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 24/12/05


1 (4) WATCHIN’ / Freemasons ft Amanda Wilson / Loaded
With forthcoming mixes from Walken, Motivo and Bush II Bush
2 (3) NEED YOU NOW / Soul Central / Defected
Cover of the Italian piano classic from Nikita Warren
3 NEW RIDE A WHITE HORSE / Goldfrapp / Mute
With mixes from Francois Kevorkian and Serge Santiago
4 RE JEALOUSY / Martin Solveig / Defected
Now geared up for a full release
5 (1) DREAMS / Deep Dish / Positiva
Cover of the Fleetwoord Mac classic with original vocalist Stevie Nicks
6 (9) ALRIGHT / Red Carpet / Positiva
Back with new mixes from Tiger Stripes
7 (8) I’LL BE READY / Sunblock / Stockholm
Leaders in the ‘battle of the Baywatch themes’
8 NEW LOOKING BACK / Route 33 / CDR
Smooth infectious vocal house tune
9 NEW TAKE ME AWAY / Haji & Emmanuel / Big Love
With new mixes from Stonebridge and Dave Spoon
10 (13) BE WITHOUT YOU / Mary J Blige / Geffen
Moto Blanco provide the excellent house mixes
11 (20) SOMETHING / Silosonic / Adhesive
Reworking of Julia & Company’s 80’s latin club smash ‘Breakin Down’
12 NEW LIVE FOR ONE DAY / Natural High / Art & Craft
With remix from Seamus Haji and Paul Emanuel
13 (12) YOU GOT ME / VHS Or Beta / Virgin
With Baby Daddy (Scissor Sisters) and The Juan Maclean on the mix
14 NEW OVER AND OVER / Hot Chip / EMI
With hot remixes from Solid Groove
15 (10) LIFE TO LIVE / Layo & Bushwacka / Olmeto
Hot new single and featuring Green Velvet on vocals
16 NEW BURN THE WITCH / Queens Of The Stone Age / Island
With remixes from UNKLE and Peaches
17 NEW NOT SO DIRTY / Who’s Who / Azuli
Steve Angello with a tough electro house excursion
18 NEW GOING NOWHERE / Cut Copy / Modular
With mixes from Digitalism and Whitey
19 NEW SHAKE / Ying Yang Twins ft Pitbull / TVT
Crunk favourities get an X-Press 2 house makeover
20 NEW LOVE SHOW / Skye / Atlantic
With remixes from Tom Novy


© Original Artists 2005


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).