W"3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by the British acid house group The KLF. Numerous versions of the song were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and leading to The KLF becoming the internationally biggest-selling singles band of 1991. When, the following year, The KLF accepted an invitation to perform at the 1992 BRIT Awards ceremony, they caused controversy with a succession of anti-establishment gestures that included a duet performance of "3 a.m. Eternal" with the crust punk band Extreme Noise Terror, during which The KLF co-founder Bill Drummond fired machine-gun blanks over the audience of music industry luminaries. A studio-produced version of this song was issued as a limited edition mail order 7" single, the final release by The KLF and their independent record label, KLF Communications. In 2003, Q Magazine ranked "3 a.m. Eternal" at number 150 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".
W"About a Girl" is a song by English girl group Sugababes from their seventh studio album, Sweet 7 (2010). RedOne produced the song and wrote it in collaboration with Makeba Riddick. It is an uptempo europop and house song with a dance-inspired middle eight. The song was released on 8 November 2009 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as the album's second single. "About a Girl" is the first single to feature vocals by band member Jade Ewen, following the departure of Keisha Buchanan in September 2009.
W"Absolute E-Sensual" is a 1995 dance song by British singer-songwriter Jaki Graham. It was released as the third and final single from her 1994 album, Real Life. The song peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, with 13 weeks within the chart. The song also peaked at number 54 in Australia and number 69 in the UK.
W"Ain't No Love " is a song by British dance act Sub Sub. It was released as a single in March 1993 and features Temper Temper's Melanie Williams on vocals. In the music video, Jimi Goodwin plays bass, Jez Williams plays keyboards and percussion, and Andy Williams plays keytar. This song was the act's biggest single, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and becoming one of many dance singles in 1993 to cross over into mainstream popularity in the UK. After struggling to repeat the success of the single, and after a fire destroyed the band's Ancoats studio in 1996, the group eventually reformed with a radically different sound as Doves in 1998.
W"Ain't No Man" is a 1992 song by UK artist Dina Carroll. After singing on two singles with British dance production duo Quartz, Carroll was relaunched as a solo artist with the song. It was released as the first single from her album, So Close. Lyrically it is sung from the view of a woman singing to her man, telling him that there ain't no man that makes her feel like he do. Carroll told in an 1992 interview, "We wanted an anthemic, memorable song. For some reason, Nigel [Lewis] brought up 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', and that idea evolved into 'Ain't No Man'." The song peaked at number 16 in the UK charts, number 26 in the Netherlands and number 63 in Germany. A colorful music video was shot to accompany the song. It was directed by Pedro Romhanyi.
W"America " is a song by Full Intention. The song contains a sample of Patrick Juvet's 1978 hit "I Love America" and was included in Anthems II 1991-2009, a composition by Ministry of Sound. On the U.S. dance chart, it spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart in 1996.
W"Beat Dis" is a song by British act Bomb the Bass, a studio production formed by producer Tim Simenon, from the act's album Into the Dragon. Like other hits of the era such as "Pump Up the Volume" by MARRS and "Theme from S'Express" by S'Express, it largely consists of samples. The centre label on the record features a smiley lifted from Watchmen. This usage was the origin of the use of the smiley as a symbol for acid house.
W"Bow Down Mister" is a song written by English singer Boy George, under the pseudonym "Angela Dust", and recorded by his first musical group following his departure from Culture Club, Jesus Loves You. Inspired by a trip George took to India, the song is a tribute to the Hare Krishna movement and incorporates the Hare Krishna mantra.
W"Collide" is a song performed by British recording artist Leona Lewis and Swedish DJ and record producer Avicii. It was written by Tim Bergling, Simon Jeffes, Arash Pournouri, Autumn Rowe, Sandy Wilhelm, with production helmed by Wilhelm under his production name Sandy Vee and Youngboyz. "Collide" is a house-inspired love song with instrumentation consisting of piano riffs and a guitar. The song was recorded for Lewis' third studio album Glassheart, but was not included on the album's final track listing.
W"Dirty Cash " is a song by British dance act The Adventures of Stevie V. It was first released in 1989 on Mercury Record Label, then again in 1990 both on 7" vinyl, where it went to number one on the US dance chart. It features Melody Washington, a music teacher from Georgia living in England and teaching for the U.S. Air Force, who met Stevie while she was playing in a local club near his home. Mick Walsh composed the track while Stevie Vincent produced it. In 1997, "Dirty Cash" was re-released as a remastered '97 remix, and in June 2014, the song was once again remixed, this time by Alan Fitzpatrick. In 2013, Australian music channel Max placed the song at number 487 in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time".
W"Electricity" is a song by British-American music duo Silk City and English singer Dua Lipa featuring American DJ Diplo and British musician Mark Ronson, from the Silk City's debut EP of the same name (2019). The song was written by Silk City members: Ronson and Diplo, alongside Lipa, Diana Gordon, Romy Madley Croft, Jr Blender, Jacob Olofsson, Rami Dawod, Maxime Picard and Clément Picard, with production from Silk City and additional production from Jarami, Riton, Alex Metric, and Blender. It was released for digital download and streaming through Columbia Records and Sony Music on 6 September 2018 as the fourth single from the EP. The song was also included on the super deluxe edition of Lipa's debut album, Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018).
W"Flawless " is a song co-written and performed by British singer George Michael and released by Sony BMG on 28 June 2004. It samples "Flawless", originally recorded by the electronic music band The Ones which in turn samples "Keep On Dancin'" (1978), originally recorded by Gary's Gang, and 'Romeo & Juliet' by Alec R. Costandinos. The song was taken from Michael's album Patience.
W"God Is a DJ" is a song by British group Faithless. It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from their album, Sunday 8PM. The single reached number six in the United Kingdom and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in September 1998.
W"Hear the Drummer " is a song by English DJ Chad Jackson, released in 1990. It consists of samples, and peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was co-produced by Steve Mac.
W"Lost in Music" is a 1991 song by Stereo MCs. It spent a week at #1 on the US Hot Dance Club chart, and also charted at #46 in the UK.
W"Love on My Mind" is a song by British dance band Freemasons. It was released as the first single from their debut album Shakedown, which was not released until 2007, and features vocals from British singer Amanda Wilson. The song's melody and some of its lyrics sample the 1979 hit "This Time Baby" by Jackie Moore. Additionally, it includes the lyrics from the chorus of the Tina Turner song "When the Heartache Is Over".
W"More than Friends" is a 2017 song by James Hype featuring Kelli-Leigh, it was released by Warner Music on 7 July 2017 and peaked at number 8 in the United Kingdom. The song is a remake of En Vogue's 1996 song "Don't Let Go (Love)", rearranging lines from the track into a new order.
W"Special Kind of Love" is a 1992 song by UK artist Dina Carroll. It was released as the second single from her album, So Close and is written/produced by American record producers, songwriters, and remixers Clivillés and Cole. Carroll was approached by them and invited to New York to become the first British artist to work with the producers. The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, number 26 in the Netherlands and number 60 in Germany.
W"Strings of Life" is a 1987 single by American electronic musician Derrick May, under the name Rhythim Is Rhythim. It is his most well-known song and considered a classic in both the house music and techno genres. May is credited with developing the futuristic variation that would be dubbed "techno". LA Weekly ranked the song at number-one in their list of "The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History" in 2015.
W"Turn Around" is a song by British electronic dance music duo Phats & Small. The song samples vocals, primarily from the first verse, of Toney Lee's "Reach Up" and Change's "The Glow of Love". It was released on 29 March 1999 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.
W"Voodoo Ray" is a 1988 acid house single by Gerald Simpson, recording under the name A Guy Called Gerald. The single was released in the UK in 1988, in the 7" and 12" vinyl formats, on the Rham! label. It was released in the United States in 1989 by Warlock Records.
W"Whitney Joins The JAMs" is a song and 1987 single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. The song, released on The JAMs' independent label KLF Communications, is built around plagiarised samples of Whitney Houston in which—thanks to studio technology—she "joins The JAMs".
W"You Want Me" is a song by English rapper and producer Tom Zanetti.