Elton John Shares His Six Favorite Dance Tracks

Elton John Favorite Dance Tracks Remixes

Cameron Holbrook

Apr 24, 2026

From Studio 54 to now, Elton John celebrates a lifetime in club culture with a new remix collection on Positiva – and shares six records that shaped his love for dance music.

Few artists move through time like Elton John - and even fewer glide this effortlessly between the piano bench and the pulse of the club. With POSITIVA PRESENTS: ELTON JOHN – THE REMIXES landing exclusively on Beatport for digital release, the icon doubles down on a lifelong obsession with dance music that stretches back to the neon-lit energy of Studio 54 and the early days of disco.

Personally curated and packed with heavyweight reworks from names like The Blessed Madonna, Purple Disco Machine, Rodger Sanchez, and Claptone, the project reframes Elton’s catalog through a club-first lens with glossy grooves and rhythms that have been re-engineered for modern dance floors. It’s a bridge between eras: classic songwriting colliding with contemporary clubland energy. Listen below.

Released via Positiva Records, this deluxe remix drop is a full-circle moment. A celebration of crate-digging instincts, late-night discoveries, and decades spent chasing that feeling when a record hits just right. Elton’s connection to dance music isn’t surface-level – it’s personal, obsessive, and still evolving.

To mark the release, he opens the vault on six dance and electronic records that shaped his journey – from formative house epiphanies to timeless club anthems. Consider it a guided tour through the sounds that rewired one of music’s greatest minds.

Speaking on his dance floor picks, Elton John told Beatportal:

Dance music has always been a source of joy and reinvention for me. This collection of songs brings together some of the greatest dance tracks of all time and, is my way of celebrating the energy, freedom, and constant evolution that makes dance music so exciting to me.

Check out Elton John's favorite dance tracks below and learn what he has to say about them!

POSITIVA PRESENTS: ELTON JOHN – THE REMIXES is out now. Get it on Beatport.

Inner City - Good Life

“Good Life” is one of my favorite dance records of all time. I was in Paris in the 1980s and went to a club called Boy, which I frequented every night because the dance music was so good. This is the first house music/house song I had ever heard, and it blew my mind. I remember thinking to myself, ‘What the hell is that?’ and it still sounds as great today as it did when I first heard it. Ever since then, dance music has been a huge part of my life.

Channel Tres - Controller

This track, “Controller,” introduced me to Channel Tres’ music, and it is so brilliant. I’m such a fan, no one is doing the stuff that he is doing, the rhythm of this song is unbelievable. You cannot sit still. “Controller” is my most-played track on my Apple Radio Show, Rocket Hour.

Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder

This is a long but brilliant track. It's wonderful because Giorgio talks about his life story and how he got into music. And then Daft Punk, this track is just out of this world. They are amazing.

Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real

This one goes back a long time to the old disco chart. It's just an amazing track, and I’ve never gotten tired of hearing this one. I think it’s one of the greatest dance tracks of all time, and in fact, it was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005!

Underworld - Born Slippy

Well, I mean, how could you not move to this? Of course, it was made famous by the film Trainspotting. I heard it before it was in the film, and always thought it was genius but I also think the way they used it in the film was brilliant.

The Trammps - Disco Inferno

Again, going back to the old days. I had the 12-inch of this, and it's just so good! You cannot sit still to this song – it's a classic.