Suggestions for contemporary ballroom music? - Add to Dance Music Guide?

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So the music I'm using is getting a bit stale. I need some fresh tunes!

I was hoping you guys could make some suggestions, but to post them to the DF Dance Music Guide as well so that everybody could find them later. The link to that is here: Ballroom Dance Music

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it...
 
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"To Be With You" rumba..... "Run for the Roses" waltz..... "pontelo" cha

I'll try to put them on the music board.
 
I'm sleepy, so I'll add some more later. But here are some from my song lists:

Rumba:

I Won't Walk Away - Jewel
Hurt - Johnny Cash (little weird, but it kinda works. :) )
Always - Erasure
Hoizon - Assemblage 23
Alegria - Cirque Du Soleil
California Dreamin' - Queen Latifah
Enigma - Sadness
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Todo Mi Amor - Paulina Rubio
A Little Pain - Olivia (By-lingual, mostly Japanese)

Samba:

La Tortura - Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz
Suerte - Shakira

Waltz:

Dark Waltz - Hayley Westenra
Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel
Serenade To Spring - Secret Garden
Greenwaves - Secret Garden
La Fontaine - Connie Dover
Runaway - The Corrs
The Last Waltz - Yeong-wook Jo
Adiemus - Karl Jenkins
This Love - Angela Aki (Japanese)
Kiseki no Umi - Kanno Youko (Japanese)


V. Waltz:

Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World
A Day Goes By - Shao Rong
Show Me The Way - Styx
Elegia - New Order
Time - Chantal Kreviazuk
Valsapena - Cirque Du Soleil
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Ice Cream - Sarah McLauglin
Smoke - Ben Folds Five
Ampersand - Amanda Palmer
 
Thank you so much for the suggestions! Please keep them coming. iTunes loves you for it. :)

When I say contemporary... I guess what I want are songs from the five years or so. I'm willing to go as far back as 10, but I really want to avoid dipping too far back into the 90's.
 
Hey all, I've found that pretty much all of Micheal Buble's music is very danceable. Just get a couple of his CDs
 
Looking for song ideas

Hi everyone!

I'm in lack of inspiration right now tp update my current playlist of songs and I thought your help could be a real saver for me :)

I'm looking for modern songs in these categories`:
Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Triple Swing (or jive)
and for the standard : Slow Waltz and Foxtrot

I have some examples of what I already have :
Cha Cha - Poker Face by Lady Gaga, Celebration by Madonna
Samba - Mas que Nada by BEP
Rumba - I wanna know what love is by Mariah Carey
Triple Swing - I kissed a girl by Katy Perry
Slow Wlatz - Come away with me - Norah Jones
Foxtrot - Baby it's cold outside

Thanks for your help :)
 
Cha Cha - You Know What (Clean Version) by N.E.R.D.
Cha Cha - Star by Estelle

Swing - Radar by Britney Spears
 
Rumba:
Apologize by One Republic
Kokomo by the Beach Boys
Save the last dance for me by Michael Buble
Paxi Ni Ngongo by Angola 72. (not too modern but it's great!)
 
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