Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States. On the issue dated June 20, 1992, Billboard began to tabulate cassette tape and CD maxi-singles along with 12-inch singles, and the sales chart was renamed as the Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales.
Charts history
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!scope=col rowspan=2|Issue date
!scope=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music Club Play
!scope=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales
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!scope=col|Title
!scope=col|Artist(s)
!scope=col|Title
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|January 4
|rowspan="2"|"I'll Be Your Friend"
|rowspan="2"|Robert Owens
|"Too Blind to See It"
|Kym Sims
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|January 11
|"Change"
|Lisa Stansfield
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|January 18
|"Hold On (Tighter to Love)"
|Clubland
|"Move Any Mountain (Progen 91)"
|The Shamen
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|January 25
|"Just a Touch of Love"
|C+C Music Factory
|"The Comfort Zone"
|Vanessa Williams
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|February 1
|"Mindflux"
|N-Joi
|rowspan="3"|"Black or White"
|rowspan="3"|Michael Jackson
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|February 8
|"A Deeper Love"
|Clivillés & Cole
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|February 15
|rowspan="2"|"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
|rowspan="2"|Saint Etienne
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|February 22
|"I'm Too Sexy"
|Right Said Fred
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|February 29
|rowspan="2"|"We Got a Love Thang"
|rowspan="2"|CeCe Peniston
|rowspan="2"|"We Got a Love Thang"
|rowspan="2"|CeCe Peniston
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|March 7
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|March 14
|"Comin' On Strong"
|Desiya
|rowspan="5"|"Remember the Time"
|rowspan="5"|Michael Jackson
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|March 21
|"Chic Mystique"
|Chic
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|March 28
|rowspan="2"|"Don't Lose the Magic"
|rowspan="2"|Shawn Christopher
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|April 4
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|April 11
|"Moira Jane's Café"
|Definition of Sound
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|April 18
|"Make It Mine"
|The Shamen
|"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
|TLC
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|April 25
|"Hear the Music"
|Gypsymen
|rowspan="2"|"Nu Nu"
|rowspan="2"|Lidell Townsell
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|May 2
|rowspan="2"|"Workout"
|rowspan="2"|Frankie Knuckles featuring Roberta Gilliam
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|May 9
|rowspan="4"|"In the Closet"
|rowspan="4"|Michael Jackson
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|May 16
|"Take Me Back to Love Again"
|Kathy Sledge
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|May 23
|"Love You All My Lifetime"
|Chaka Khan
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|May 30
|"(Can You) Feel the Passion"
|Blue Pearl
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|June 6
|"Closer"
|Mr. Fingers
|rowspan="2"|"My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
|rowspan="2"|En Vogue
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|June 13
|"In the Closet"
|Michael Jackson
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|June 20
|"Club Lonely"
|Lil Louis & the World featuring Joi Cardwell
|"Love You All My Lifetime"
|Chaka Khan
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|June 27
|"Keep On Walkin'"
|CeCe Peniston
|"Baby Got Back"
|Sir Mix-A-Lot
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|July 4
|"Nothing Can Stop Us"
|Saint Etienne
|"Club Lonely"
|Lil Louis & the World featuring Joi Cardwell
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|July 11
|"Surrender Yourself"
|The Daou
|"They Want EFX"
|Das EFX
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|July 18
|"Runaway"
|Deee-Lite
|"Set Me Free"
|Clubland Featuring Zemya Hamilton
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|July 25
|"Rain Falls"
|Frankie Knuckles featuring Lisa Michaelis
|rowspan="2"|"Runaway"
|rowspan="2"|Deee-Lite
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|August 1
|rowspan="2"|"Pennies from Heaven"
|rowspan="2"|Inner City
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|August 8
|"Jump Around"
|House Of Pain
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|August 15
|"Jump!"
|The Movement
|rowspan="4"|"Jam"
|rowspan="4"|Michael Jackson
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|August 22
|"Strobelite Honey"
|Black Sheep
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|August 29
|"It's a Fine Day"
|Opus III
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|September 5
|"Rhythm Is a Dancer"
|Snap!
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|September 12
|rowspan="2"|"LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)"
|rowspan="2"|The Shamen
|rowspan="4"|"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)"
|rowspan="4"|Rozalla
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|September 19
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|September 26
|"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)"
|Rozalla
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|October 3
|rowspan="2"|"The Colour of Love"
|rowspan="2"|Reese Project
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|October 10
|rowspan="2"|"The Hitman"
|rowspan="2"|AB Logic
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|October 17
|"Keep It Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)"
|C+C Music Factory featuring Q-Unique and Deborah Cooper
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|October 24
|"Hypnotized"
|Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton
|"LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)"
|The Shamen
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|October 31
|rowspan="2"|"Stinkin Thinkin"
|rowspan="2"|Happy Mondays
|"Stinkin Thinkin"
|Happy Mondays
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|November 7
|"Saved My Life"
|Lil Louis & the World featuring Joi Cardwell
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|November 14
|"Saved My Life"
|Lil Louis & the World featuring Joi Cardwell
|"Sesame's Treet"
|Smart E's
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|November 21
|"Erotica"
|Madonna
|rowspan="3"|"Rump Shaker"
|rowspan="3"|Wreckx-N-Effect
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|November 28
|"Are You Ready to Fly"
|Rozalla
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|December 5
|"Carry On"
|Martha Wash
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|December 12
|"The New Anthem"
|Reel 2 Real featuring Erick More
|rowspan="2"|"Erotica"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
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|December 19
|"Leash Called Love"
|The Sugarcubes
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|December 26
|"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
|The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. featuring Michelle Visage
|"Are You Ready to Fly"
|Rozalla
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See also
- 1992 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart