and “Everybody Dance,” and before the decade was up, they had scored two Number One hits — “Le Freak” and “Good Times.” As a producer, Rodgers contributed to dance-floor–ready hits for Sister Sledge , Diana Ross , David Bowie , Madonna , and Daft Punk , among dozens of others.
Although Rodgers is more of a roller skater than a “regular dancer” , he has come to feel naturally what makes a good dance song. “I think if the combination of ingredients of a song sparks a primal response, like it makes people want to dance — they don’t need to know what the song is about or anything like that, just the groove or the vibe — that’s what makes a great dance song,” he says on a Zoom interview, seated in a room surrounded by his innumerable gold and platinum plaques.
Here are 11 of the songs that have hit Rodgers the hardest with his commentary about why they’re his favorites.If I was going to think of just my favorite just jam, where you just walk in and you hear it and you’ve got to run to the dance floor, it would be, [] “Pump up the jam, pump it up while your feet are stomping.” It’s just so magical and so incredible that no matter how many thousands of times I’ve heard it, you still get the same reaction.
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