JONO’ BRIEN
House music may have been initially dismissed as a cult concern by the nation’s one-time ultimate tastemaker Radio 1, but within a few short years the subgenre had spawned multiple No.1 hits, influencing everyone from Stock Aitken & Waterman to The Style Council and essentially kickstarted a cultural movement that still resonates three decades on. Narrowing down the biggest bangers to emerge from the early era of glowsticks, tie-dyed T-shirts and massive yellow smiley faces was therefore quite the challenge. Limiting our selection to only UK Top 20 hits (hence the lack of godfathers Frankie Knuckles, Jungle Brothers, Mr Fingers etc), we’ve included only one track per artist (so no Superfly Guy or People Hold On) and avoided anything which strayed too far into pure pop (see Mel & Kim’s Respectable, Yazz’s The Only Way Is Up), here’s our countdown. Can anyone say Acieed?