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96-98 mini-trend of dance versions of old themes as blockbuster soundtrack hits

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Poll Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2026 00:00 (in 5 days)

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Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen - Theme From Mission: Impossible (UK #7, also US #7)
Orbital - The Saint (UK #3)
Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) (UK #8)
ApolloFourForty - Lost in Space (UK #4)


you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 4 August 2026 21:14 (two days ago)

mission:impossible - this might actually be my favourite, even though (or partly because) it four-squares out the original jazz time signature, a bit like when the bill updated their theme tune in 1998

the saint - this was the first orbital single i knew to be by orbital. i had a second-hand copy of now 37 in the mid-00s and was curious who the stick figures next to the fancy car might be (ditto the weird atomic alien used as the image for brainbug, whose 'nightmare' was the next track).

james bond - not unlike the 'batdance' situation this was not actually used in tomorrow never dies itself but a proper tie-in single. i associate it with pf project's 'choose life', probably because they were always on the same compilations.

lost in space - by this point as a singles group apollo 440 are basically electronica's equivalent to (the) art of noise after horn and morley's departure, but after 'carnaval de paris' this was the second summer 98 instrumental dance hit based around a huge felt-tip fanfare, which is why i really liked both as a kid.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 4 August 2026 21:22 (two days ago)

that Apollo440 song seemed to be everywhere for years

voted the saint

nxd, Tuesday, 4 August 2026 21:29 (two days ago)

The Moby track has some great remixes by Grooverider, CJ Bolland and Oliver Lieb

Siegbran, Wednesday, 5 August 2026 20:36 (yesterday)


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