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Your essential guide to the very best dance and electronic music from the year 2006!

Pete Tong takes us back to 2006 - a landmark year when electro house exploded, Daft Punk unveiled their legendary pyramid at Coachella, and a young Calvin Harris was discovered on MySpace.

Expect club classics, floor-fillers, and unforgettable moments from dance music’s golden era including Bodyrox, Justice vs Simian, Booka Shade, David Guetta and Bob Sinclar, and Axwell live from Café Mambo in Ibiza.

Produced by We Are Grape for BBC Radio 1 Dance.

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Music Played

  • Eric Prydz vs Pink Floyd

    Proper Education

    • Proper Education.
    • Ministry Of Sound/Positiva.

  • Dave Lee

    Make A Move On Me

    • Make A Move On Me.
    • Data.

  • Steve Angello, Axwell & Supermode

    Tell Me Why

    • Axtone Records.

  • BeatFreakz

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Somebody's Watching Me.
    • Data.

  • David Guetta vs The Egg

    Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)

    • Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away).
    • Gusto.

  • Meck

    Thunder In My Heart Again (feat. Leo Sayer)

    • Thunder In My Heart Again.
    • Apollo/Free2Air.

  • Daft Punk

    Robot Rock / Oh Yeah

  • Madonna

    Sorry

    • Sorry.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Justice vs Simian

    We Are Your Friends

    • Virgin.

  • Calvin Harris

    The Girls

    • The Girls.
    • Columbia.

  • Scissor Sisters & Paper Faces

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Paper Faces Remix)

    • Polydor.

  • Fish Go Deep

    The Cure & The Cause (feat. Tracey K)

    • Defected.

  • Solu Music & KimBlee

    Fade (Grant Nelson Big Room Vocal Mix)

    • Electronic Nature Records.

  • Lifelike & Kris Menace

    Discopolis

  • Âme

    Rej

    • Sonar Kollektiv.

  • Gabriel & Dresden

    Tracking Treasure Down (feat. Molly)

    • Organized Nature.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Minimal (Tocadisco's Sunday At Space Mix)

    • EMI.

  • Bob Sinclar

    World, Hold On (Children Of The Sky) (Live PA) (feat. Steve Edwards)

  • Till West

    Same Man (feat. DJ Delicious)

    • Same Man 12".
    • Data Records.
    • 2.

  • Outwork

    Elektro (feat. Mr. Gee)

    • Ultra.

  • J Majik & Wickaman

    Crazy World

    • Data Records.

  • Booka Shade

    In White Rooms

    • Get Physical Music.

  • Axwell

    I Found U (feat. Max’C)

  • Madonna & Axwell

    Jump (Axwell Remix)

  • Darkmountaingroup

    Lose Control

  • Justin Timberlake

    SexyBack (Axwell Edit) (feat. Timbaland)

  • Chris Lake

    Changes (Dirty South Remix) (feat. Laura V)

    Remix Artist: Dirty South.

  • Paul Woolford & Bobby Peru

    Erotic Discourse

  • The Automatic

    Monster (Axwell Edit)

  • Fedde Le Grand

    Put Your Hands Up For Detroit

Broadcasts

  • Sat 1 Nov 202519:00
    BBC Radio 1 Dance
  • Sun 30 Nov 202519:00
    BBC Radio 1 Dance
  • Sun 28 Dec 202521:00
    BBC Radio 1 Dance