Cascada
Formed in Bonn in 2004 around producers Yanou and DJ Manian and vocalist Natalie Horler, Cascada became one of the defining pop faces of German Eurodance and its trance-inflected 'hands up' cousin. Their breakthrough, 'Everytime We Touch,' folded a decade-old adult-contemporary hook into a pounding, four-on-the-floor arrangement and rocketed the group onto charts worldwide. Two decades on, with Horler now fronting the act alone, Cascada's catalog remains a staple of European dance radio and viral sports-arena playlists alike.
Cascada's signature hit doesn't just sound like Maggie Reilly's 1992 single — with her legal team's permission, Yanou and DJ Manian lifted her original chorus outright and built a new Eurodance arrangement and new verses around it.
listen forPlay Reilly's synth-and-strings original and lock onto that 'Everytime we touch, I get this feeling' hook, then drop into Cascada's version — it reappears almost note for note, just launched off a pounding four-on-the-floor kick instead of an early-'90s pop groove.
ATB helped prove a long, patient trance build could sit comfortably on pop radio, and that soaring, guitar-like synth-lead sound became a direct blueprint for the melodic 'hands up' style Cascada's early singles ran on.
listen forListen to the yearning synth-lead melody carrying 9 PM (Till I Come), then play Miracle — Cascada chases that same long trance build and soaring lead line, just with a full vocal hook riding on top.
Snap! wrote the Eurodance formula years before Cascada existed — a thumping kick, a big diva vocal hook, and relentless euphoric energy pitched straight at the dance floor is the chassis Cascada's biggest singles are still built on.
listen forCue up The Power's stomping, rapped-and-belted arrangement, then play Evacuate the Dancefloor — it's the same pumping kick drum and huge diva hook riding a rapped verse, just with Natalie Horler and Carlprit up front instead of Penny Ford and Turbo B.