The 25 Best Dancefloor Bangers Of 2024

The chokehold ‘flight fm’ has had on dancefloors worldwide has been undeniable. Joy Orbison’s biggest hit since the breakout ‘Hyph Mngo’ is no joke. Its nomenclature stems from a pirate radio station of the same name, one of the few that Pete O’Grady could tune into if he stretched his aerial far enough, and his love/hate relationship with flying.

Cooked up while waiting for old friend Fold to drive him to Lost Village last year, ‘flight fm’ has motored through 2024 at 100MPH. There’s been countless edits, with everyone from Charli xcx to Soulja Boy slapped over the top of it. Fred again..’s effort, piecing together vocals from Lil Yachty, Future and Playboi Carti with the XL anthem, was officially released in the summer.

There’s a simplicity in its design: beyond rattling hats, weighty kicks, tight claps and a synth that morphs between a high-end pulse and the most brutal bass there’s not much to it. In one sense, it’s the ultimate dancefloor tool, but ‘flight fm’ is much more than the sum of its parts. The way that it builds before erupting into low-end pressure is dance music in its essence, a schooling in tension and release.