Original Record of the Year: Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
There have been a number of key records in helping shape the future of music over the years and my pick for 1986 was one of those. This was the first UK Top 40 hit you can confidently classify as being house music.
The routes of many, if not all dance music genres can be traced back to house music. There were obviously a lot of house records from 1986 that didn't chart but this brought it to the mainstream.
As someone who got into rave in the 90s I've always liked and appreciated the house music that got the ball rolling. At the same time I always considered what the music evolved into in the early 90s to be better than the music which came before.
I think its a given that this is the most important record of 1986 for the future rave scene but is it the best?
Yes I think so. What helps is that it's competition was other records of 1986 and not the ones of the early 90s. Nothing else in 1986 comes close to this.
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