"dance4life" is a song recorded by

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was v ...

featuring vocals by

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of Faithless. As of May 2006, Tiësto is the official worldwide ambassador for the dance4life foundation. dance4life is an initiative originating in the Netherlands designed to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS in secondary school-aged youth.

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, then Secretary General of the United Nations said about the song The video for the song is a demonstration of the

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, which is an important concept in the widespread transmission of

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and AIDS. The original edit of the video demonstrates a link of 6 people from Tiësto back to himself, however the normally broadcast version of it cuts his first appearance out, as well as removing the mention of the phenomenon. In 2008 Tiësto mixed a new version of dance4life, it is featured in the Elements of Life World Tour DVD as ''"dance4life (Freedom Mix)"''. This new mixed version appears in the promotional video for dance4life.

Formats and track listings

Xbox Live Marketplace The video is also available for download from the

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CD, Maxi Singles

12" Vinyl

Limited Edition

Charts

The song debuted at number 21 in the Netherlands, to peak for 5 consecutive weeks at number 3. It stayed eleven weeks in the top ten.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2006 singles Tiësto songs Songs written by Tiësto