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100 Greatest Trance Songs

Criteria: Songs listed are based on impact, influence, and popularity.

 Description: Trance music is a subgenre within dance/electronic music. It is characterized by beautiful melodies or long, repetitive hypnotic beats (hence the name trance) and has an ancient-ethereal-tribal or churchy feel. Early trance was closely related to the techno and acid scenes. However, it soon began to be more melodic and vocal, using strings, pianos, etc., and relied on a build-tension-release formula. Trance music's roots lie primarily in techno, house, and EBM. Songs listed are based on impact, influence, and popularity.

Edited By: Jeff B.
Last Updated: 2007-11-13
Newly added names are in  Red 
  1. The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon's Watch Out For Stella remix) - Age of Love
  2. We Came in Peace - Dance 2 Trance
  3. Acperience - Hardfloor
  4. Café Del Mar (Three N One remix) - Energy 52
  5. For An Angel (Angel in Heaven) (PVD's E-Werk remix) - Paul Van Dyk
  6. Stella - Jam & Spoon
  7. Mahadeva - Astral Projection
  8. Children (Dream version) - Robert Miles
  9. 1998 (Paul Van Dyk remix) - Binary Finary
10. The First Rebirth - Jones & Stephenson
11. Loops and Tings - Jens
12. Schoneberg (Marmion remix) - Marmion
13. The House of House - Cherry Moon Trax
14. Dreams - Quench
15. Love Stimulation (PVD remix) - Paul Van Dyk pres. Humate
16. Two Full Moons and a Trout (Exclusive 14 remix) - Union Jack
17. LSD - Hallucinogen
18. Beachball - Nalin & Kane
19. Offshore - Chicane with Power Circle
20. Flaming June (B.T. and PVD remix) - B.T.
21. The Orange Theme - Cygnus X
22. Are Am Eye - Commander Tom
23. Calling Earth - Yves Deruyter
24. Out-of-Body Experience - Rabbit in the Moon
25. How Much Can You Take? - Visions of Shiva
26. Camargue - C.J. Bolland
27. Pulverturm - Neils Van Gogh
28. Hello San Francisco - Dance 2 Trance
29. Superstring (Rank 1 remix) - Cygnus X
30. Madagasca (Ferry Corsten remix) - Art of Trance
31. Sandstorm - DaRude
32. 9 PM (Till I Come) - ATB
33. Not Over Yet (original, '99) - Planet Perfecto pres. Grace
34. Silence (DJ Tiesto in Search of Sunrise remix) - Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan
35. Amphetamine - Drax Ltd.
36. Lost In Love - Legend B.
37. It's Our Future - AWEX
38. Acid Phase - Emmanuel Top
39. Techno-Trance - D-Shake
40. Turkish Bazaar - Emmanuel Top
41. L'Esperanza - Sven Vath
42. Loops Of Infinity (Contemplative) (Arpeggiators remix) - Cosmic Baby
43. No Fate - Zyon
44. Saltwater (Tomski vs Disco Citizens remix) - Chicane feat. Maire Brennan of Clannad
45. Ready to Flow - Nikolai
46. Synaesthesia (Fly Away) - Thrillseekers feat. Sheryl Deane
47. Barber's Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten remix) - William Orbit
48. Universal Nation (The Real Anthem) - Push
49. Anomaly...Calling Your Name (Granny's Epicure remix) - Libra Pres. Taylor
50. Kernkraft 400 (EP version) - Zombie Nation
51. Meet Her At the Love Parade - Da Hool
52. Seven Days and One Week - B.B.E.
53. Greece 2000 - Three Drives on a Vinyl
54. Toca's Miracle - Fragma
55. Out of the Blue - System F
56. El Nino - Agnelli & Nelson
57. Gouryella - Gouryella
58. Everytime (Nalin & Kane remix) - Lustral
59. Ayla (Part I, Part II) - Ayla
60. Carte Blanche - Vera Cocha
61. Liberation (Temptation - Fly Like An Eagle) - Matt Darey pres. Mash-Up feat. Marcella Woods
62. Encore Une Fois! (Future Breeze remix) - Sash!
63. Invisible (Lost Tribe remix) - Tilt
64. Everyday (Lange remix) - Agnelli & Nelson
65. Nightmare (Sinister Strings rmix) - Brainbug
66. Waterfall - Atlantic Ocean
67. Xpander - Sasha
68. 10 in 01 (PVD's Only remix) - Members of Mayday
69. Gamemaster - Lost Tribe
70. The Silence - Mike Koglin
71. Cream (Paul Van Dyk remix) - Blank & Jones
72. Das Glockenspiel - Schiller
73. Heaven Scent - Bedrock
74. Airwave (Breathing (Rank 1 vs Dutch Force remix) - Rank 1
75. Seven Cities (Solar Stone's Atlantis remix) - Solar Stone
76. Suburban Train - DJ Tiesto
77. Psycho - Infected Mushroom
78. Follow Me - Jam & Spoon
79. Teleport - Man with No Name
80. Instant Moments - R.O.O.S.
81. Sonic Empire - Members of Mayday
82. Blue Fear - Armin
83. Finished Symphony (Hybrid's Echoplex remix) - Hybrid
84. Komodo (Save a Soul) - Mauro Picotto
85. Someone - Ascension
86. Rez - Underworld
87. Vernons Wonderland - Vernon
88. Paraglide - Paragliders
89. The Meltdown (Pascal F.E.O.S. remix) - Lunatic Asylum
90. Cybertrance - Blue Alphabet
91. Dream Universe - CM
92. Double Dragons - Doof
93. Kinetic - Golden Girls
94. Fragile - LSG
95. Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music) - Jam & Spoon
96. X-File - Chakra & Edi Mis
97. Don't Give Up - Chicane feat. Bryan Adams
98. The Awakening - York
99. Southern Sun - Paul Oakenfold
100. Touch Me - Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra
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Honerable Mentions
Ritual of Life - Sven Vath
Easter Island - Art of Trance
Access - DJ Misjah & DJ Tim
Be As One - Sasha & Maria Nayler
Narcotic Influence - Empirion
Hymn - Moby
Acid Killer - Infected Mushroom
Human - Resistance D.
Aliens - Total Eclipse
Symmetry C - Brainchild
Positron - Cygnus X
Samurai - Juno Reactor
Workstation - DJ Looney Tune
Cowgirl - Underworld
Tell Me Why - Paul Van Dyk feat. Saint Etienne
Last Train to Lhasa - Banco De Gaia
Obsession - Fuzzy Logic
It's a Fine Day - Opus III
Open Your Mind - Usura
Red Herring - Union Jack
Voyage - Yahel & Eyal Barkan
Supernova - Transa
Dreaming (DJ Tiesto remix) - B.T. feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw
Halcyon and On and On - Orbital
Reincarnation - Country & Western
Sweet Dreams for Kaa - Cosmic Baby
Fly Away (Thrillseekers remix) - Vincent De Moor pres. Emerald
Hale Bopp - Der Dritte Raum
Dimension (Voices of Reason remix) - Salt Tank
Neuro '99 - X Cabs
Aira Force (Lemon 8 remix) - Arrakis
Air - Albion
Exploration of Space - Cosmic Gate
Atlantis - DJ Taucher
Wave Speech - Peter Lazonby
Floor-Essence - Man with No Name
Transformation - Transform
Let There Be House - Cherry Moon Trax
The Milky Way - Aurora Borealis
Divine Moments of Truth - Shpongle
Together (Phase I) - Talla 2XLC vs Taucher
Bellisima - DJ Quicksilver
Happiness Happening (Lange remix) - Lost Witness
Join Me - Lightforce
Wide Eyed Angel (Inversion remix) - Origin
Escape (original, 2000) - Kay Cee
Eternity (Armin Van Buuren/DJ Tiesto's Rising Star remix) - Armin Van Buuren pres. Alibi
Godspeed - B.T.
Prologue (The Carl Cox/Paul Van Dyk remix) - Tenth Chapter
The Chain - Breeder
Born Slippy Nuxx (2003) (Paul Oakenfold remix) - Underworld
Summersault - Taste Experience
Resurrection - P.P.K.
Reincarnations - Steve Morley
Ubik (The Dance) (original instrumental) - Timo Maas
And She Does - Quivver
Inner Laugh - Roland Klinkenberg
Perception - Cass & Slide
Tomorrow (Lange remix) - DuMonde
Perfect Day - Visions of Shiva
Hydrophonix - Cybernaut
The Baguio Track - Luzon
Bulgarian (Signum remix) - Travel
We Came - Vimana
Space Manouvres - Stage One
Follow Me '97 - Space Frog
These Days - Petter
Nothing (93 Returning remix) - James Holden
Mantra - CJ Bolland
Parasight - Balil
Seaside Atmosphere - Stef, Pako, & Frederick
Time to Burn - Storm
Floating - Terra Ferma
Heaven's Earth (Matt Darey remix) - Delerium
Sparkles (Transa remix) - DJ Tiesto
Lethal Industry - DJ Tiesto
Purple (Sasha vs The Light remix) - Gus Gus
The Gift - Way Out West feat. Joanna Law
Sunchyme (remapped by Coloured Oxygen) - Dario G
And Then the Rain Falls - Blue Amazon
What Ya Got 4 Me? - Signum
Amorph - Spicelab
I Trance You (Pappa & Gilbey remix) - Gypsy
Karma - Tarantella
Waves (E-Mission remix) - Redanka
My Name Is Barbarella - Barbarella
Shamanix - Hallucinogen
Stringer (Who Do You Love Now?) - Riva with Dannii Minogue
The Wave (DJ Taucher remix) - Sosa
A Night Out - Moogwai
Communication - Armin
Touch Me (Rising Star remix) - Armin Van Buuren pres. Rising Star
Bleckentrommel - Tiesto, Storm, & Montana
Transcend - Cascade
Deadline - Dutch Force
Did You Hear Me? (Phase II remix) - Red Light District
Close Cover - Minimalistix
Time - The Dream Traveler
Kabalah - Astral Projection feat. DJ Jorg
North Pole - Solid Globe
Requiem for a Dream - Leama
Afterglow - Cosmosis
Animals - Yves Deruyter
Angelfalls (Elemental Force remix) - Ayla
Silence - DJ Tomcraft
You Won't See Me Cry (Deepsky's Desert Farewell remix) - Markus Schulz
Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged remix) - Andain
Wide Open Space (Perfecto mix) - Mansun
Your Spirit is Shining (Frank-E & Mars remix) - Pulsedriver
I Believe - Lange feat. The Morrighan
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Ferry Corsten remix) - Moby
The Silmarillia - Carlos
Mama Konda - Orinoco
Dance for Eternity - Kai Tracid
Water - Fathers of Sound
Bassfly - Tillman & Ries
FlooR.I.D.A. - Rabbit in the Moon
Kneuddelmaus - Ulrich Schnauss
Beautiful Day - Hypertrophy
Walhalla - Gouryella
Simulated - Marco V
Vicious Circles (Union Jack remix) - Poltergeist
Maximum Overdrive - M.O.R.P.H.
As the Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings mix) - Motorcycle
Burned With Desire - Armin Van Buuren feat. Justine Suissa
Ghosts (Original, Vincent De Moor remix) - Tenth Planet
Mistral - GTR
X-Santo - DJ Jan
Sacred (The Sunrise remix) - Sander Kleinenberg
Learning to Fly (Mistral remix) - Mother's Pride
Twisted - Svenson & Gielen
Hope - Illuminatus
Forbidden Fruit (East of Eden remix) - Paul Van Dyk
Top 10 Mainstream/Pop Trance Songs
*(trance songs that are mainstream
or have pop sensibilities)
  1. Insomnia - Faithless
  2. Better Off Alone - Alice DeeJay
  3. It Feels So Good - Sonique
  4. You're Not Alone - Olive vs ATB
  5. Heaven - DJ Sammy and Yanou feat. Do
  6. Castles in the Sky - Ian Van Dahl feat. Marsha
  7. Sun is Shining (ATB remix) - Bob Marley vs Funk Star Deluxe
  8. It's a Fine Day - Miss Jane
  9. I Feel the Beat - DaRude
10. Something- Lasgo
Influential Records
*(songs that have trance music qualities
but not widely regarded as trance)
  1. What Time Is Love? - KLF
  2. Papua New Guinea - Future Sound of London
  3. Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb
  4. Pacific - 808 State
  5. System - Force Legato
  6. Ibiza (Loco Acid remix) - Amnesia
  7. Chime - Orbital
  8. Last Train To Trancentral - KLF
  9. Born Slippy - Underworld
10. Access - DJ Misjah & DJ Tim





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