Eurodance

E210382
electronic dance music genre music genre

Eurodance is a high-energy electronic dance music genre that emerged in late 1980s Europe, blending techno, house, and Euro disco with catchy melodies, synth-driven hooks, and a mix of sung choruses and rap verses.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eurodance canonical 27
Benelux Eurodance scene 1
Eurodance movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (138)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electronic dance music genre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalOrigin Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
derivativeOf Euro disco ⓘ
Italo disco ⓘ
linked to: Italo dance

hi-NRG ⓘ
house music ⓘ
techno ⓘ
developedInPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anthemic choruses ⓘ
catchy melodies ⓘ
danceable beats ⓘ
high-energy sound ⓘ
synth-driven hooks ⓘ
upbeat tempo ⓘ
hasRegionalScene Benelux Eurodance scene ⓘ
linked to: Eurodance

Eastern European Eurodance scene ⓘ
German Eurodance scene ⓘ
Italian Eurodance scene ⓘ
Scandinavian Eurodance scene ⓘ
hasSubgenre bubblegum dance ⓘ
happy hardcore-influenced Eurodance ⓘ
influenced 2000s dance-pop ⓘ
contemporary EDM ⓘ
late-1990s pop music ⓘ
influencedBy Eurobeat ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
new beat ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
trance ⓘ
lyricalTheme dance ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ
love ⓘ
party ⓘ
positivity ⓘ
musicFusionGenreOf Euro disco ⓘ
house music ⓘ
techno ⓘ
notableArtist 2 Unlimited ⓘ
Ace of Base ⓘ
Captain Hollywood Project ⓘ
Corona ⓘ
Culture Beat ⓘ
DJ Bobo ⓘ
Dr. Alban ⓘ
E-Type ⓘ
Haddaway ⓘ
linked to: haddaway

La Bouche ⓘ
Masterboy ⓘ
Real McCoy ⓘ
Snap! ⓘ
Twenty 4 Seven ⓘ
Vengaboys ⓘ
notableTrack "Another Night" ⓘ
linked to: Another Night

"Be My Lover" ⓘ
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" ⓘ
"Cotton Eye Joe" ⓘ
"It's My Life" ⓘ
linked to: It's My Life

"Mr. Vain" ⓘ
"No Limit" ⓘ
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" ⓘ
"The Rhythm of the Night" ⓘ
linked to: The Rhythm of the Night

"What Is Love" ⓘ
linked to: What Is Love
peakPopularity early 1990s ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ
mid-1990s ⓘ
periodOfDecline early 2000s ⓘ
relatedGenre Eurobeat ⓘ
Italo dance ⓘ
bubblegum dance ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
hands up ⓘ
happy hardcore ⓘ
hi-NRG ⓘ
trance ⓘ
revivalPeriod 2010s nostalgia wave ⓘ
2020s TikTok-driven revival ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Euro disco ⓘ
Italo disco ⓘ
linked to: Euro disco

dance-pop ⓘ
hi-NRG ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
house music ⓘ
techno ⓘ
typicalAudience club-goers ⓘ
youth culture ⓘ
typicalLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
typicalSetting dance festivals ⓘ
discotheques ⓘ
nightclubs ⓘ
radio airplay ⓘ
typicalTempoRange 110–150 BPM ⓘ
usesElement chorus-focused song structures ⓘ
four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern ⓘ
prominent basslines ⓘ
repetitive hooks ⓘ
usesInstrument drum machine ⓘ
sampler ⓘ
sequencer ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocalStyle female sung vocals ⓘ
male rap vocals ⓘ
rap verses ⓘ
sung choruses ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Beginning → hasMusicGenreInfluence → Eurodance ⓘ
Dance/Electronic Music Field → includesGenre → Eurodance ⓘ
Eurodance → hasRegionalScene → Benelux Eurodance scene ⓘ
linked to: Eurodance
Blue → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Europop → stylisticOrigin → Eurodance ⓘ
Europop → influenced → Eurodance ⓘ
Euro disco → influenced → Eurodance ⓘ
Euro disco → relatedGenre → Eurodance ⓘ
Francesco Bontempi → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
What Is Love → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Love? → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
On the Floor → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Dana International → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Butterfly (song) → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
International Smile → hasSubgenreInfluence → Eurodance ⓘ
Corona → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Checco → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
Jenny B → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
I Can Only Imagine → hasMusicalStyle → Eurodance ⓘ
Judas → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
2 Unlimited → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
2 Unlimited → associatedWith → Eurodance movement ⓘ
linked to: Eurodance
Rhythm Is a Dancer → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
subject linked to: "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Italo dance → subgenreOf → Eurodance ⓘ
Italo dance → sharesCharacteristicsWith → Eurodance ⓘ
S&M → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
subject linked to: Rihanna – "S&M"
Skin (song) → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
subject linked to: Skin
John Miles Jr. → genre → Eurodance ⓘ
One More Time → genre → Eurodance ⓘ