I've a gig coming up where the client has specified a liking of old songs that have been re-done in a funky house way - the first example that comes to mind if Eric Prydz - Call on Me.

Other tunes off the top of my head:
Max Graham - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Cabin Crew - Star to Fall

Possibly even stuff like Girls Aloud - Jump too.

Can you help me add some more please?

Velvet - Electric avenue
Alcazar - world we live in (land of confusion)

Is this the way to ******** cant write the word as it sends dj's into depression!

AHa take on me --techno remix
Barry manilow-- cococabanna remix
Climax--Everywhere (fleetwood mac oldie)
DHT--listen to your heart
Dizzy deejays--Good life remix
Dizzy deejays--the only way is up
Digital dog--we dont have to take our clothes off
Energy--take my breath away
Chosen few--everybody wants to rule the world
DJ rankin--Killing me softly (bit hard though)
Dolly parto--nine to five white label mix
Eyeopener--sexy eyes (great tune)
Global deejays--Flashdance theme
Grandmaster club version of white lines
Last night a dj saved my life remix is good
Baz white--my first my last remix
Party pimps Holiday remix
Solasso vs bannanarama--really saying something
Thomas Falke--high on emotion

There some of me club remixes dont if the tracks revamped our old enuff for ya

Woah there boys;
I was under the impression that this topic was about old tracks that had been remade in a Funky House style?! some of the above tracks aren't Funky House; Girls Aloud Barry Manilow Techno remix

A couple for yer:
The Ones-Flawless (Garys Gang-Keep on dancin)
Terry Maxx-Walking in the name (Harvey Mason-Groovin you)
Joey Negro-Love Hangover(Diana Ross)
Chris Bangs & Kandi-You know how to love me(Phyllis Hyman)

(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real - Byron Stingily
Keep On Jumping - Lisa Marie Experience

John Julius Knight - Circles
John Julius Knight - Always There

There's a great remake of De'Llacy - Hideaway on a Slip ' n slide promo at the moment, the Pete Gooding mix absolutely rocks! You can get a 12"

Another useable one although quite cheesy is wings - silly love songs which is on Whit disc a few issues ago

An there's Silsonic - Something to make you feel alright (Lowered) which is awesome and was around in April

I agree with Eskie.

The 'line' between funky house and pop remix is thin but not to difficult to tell the difference.

I would add Black Legend from a few years back over that of Girls Aloud.
But if the client doesn't mind funky pop / remix's then great...add Steps to the list!

The client is a 40 year old Kylie fan - it's basically Kylie all night so a bit of funky pop would probably be OK. The husband is a fan of 70's punk...so I'm happy.

Oh, me and her two teenage sons are forming a Green Day tribute act for one performance only too!

i have quite a few old tunes that have been revamped into funky house tunes,
George benson - give me the night
madonna - like a prayer
?? - old piano

and a few more but cant remember at the moment !

Diana Ross?

a 40 year old's definition of funky is different to the clubbing generation's definition.
neeeee...

On my list above i just put anythin thats been re vamped in the funcky/club scene

I spoke to the client last night and she clarified her statement as "...re-released dance track versions of 80's stuff..."

That should open the flood gates...!

Milk & Sugar vs. John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air

Have you got this tune BTW? I play it a lot, all ages dance to it.

Rytham fatel--Man in the mirror

Vinylshakers--Club Tropicana

I love funky house mixes of old tracks, and have loads of them (including many of them above). I've been buying several a month on vinyl for the past few years, and have some great stuff.

Some I find I play for a few months and then move on, and others (like Milk & Sugars "Love Is In The Air") I still play regularly after a few years because they always get a great reaction from all age groups.

And that's the advantage of the best of these remixes. They are similar enough to the original, that the older people like them, but have the current sound that appeals to the younger crowd (unless they are R&B/Hip-Hop heads).

My most played recent one is Grant Nelsons remix of Sister Sledge's "Thinking Of You". Pure class, and works with all age groups.