Everyone probably knows by now that here at Pure Dancing with the Stars we try to list all of the music used on Dancing with the Stars. Don’t believe me? Go and check out our list of Dancing with the Stars music. Well, the plan is to do the same this year. In fact, that link will continue to update with the latest Dancing with the Stars 2010 music as the season progresses. So, bookmark it and come back regularly.

Each year, I like to do a post about the music I’d like to see on the next season of DWTS. However, this year I decided that I’d let the readers of Pure DWTS make their lists and then I’ll plan on highlighting those lists of possible DWTS 2010 music in a future post. So, let’s see people’s list of top 10 songs they’d like to see on DWTS 2010.

As a side note, Louis Van Amstel just tweeted the music that Niecy Nash and him will be dancing too: Rescue Me . Here’s his full tweet:

Our song is ‘Rescue me’???!!!!I wonder who needs rescueing???lol….who do u think @NiecyNash ?????

Ok, what other music will be on DWTS 2010?

UPDATE:
I’ll update this post with the Dancing with the Stars 2010 Premiere music as we find it.
Jake Pavelka will be dancing to Kiss from a Rose by Seal (Thanks Amanda)

I see by the comments that this is a timely article. I highly recommend clicking the link and reading the entire article. Some excerpts from Variety:

Live band gives ‘Dancing’ lift

It’s 9:15 a.m. on a Monday morning on Stage 46 at CBS Television City. Harold Wheeler, music director for ABC’s hit “Dancing With the Stars,” is already well into rehearsal with his 17-piece band and quartet of singers for that night’s live, two-hour show.
He calls out the 3/4-time, country-flavored “Only One Road.” Standing at his keyboard, headphones on, he conducts sans baton while actress Melissa Joan Hart and her pro partner Mark Ballas waltz around the floor while the stage’s mirrored ball spins slowly, showering the room with points of light.

This is the first time that Hart and Ballas have heard what the band will play. For the previous five days, they’ve been rehearsing to a cut-down version of the original 1994 Celine Dion track.

I guess I didn’t realize they were rehearsing with cut downs right up until Monday morning. That would be…stressful for the dancers, I think. The non-pros anyway. The entire article talks about Donny talking to Harold and getting the speed adjusted – and he’s a pro! That would be pretty darn difficult for non-musicians to do, I would think. Make communicating with Harold Wheeler more challenging.

“Music is the essence of everything,” says “Dancing With the Stars” head judge Len Goodman during a break. “Without good music you will never get good dancing. Harold Wheeler and our band are unsung heroes, and the singers are fantastic. Whatever is thrown at them, they can do. Lindy hop, hip-hop, swing, every genre of music, they cope brilliantly.”

In fact, the band consists of some of L.A.’s top studio musicians and singers. Trumpeters Rick Baptist and Warren Luening, saxophonist Dan Higgins, keyboard player Tom Ranier and drummer Ralph Humphrey are among the town’s first-call players. Vocalists Darryl Phinnessee (veteran of multiple Michael Jackson Jackson tours), Carmen Carter, Beverley Staunton and Antonio Sol are not just good singers, says Wheeler, “they’re great singers.”

I think the band is great – but from time to time the singers really butcher a song, sad to say. Of course, everyone has an off night or an off performance. I guess I also never really gave them (and the band as a whole) credit for having to perform multiple genres in a given week – that is challenging.

Senior producer Erin O’Brien creates a list of “well over 1,000 songs” that the staff attempts to clear with music publishers. “And out of every 100 songs,” she says, “I may not even hear back on half. Of the rest, I may end up getting denials on half. Some artists don’t agree to the fee, some prefer that their versions get heard, and some simply don’t do business with reality shows, period.”

When the celebrities are booked, “I ask all of my dancers for song ideas and suggestions,” she adds. “We tell them, ‘tell us anything you could ever possibly want to dance to.’ Not a lot of them end up working,” she concedes.

Once tunes are cleared for use, music editor Graham Jarvis – working in the U.K. and using the internet – decides whether they are appropriate for tangos or waltzes or any of the several categories, and then creates edited versions of the songs (anywhere from 60 to 100 seconds long). It is those versions that the dancers rehearse to, until the Monday morning sessions with the live band.

I find the whole “process” of making a list of songs through the final rehearsals with the live band to be absolutely fascinating. I guess I never thought about how much has to go into just the music portion of the program. Of course I knew the Pros gave ideas and they either got cleared for use or not, but the rest of it is new and interesting information!!

I think that I vote to keep the live band – it does add an element to the show that other shows don’t have – although I think American Idol how has live music (sometimes).

Many of you know that we’ve been doing our best to list all of the songs used on Dancing with the Stars. Hopefully you’ve found that useful. I see a lot of people visiting those pages, but rarely hear what people think about it.

Anyway, I always think it’s fun to look back at the music from the season of Dancing with the Stars and see which songs were the most popular. This isn’t scientific. It’s basically based on which songs got the most clicks. So, here’s the top 4 songs used on Dancing with the Stars season 9.

Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (this blew all the other songs out of the water)
Would You…. ? – Touch & Go
Living on Video – Trans-X
They – Jem

Very interesting set of music. Thanks for stopping by all year for the DWTS music. Of course, we’ll be doing our best to keep up with the other rumors in the off season and be back for more DWTS music next season as well.

We’re back again with the list of music from tonight’s DWTS season 9 performance music. Interesting songs. The freestyles always offer a nice little twist to the show. I’ll admit that I think that Dancing with the Stars swung for the fences on this season’s music. Some were big hits and some were big misses. You can see the full list of DWTS songs here. Now on to tonight’s music:

Kelly & Louis danced Argentine Tango to the song “Los Vino” —Otros Aires
Kelly & Louis danced Megamix to the song “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” —Frankie Valli/”Whenever, Wherever” —Shakira/”Maniac” —Michael Sembello
Kelly & Louis danced Freestyle to the song “I Will Survive” —Gloria Gaynor
Kelly & Louis danced Viennese Waltz to the song “Trouble” —Ray LaMontagne
Mýa & Dmitry danced Paso Doble to the song “We Will Rock You” —Queen
Mýa & Dmitry danced Megamix to the song “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” —Frankie Valli/”Whenever, Wherever” —Shakira/”Maniac” —Michael Sembello
Mýa & Dmitry danced Freestyle to the song “You Can’t Stop the Beat” —from Hairspray
Mýa & Dmitry danced Jive to the song “Would You…?” —Touch and Go
Donny & Kym danced Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “September” —Earth, Wind and Fire
Donny & Kym danced Megamix to the song “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” —Frankie Valli/”Whenever, Wherever” —Shakira/”Maniac” —Michael Sembello
Donny & Kym danced Freestyle to the song “Let The Good Times Roll” —Ray Charles
Donny & Kym danced Argentine Tango to the song “Tango a Pugliese” —Orquesta Color Tango de Roberto Alvarez

Time again for the list of music from the special guests on Dancing with the Stars.

Alicia Keys sang “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” with the Alicia Keys’s dancers
Leona Lewis sang “Happy” with the Leona Lewis’ dancers
The Bee Gees sang “You Should Be Dancing” with Melissa Rycroft, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, Cheryl Burke, and Artem Chigvinsev dancing

Also, looks like yesterday we had a real hit with the song Joanna and Derek danced a Viennese Waltz to: “Hallelujah” —Leonard Cohen. People absolutely love that song (and so they should). I’ll be posting a list of the top music from Dancing with the Stars soon and that one should be on the list.

On a side note, I was sad to see Derek and Joanna get sent home. Not that I was all that surprised. Joanna has a much smaller fan base than the others. What’s most disappointing about it for me is that Derek creates the most incredible freestyle dances. That will be a tremendous loss for the finale. The good part is that at the finale we get to see all of the dancers back on the show. With 16 dancers, that’s going to be a LOT of dances.

Wow, can you believe we’re down to the final 4? This is just amazing. This season went pretty quick for me. Sad to think that we’re so close to the end. Anyway, I’ll be posting a poll to vote who will be in the final 3 so don’t forget to vote for it. Also, you can check back at the previous weeks DWTS music as well.

Now, on to the music for Dancing with the Stars Week 9:
Donny and Kym danced a Tango to the song “Black & Gold” —Sam Sparro
Donny and Kym danced a Samba to the song “One Bad Apple” —The Osmonds
Donny and Kym danced a Jitterbug to the song “Jump Shout Boogie” —Barry Manilow
Joanna and Derek danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “Hallelujah” —Leonard Cohen
Joanna and Derek danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Can’t Get You out of My Head” —Kylie Minogue
Joanna and Derek danced a Salsa to the song “La Luz Del Ritmo” —Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Kelly and Louis danced a Rumba to the song “Angels” —Robbie Williams
Kelly and Louis danced a Quickstep to the song “99 Red Balloons” —Nena
Kelly and Louis danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” —Cyndi Lauper
Mya and Dmitry danced a Waltz to the song “Amore e Musica” —Russell Watson
Mya and Dmitry danced a Salsa to the song “La Isla Bonita” —Madonna
Mya and Dmitry danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Fire Burning” —Sean Kingston

Tonight’s another 2 hours of music from the Dancing with the Stars band. Below you’ll find the list of music from tonight’s show. You can find all the Dancing with the Stars music here.

Mýa & Dmitry danced a Quickstep to the song “Baby Wants a Diamond Ring” —Squirrel Nut Zippers
Mýa & Dmitry danced a Samba to the song “Bad Girls” —Donna Summer
Aaron & Karina danced a Foxtrot to the song “Lucky” —Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Aaron & Karina danced a Samba to the song “Two Princes” —Spin Doctors
Joanna & Derek danced a Quickstep to the song “Valerie” —Amy Winehouse
Joanna & Derek danced a Paso Doble to the song “Living on Video” —Trans-X
Kelly & Louis danced a Foxtrot to the song “Mama Do” —Pixie Lott
Kelly & Louis danced a Jive to the song “River Deep – Mountain High” —Ike & Tina Turner
Donny & Kym danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “You Don’t Know Me” —Michael Bublé
Donny & Kym danced a Paso Doble to the song “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” —Dead or Alive

The following is the list of music used on week 7 of DWTS. You find all of the DWTS music listed here.

Michael & Anna D. danced a Foxtrot to the song “Sunny Afternoon” —The Kinx
Donny & Kym danced a Quickstep to the song “Sing, Sing, Sing” —Louis Prima
Mark & Anna T. danced a Samba to the song “Switch” —Will Smith
Mýa & Dmitry danced a Foxtrot to the song “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” —Diana Krall
Aaron & Karina danced a Jive to the song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” —Twisted Sister
Kelly & Louis danced a Salsa to the song “Good Lovin’” —The Young Rascals
Joanna & Derek danced a Rumba to the song “The Look of Love” —Dusty Springfield
Aaron & Karina, Mark & Anna T., Michael & Anna D., and Mýa & Dmitry danced a Paso Doble to the song “I Hate Myself for Loving You” —Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Joanna & Derek, Kelly & Louis, and Donny & Kym danced a Tango to the song “You Give Love a Bad Name” —Bon Jovi

Mark Ballas and Derek Hough will be performing their new single “Move” on tomorrow night’s episode of Dancing with the Stars. The single is already available on iTunes .

What did you think about tonight’s results show on Dancing with the Stars? Did they send home the right person?

Here’s also some of the songs that were used on tonight’s episode of Dancing with the Stars.

Taylor Swift sand “Jump Then Fall” and “Love Story” with Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, Jonathan Roberts, Edyta Śliwińska, and Anna Trebunskaya all dancing.

Tiempo Libre sang “Tu Conga Bach” with the Tiempo Libre dancers.

Next week, Backstreet Boys will be gracing the DWTS stage. That should be interesting.

Surprisingly enough, another week goes by where I only feel “meh” about most of the routines.  Granted, I was a bit distracted (bf is in Orlando for NDC competition & he was texting me), but I did re-watch a few of the routines to see if I missed something – nope.  It seemed like the couples that danced well had no chemistry; the couples that had great chemistry seemed to really struggle with the dancing portion.  Definitely made it hard to rank this week…

…oh, and one more thing before I move on: the jitterbug bugs the crap outta me (no pun intended).  Or rather, I hate the fact that it looks so similar to both the jive and the Charleston that I feel like I’m watching the same routines over and over.  *sigh* I guess Len’s crankiness has worn off on me and now he’s all sunshine & rainbows…

1.) Joanna & Derek - I actually didn’t care much for their waltz – everything seemed like it was just a bit “off” and wasn’t as fluid as some of their other dances, and I feel like the float on Joanna’s sleeve was getting in the way of everything.  But I will say this: even when they weren’t looking at each other, I still felt a connection between them, which is something that is so often lost in the smooth/standard dances when the couples are looking away from one another most of the time.  And with chemistry playing such a crucial factor this season, I daresay it doesn’t hurt them to look lovey-dovey & be touchy-feely. Loved them in the mambo competition – Derek’s choreography was eye-catching & fun to watch, as always, and Joanna actually kept up with it well.  Thanks to that great choreo & scores (and some heavy-duty Twitter bombing by Heidi to make sure Derek’s fans pulled him through his illness! ) these two seem to come up at the top of the heap this week, and I highly doubt they’re in any danger of going home.

2.) Donny & Kym – At the request of some of Donny’s fans after my hatchet job last week, I will try to critique him as fairly as I can.  Truth be told, I wasn’t wowed by their jitterbug – Donny didn’t seem quite as crisp as he has been in previous weeks, and again I didn’t find their choreography to be as difficult as some of the other couples’.  I know someone had mentioned Donny’s busy schedule in a previous post – I fear that it may have caught up with him this week as he seemed to almost run out of steam (again, no pun intended) by the end of it.  But they did have the advantage of performing in the Money Spot (henceforth, I shall capitalize it…I would prolly slap a trademark symbol on it too, but I don’t know how to do that. LOL) and they placed 4th in the mambo competition. Wish I could say that I actually saw he & Kym dancing the mambo, but alas, I’m ADD and was having a hard time focusing (too many couples for my brain to comprehend! Aaaaaaggghhhh!) and all I saw was Donny doing some sort of shimmy over a supine Derek as he left the stage.  *shrug* Again, Donny’s fans will carry him all the way to the finals…

3.) Mya & Dmitry – Not gonna lie – I feel a bit vindicated that the judges are also pointing out Mya & Dmitry’s lack of chemistry, as some were arguing last week that they had “great chemistry”.  Don’t get me wrong – Mya is probably the best dancer on the show in terms of technique; but she’s just too cool for school! For anyone else who is a big fan of Top Gun, Mya is “Iceman” for me this season – makes no mistakes, but flies with no emotion.  Aside from their chemistry problem, I also was kinda disappointed by their jitterbug this week – took too long to get going, and generally hate any routine involving a prop.  They also pulled the short straw this week and had to perform in the Crap Spot (just pretend the trademark is there ).  But luckily, they placed 2nd in the mambo competition, which will go a long way in boosting their score.  And if Mya’s support on this blog is any indicator, her fans will keep her safe for many weeks to come…

4.) Mark & Lacey – Hallelujah! Mark is finally starting to come out of his shell and really wow me.  The past 3 weeks he’s gotten stronger & stronger (after hitting rock bottom with that awful rumba) and tonight was really quite entertaining to watch – I didn’t know Mark could tumble, and he seemed quite a bit more enthusiastic and energetic this week as well.  The cat theme was a cute, memorable touch as well – doubt anyone is going to really remember his flubs (cause there were much bigger ones happening tonight…), and I have to say his “horny” comment in the confessional from last week had me chuckling for awhile.  Middle of the pack for the mambo competition, so not terribly memorable; but I think a lot more viewers are going to start picking up the phones for Mark if he continues to improve the way he has for the past few weeks…

5.) Kelly & Louis – I think these two could make it to the finals on chemistry alone.  It’s adorable watching them interact – Kelly had me laughing so hard during the lead in when she started cussing at Louis.  They remind me of an older brother and a younger sister – always picking with each other, but friends at the end of the day.  Ok, now their jitterbug: it was cute, but not great.  While I feel like Kelly has improved from last week’s ho-hum paso, I still feel like she’s dancing timidly and is continuing to run the risk of being boring.  They came in 5th in the mambo competition, which is actually kind of admirable considering they were the only ones without a choreographed routine and were relying on lead & follow.  Kelly is still America’s Sweetheart though, and she’s likely to still get some sympathy votes from her foot injury last week, so I’d be surprised if they were in danger…

6.) Michael & Anna – Strange as it may sound – I actually really liked his waltz tonight! Yes, it was ridiculously simple choreography, and it was mostly just Anna turning and dipping; but something about it was, as I think Len put it, “charming”.  It seemed like he wasn’t trying to ham it up, for the first time in the competition.  And again, I agree with Len – Michael did actually have some nice rise & fall.  I may be a bit biased though – the song they danced to (“Wonder Why” by Curtis Stigers) has a bit of a special place in my heart (but that’s another story ), and for once the band didn’t seem to butcher it.  They were the first ones tapped out in the mambo competition (no real surprise there), but if the past few weeks have been any indicator, Michaels fans will pull him through yet again, and a few stragglers may contribute a few votes as well after this waltz…

7.) Louie & Chelsie - Anyone else sense a bit of trouble in paradise between these two during the lead-in? I’m beginning to think Louie might be a bit sexually frustrated, hehe.  But anyway – this really had the potential to be a good jitterbug.  Louie came out strong and had more energy this week than I’ve seen from him so far – and then he dropped Chelsie.  TWICE.  Ai ai ai.  And it was all down hill from there! I almost feel like I jinxed him somehow by gushing about how he was “always there for Chelsie” during lifts & tricks week after week.  But I give Louie points for still maintaining a little bit of chemistry with Chelsie, and there was a definite smooch-a-roo at the end (a bit desperate, but desperate times call for desperate measures!).  Second ones tapped out during the mambo, so not great; but they’ve managed to avoid the danger zone the past few weeks…it’s a bit of a draw for me; they might be in danger, they might not.  But I would be surprised if they went home.

8.) Aaron & Karina – Despite the “new Aaron Carter” being a bit more mild-mannered and tolerable than the emotional tantrum-throwing one of a few weeks ago, I’m afraid the damage has already been done…and even great dancing won’t be able to boost them up.  Aaron’s waltz was alright – his arabesque turn was actually pretty good, but he still seems to do awkward things with his hands and tends to get a very intense “deer in the headlights” look when he’s not looking at Karina.  Sorry buddy, I think this new, improved attitude may be too little too late…

9.) Melissa & Mark – I almost would rather talk about Shirley Ballas than Melissa’s waltz…so I apologize for the brief digression.  I heart Shirley Ballas – the woman will kick your @$$, but she will make you the best dancer you can be.  And she’s quite a spitfire, despite appearing to be a mild-mannered British woman…love her.  Now onto Melissa’s waltz: it was stiff, awkward, error-ridden, and boring.  And they were the 3rd couple eliminated in the mambo competition.  Oh, and they were also in the bottom two last week.  I don’t see them climbing out of it this week, and I don’t see them surviving a double elimination.  And that’s all I have to say about them…pity that they’ve become so unmemorable…

Ok, official predictions for the double elimation: Aaron & Karina and Melissa & Mark, with Louie & Chelsie and Michael & Anna rounding out the bottom 4 (I honestly don’t know how the double elimation is going to work, so I’m assuming they’re just going to do 2 separate elims with 2 of the couples in the bottom 4).  But the bottom 2 have been shuffling around quite a bit the past few weeks, so we may get a surprise tomorrow…what do you guys think? Let’s hear it!