These are the Billboard magazine's number-one dance songs of 2005 on the Dance Club Songs, the Dance Singles Sales, and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The Hot Dance Club Songs was first published in 1976, ranking the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Dance/Mix Show Airplay was first published in 2003, ranking the songs based on dance radio airplay and mix-show plays on top 40 radio and select rhythmic radio as measured by Mediabase.
Club play and sales
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!Issue date
!Club Play
!Artist
!Singles Sales
!Artist
!Reference(s)
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|January 1
|"What You Waiting For?"
|Gwen Stefani
|rowspan="6"|"Tempted To Touch" (Remixes)
|rowspan="6"|Rupee
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|January 8
|"Lose My Breath"
|Destiny's Child
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|January 15
|"Without Love"
|Sun
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|January 22
|"The Wonder of It All"
|Kristine W
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|January 29
|"Silence 2004"
|Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan
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|February 5
|rowspan="2"|"Killer 2005"
|rowspan="2"|Seal
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|February 12
|rowspan="2"|"Breathe"
|rowspan="2"|Erasure
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|February 19
|"House of Jupiter"
|Casey Stratton
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|February 26
|"Soldier"
|Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne
|rowspan="11"|"We Will Become Silhouettes"
|rowspan="11"|The Postal Service
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|March 5
|"Popular"
|Darren Hayes
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|March 12
|"Show It"
|Friburn & Urik
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|March 19
|"Breathe"
|Erasure
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|March 26
|"Avalon"
|Juliet
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|April 2
|"How Can I Be Falling"
|Jennifer Green
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|April 9
|"Love Is a Drug"
|Rosko
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|April 16
|"Get Right"
|Jennifer Lopez
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|April 23
|"Call Me"
|Anna Vissi
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|April 30
|"Filthy/Gorgeous"
|Scissor Sisters
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|May 7
|"Set It Free"
|Jason Walker
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|May 14
|"Everything"
|Kaskade
|"It's Like That" (David Morales Remixes)
|Mariah Carey
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|May 21
|"It's Like That"
|Mariah Carey
|"We Will Become Silhouettes"
|The Postal Service
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|May 28
|"Here I Am"
|David Morales with Tamra Keenan
|rowspan="5"|"One Word"
|rowspan="5"|Kelly Osbourne
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|June 4
|"Most Precious Love"
|Blaze presents U.D.A.U.F.L. featuring Barbara Tucker
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|June 11
|"Lift It Up"
|Inaya Day
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|June 18
|"One Word"
|Kelly Osbourne
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|June 25
|"Lonely No More"
|Rob Thomas
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|July 2
|rowspan="3"|"Don't Cha"
|rowspan="3"|Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
|rowspan="5"|"We Will Become Silhouettes"
|rowspan="5"|The Postal Service
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|July 9
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|July 16
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|July 23
|"Summer Moon"
|Africanism All Stars
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|July 30
|"Gotta Go Gotta Leave (Tired)"
|Vivian Green
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|August 6
|"We Belong Together"
|Mariah Carey
|"The Hand That Feeds"
|Nine Inch Nails
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|August 13
|"Accept Me"
|Vernessa Mitchell
|rowspan="11"|"Don't Cha" (R. Rosario/Kaskade/DJ Dan Mixes)
|rowspan="11"|Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
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|August 20
|"Sunshine"
|Georgie Porgie
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|August 27
|"Ride the Pain"
|Juliet
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|September 3
|"Looking for a New Love"
|Jody Watley
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|September 10
|"Shout"
|Sisaundra
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|September 17
|"Back to Basics"
|Shape: UK
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|September 24
|"Mesmerized"
|Faith Evans
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|October 1
|"Say Hello"
|Deep Dish
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|October 8
|"Pon de Replay"
|Rihanna
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|October 15
|"I Like It (But I Don't Need It)"
|Vivian Green
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|October 22
|"Feels Just Like It Should"
|Jamiroquai
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|October 29
|rowspan="2"|"Precious"
|rowspan="2"|Depeche Mode
|rowspan="3"|"Precious"
|rowspan="3"|Depeche Mode
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|November 5
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|November 12
|"Cool"
|Gwen Stefani
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|November 19
|rowspan="4"|"Hung Up"
|rowspan="4"|Madonna
|rowspan="2"|"Number 1"
|rowspan="2"|Goldfrapp
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|November 26
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|December 3
|rowspan="5"|"Hung Up"
|rowspan="5"|Madonna
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|December 10
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|December 17
|rowspan="3"|"I've Got a Life (It's the Only Thing That's Mine)"
|rowspan="3"|Eurythmics
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|December 24
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|December 31
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Airplay
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|Number-one Dance Airplay song of the year
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Issue date
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Remixer(s)
! Source
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|January 1 || "Surrender" || Lasgo || || rowspan="52"|
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|January 8 || "Walk into the Sun" || Dirty Vegas || King Unique
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|January 15 || "Surrender" || Lasgo ||
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|January 22
|rowspan="3"| "Lose My Breath"
|rowspan="3"| Destiny's Child
|rowspan="3"| Maurice Joshua
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|January 29
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|February 5
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|February 12
|rowspan="2"| "How Would You Feel"
|rowspan="2"| David Morales with Lea-Lorien
|rowspan="2"| Peter Rauhofer
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|February 19
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|February 26 || "1, 2 Step" || Ciara featuring Missy Elliott || Johnny Budz and Bimbo Jones
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|March 5
|rowspan="2"| "All This Time"
|rowspan="2"| Jonathan Peters presents Sylver Logan Sharp
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|March 12
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|March 19 || "1, 2 Step" || Ciara featuring Missy Elliott ||
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|March 26
|rowspan="2"| "All This Time"
|rowspan="2"| Jonathan Peters presents Sylver Logan Sharp
|rowspan="2"|
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|April 2
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|April 9 || "1, 2 Step" || Ciara featuring Missy Elliott ||
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|April 16
|rowspan="6"| "Since U Been Gone"
|rowspan="6"| Kelly Clarkson
|rowspan="6"| Jason Nevins
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|April 23
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|April 30
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|May 7
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|May 14
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|May 21
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|May 28
|rowspan="6"| "One Word"
|rowspan="6"| Kelly Osbourne
|rowspan="6"| Chris Cox
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|June 4
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|June 11
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|June 18
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|June 25
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|July 2
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|July 9
| bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="4"| "Listen to Your Heart"
|rowspan="4"| DHT
|rowspan="4"| Furious EZ
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|July 16
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|July 23
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|July 30
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|August 6
|rowspan="2"| "Don't Cha"
|rowspan="2"| Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
|rowspan="2"| Ralphi Rosario; Kaskade
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|August 13
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|August 20
|rowspan="2"| "We Belong Together"
|rowspan="2"| Mariah Carey
|rowspan="2"| Peter Rauhofer
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|August 27
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|September 3
|rowspan="4"| "Don't Cha"
|rowspan="4"| Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
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|September 10
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|September 17
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|September 24
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|October 1 || "These Words" || Natasha Bedingfield || Lenny B, Ford, and Bimbo Jones
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|October 8 || "Pon de Replay" || Rihanna ||
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|October 15
|rowspan="4"| "And She Said..."
|rowspan="4"| Lucas Prata
|rowspan="4"|
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|October 22
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|October 29
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|November 5
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|November 12
|rowspan="8"| "Hung Up"
|rowspan="8"| Madonna
|rowspan="8"| Tracy Young
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|November 19
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|November 26
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|December 3
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|December 10
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|December 17
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|December 24
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|December 31
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See also
- 2005 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart