Five Songs We Need Tropical House Versions Of Yesterday Already
1 July 2016
Literally every song has a tropical house version. Apart from these ones. Sort it out
It is 2016. Over half of all music ever recorded has been remixed by a now-exhausted .
Pan flutes dominate the charts, none of us can remember the last time we heard a synth not gently bubbling like the lilt of an expensive yacht in warm seas. Other music sounds strange to us, outside our blissful beach house calm.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Tropical House Covers
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But there are still several songs that have not been covered in a balearic/dancehall deep house crossover style. And we can't stand for that.
Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me
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Ok, this is kind of almost cheating to start out with, in that the original song is only fifteen years and a few cans of pineapple crush away from a Seebz remix anyway.
But how much better would it be if it was peeled apart and made way more likely to be listened to slightly sadly on the bus, by yourself? Loads, that's how much.
Corona - Rhythm Of The Night
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No, we can't believe it, either. But we've checked and there seems to be no credibly pineapple-flavoured remix of Corona's 1993 hit, despite its base resemblance to Tropical House as a genre.
If any song was built for a lilting, wispy-voiced cover then surely it's this? Get on with it, Robin Schulz.
The Rains of Castamere
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What could possibly be more tropically blissful than imagining the endless summer of Westeros, barely interrupted by fire and flames and only a little bloodstained?
A lot of the appeal of Tropical House is the familiar, reimagined in an escapist fashion. Why not marry up the thrill of dodging spoilers and mourning all 8,354 of your favourite, dead characters with a lovely, balearic beat?
Imagine how much more relaxed you'd feel settling into an episode if Mr Probz put a nice, gentle bit of steel drum on this - ahhh, comfort.
Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
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Studies have shown that, in economically and politically unstable times there is far greater enthusiasm for records with even beats. The consistent, unhurried 4x4 that characterises a lot of Tropical House is exactly perfect for anxious times.
And what could possibly be more suitable for that than Chumbawumba's politically charged massive party track? It already has a brass section and despite the apparently lairy chorus, it keeps a steady tempo.
All you need is a long-haired lass whispering 'whiskey drink, vodka drink' over the finest electronic steel drums you can muster and this is solid gold.
Wham! - Club Tropicana
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What is Kygo even doing right now? Where is everyone? How has this happened?
When we were making this list we had to bin off a lot of ideas. There is, after all an - occasionally, unnecessary - Tropical House cover of almost every song ever written. So of course WHAM's seminal party anthem would have been covered. How can you even have a genre called Tropical House without this song being in it?
The grim wastes of 2016 have been soothed by so many panflutes, so many gently muted beats, yet no mournfully balearic cover of this song has appeared. We demand it. Sense demands it. Sort it out.
