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Number 1 today in 2004: Eric Prydz beats Girls Aloud and Green Day to the top

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Fifteen years ago, dance music was taking its inspiration from a genre you might not expect – sampling old rock tunes, giving near-forgotten classics a new lease of life.

By no means the first, but one of the early adopters, was Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz, who saw something in dad-rock singalong Valerie, by British singer Steve Winwood, that perhaps other house music fans hadn’t.

Valerie, while a popular track and well known to Steve Winwood fans, wasn’t the massive hit you’d expect. Stalling at Number 51 on original release in the UK, it took a remix in 1987 to get the tune some more recognition, landing at Number 19.

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