CJ Crew featured prominently on the Dancemania Speed series, but are probably best known for their DDR appearances with the songs “Rhythm & Police” and “Ninzaburo (Furuhata’s Theme).” I recently contacted Chris Bucknall, who made up the ‘C’ half of CJ Crew, and asked him a few questions, the answers to which will be published soon in an in-depth feature on CJ Crew.
In the meantime, Chris has mentioned that he’s interested in working on new “Speed” tracks, but is looking for suggestions on what to cover. This is where you guys come in. What songs do you want to hear covered?
Here’s what I’d like to hear:
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Katy Perry – Waking Up in Vegas
Ne-Yo – Closer
Rihanna – Umbrella
Alphabeat – Boyfriend
Coldplay – Viva la Vida
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Post your own suggestions in the comments section. Just, please, don’t recommend “Sousei no Aquarion” or I’ll hurt you.
And yes, they’re looking at getting their back catalogue released. Please help spread the word!
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September 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Lady GaGa / Poker Face
P!nk / So What
Genki Rockets / Heavenly Star
Ashley Tisdale / It’s Alright, It’s Okay
Britney Spears / Womanizer
Beyoncé / Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Michael Jackson / Beat It
Tiggy / Daddy Boom
2NE1 / Fire
Hannah Montana / Best of Both Worlds (I would love to see more Disney speed covers)
The Ting Tings / Great DJ
Fergie / Clumsy (or Big Girls Don’t Cry)
Bob Sinclar & Sugarhill Gang / Lala Song
Christina Millan / AM To PM
Wonder Girls / Tell Me
Coldplay / Viva la Vida
September 6th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Lady Gaga – Love Game
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
3Oh!3 – Don’t Trust Me
ABBA – Gimme Gimme Gimme
Cascada – Evacute The Dancefloor
Eminem – We Made You
Flo Rida – Sugar
Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name
Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
Black Eye Peas – I Got A Feeling
Pink – U + Ur Hand
Ace Of Base – Don’t Turn Around
Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
Cobra Starship – Good Girls Gone Bad
Wynona Judd – Sing
The Doctor Who Theme
Rogue Traders – Voodoo Child
Toybox – Tarzan & Jane
September 8th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Doctor Who theme would be absolutely brilliant. Big Girls Don’t Cry would be great too; I always love it when they turn ballads into speed songs.
September 27th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Are they going to do like S&K and release all their stuff on iTunes?
September 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Details haven’t been hashed out yet. I mentioned iTunes and Juno Download to him, but it’s also possible that he’ll be offering the tracks directly, much like Saifam.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Any update on this?
December 17th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
None, unfortunately. I’ve been a bit busy, so I haven’t had time to work on my CJ Crew feature. I’ll hopefully have it up by the holidays, and I’ll try to contact Chris Bucknall or John Briley for updates.
July 24th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Any updates on this? Has it been released? I’m actually interested in knowing if they will release an entire Dancemania megamix dedicated to Michael Jackson, similar to what they did for E-Rotic. If not, then Billie Jean or Smooth Criminal would be awesome options for a speed remix.
July 24th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Wait, you mean they made the Dancemania presents E-ROTIC Megamix?
I tought that was David Brandes. 😮