Two of the most popular forms of electronic dance music in the 1990's. For the most part, they belong to two different chronological eras of the same decade (the 1990's). However, they bled into each other for a bit.

House music is more of an early '90s thing, although the genre continued to be fairly popular in the mid and even the late '90s. Here are some examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzoEK545j64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KztNIg4cvE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEgUPKxk7A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8mm1Qmt-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bxjNZYR64g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2Jc28tQrw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHOVJINRD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sPkS8b62Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfK5QhZ9u7o

Now take a look at Eurodance! This was primarily a mid '90s trend. It officially got its start around 1992 with Snap!'s "Rhythm is a Dancer", but the above genre was at its peak at the time. It wasn't until a year later that it grew to be a more substantial trend. The Shamen's early 1992 hit "Move Any Mountain" also kind of sounds like a primitive prototype of eurodance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIaWeVL1JM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWb_60lhw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXYl-ouceY0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCfFOB-ESYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pav2f4b-1ZE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvTm_BhZdOE Was originally released in 1991. Was popular on the U.S. Jukebox charts that year but didn't become a Hot 100 chart hit until '95.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-07BzfgYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWc5CD3pnR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZwsNGJiBc

Looking at all of the above; house music was more dramatic while eurodance was a lot darker, with the exceptions toward the end of their runs. Compare the end of the house era to the beginning of the eurodance era, it's easy to see why the genre took off. It was a fresh sound. Some of these songs on both genres have strong rave vibes. Unfortunately, nobody really thinks about these genres too much. Besides their very biggest hits, they're practically forgotten in favor of alternative rock and hip-hop. It's probably the whole "white culture vs black culture" thing. Anecdotally, these two genres were the unifiers of popular music. Both white people and black people like/d dance music. I'm guessing this is also an age thing as well. I assume early '90s teens are going to prefer house over eurodance while mid '90s teens are going to prefer eurodance over house, yes? I wouldn't be surprised.

Take note that I am aware that there were many of forms of dance music that were popular in the 1990's, I'm just focusing on these two!

I became a teen in 1998 but I've been a huge fan of House since 1990. Though I like Eurodance I'm going with House

I can not choose, I'll always have a special place in my heart for both House music and Eurodance!

Some House/Eurodance songs that haven't been posted:

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Didn't Eurodance die after '97?

Didn't Eurodance die after '97?


That is correct. By 1998 it was pretty much dead, buried, and became a ghost in our memories...lol.

Didn't Eurodance die after '97?


Well, "90s" eurodance was dead by autumn 1997 in the United States and autumn 1996 in most of Europe. Its cheesier offshoot, bubblegum pop, was significant well into the new millennium.

Well, "90s" eurodance was dead by autumn 1997 in the United States and autumn 1996 in most of Europe. Its cheesier offshoot, bubblegum pop, was significant well into the new millennium.

Cue Barbie Girl by Aqua.

Cue Barbie Girl by Aqua.


That was the inaugural song of the bubblegum pop movement, which is separate from classic 90s eurodance and later includes stuff like "Boom Boom Boom Boom," "Doodah," "Blue (Da Ba De)," "The Hampsterdance," "Tarzan & Jane," and smile.dk's "Butterfly." "One More Time" by Real McCoy was really the last song of the classic 90s eurodance craze, not including songs originally released before 1997 like "Rhythm of Love" and "Coco Jamboo," both of which became popular in America right before "Barbie Girl," in summer 1997.