The Cool Cuts is the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart compiled from reactions from tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts shop panel.


The Cool Cuts is broadcast on Ministry Of Sound Digital Radio every Friday between 4.30 and 5pm and on Tall Paul’s Kiss 100 show. The Cool Cuts is published in the UK’s leading music industry trade publication Music Week and on www.musicweek.com


Cool Cuts Chart for MW issue date 17/12/05


1 (4) DREAMS / Deep Dish / Positiva
Cover of the Fleetwoord Mac classic with original vocalist Stevie Nicks
2 (1) MAN IN THE MIRROR / Rhythme Fatal ft Redd / AATW
Huge Michael Jackson cover with mixes from Kenny Hayes and Dancing DJs
3 (4) NEED YOU NOW / Soul Central / Defected
Cover of the Italian piano classic from Nikita Warren
4 NEW WATCHIN’ / Freemasons ft Amanda Wilson / Loaded
With forthcoming mixes from Walken, Motivo and Bush II Bush
5 (6) SPEECHLESS / Mish Mash / Data
The Jacksons-esque tune is back with new mixes
6 (7) BOY / Walken / Free Maison
Catchy vocal and great bassline on the Freemasons’ label
7 (9) I’VE GOT THE MUSIC / Boogie Pimps / Data
Cover of the Kiki Dee pop classic
8 NEW I’LL BE READY / Sunblock / Stockholm
Leaders in the ‘battle of the Baywatch themes’
9 RE ALRIGHT / Red Carpet / Positiva
Back with new mixes from Tiger Stripes
10 NEW LIFE TO LIVE / Layo & Bushwacka / Olmeto
Hot new single and featuring Green Velvet on vocals
11 (13) WHITE DWARF / Chicken Lips / Adrift
With mixes from The Juan Maclean, 20:20 Soundsystem and Freaks
12 NEW YOU GOT ME / VHS Or Beta / Virgin
With Baby Daddy (Scissor Sisters) and The Juan Maclean on the mix
13 NEW BE WITHOUT YOU / Mary J Blige / Geffen
Moto Blanco provide the excellent house mixes
14 (10) TAKE IT / Tom Novy / Kosmo
Hot on the heels of his top ten hit
15 NEW GOOD AS GOLD / Tiga / PIAS
With mixes fom Morgan Geist and Zdar
16 NEW JOY / Staxx / Champion
House classic in new mixes from Stonebridge and Bimbo Jones
17 NEW SET IT OFF / Stereo MC’s / Graffiti
Featuring mixes from Cavemen and Deekline & Wizard
18 NEW THE LOVES WE LOST / Tiesto presents Allure / Maelstrom
With a remix from Tilt
19 NEW LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL / Various Artists / Toolroom
4 track EP including tracks from Richard Dinsdale, Hughes & Spier and others
20 NEW SOMETHING / Silosonic / Adhesive
Reworking of Julia & Company’s 80’s latin club smash ‘Breakin Down’


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The Cool Cuts is compiled from reactions from Tastemaker DJs and from the Cool Cuts shop panel: Bang Bang (Bristol), Black Market (London), Bradley’s (Halifax), Catapult (Cardiff), Citysounds (London), Crash (Leeds), Covert (Brighton), Eastern Bloc (Manchester) Global Groove (Stoke), Know How (London) Massive (Oxford & Birmingham), Mixmaster (Belfast), Plastic Fantastic (London), Power (Wigan), Pure Groove (London), Streetwise (Cambridge), The Disc (Bradford), 3 Beat (Liverpool), Trax (London), 23rd Precinct (Glasgow), Urban (Brighton).