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The 11 best Sonny Fodera songs
With a summer full of UK festival dates lined up, we rank the best Sonny Fodera tracks to listen out for in the field
Almost every DJ in the world has at least one Sonny Fodera tune sitting in their USB right now. Known for making house records that work as well in sweaty clubs as they do on daytime radio, Sonny Fodera’s become one of the defining dance acts of the 2020s.
Born in Adelaide, Australia, but heavily inspired by UK house, garage and bassline, Sonny’s sound has always felt tied to British club culture.
What makes Sonny Fodera stand out is that even at his biggest, his music has always been rooted in emotion. Underneath all the polished production and massive streaming numbers, there’s a magic formula: big feelings, warm house grooves and songs built for people who want a little catharsis with their night out.
With a stacked festival season in 2026, including headline slots at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, TRNSMT and Creamfields, here’s my picks of Sonny Fodera’s best 11 tunes.
11. ‘To Love’ ft. Shannon Saunders
Heartfelt and understated, ‘To Love’ perfectly sums up Sonny Fodera’s earlier style, putting Shannon Saunders’ longing vocals front and centre. The rolling piano-house production amplifies the track’s emotion, shaping ‘To Love’ into a romantic house ballad rather than a straight club record. This was the goal. Featuring on his third studio album Frequently Flying (2016), Sonny was looking to step beyond club culture and create music that could be enjoyed anywhere. That said, around the 1:30 mark, the deeper bassline kicks in and suddenly I’m craving an Aperol Spritz at a beach club. It’s the sort of record made for golden-terrace grooves – sunset or sunrise, either work.
10. ‘Life Lesson’ with Jazzy & Belters Only
Firmly in breakup banger territory, ‘Life Lesson’ is the sort of track made for gathering the girlies, getting ready to go “out out”, and dancing that trash out of your system. He didn’t deserve you anyway. With Sonny Fodera’s go-to piano-house and crunchy bassline combo, Jazzy’s gorgeous vocals and Belters Only’s rave-ready energy, ‘Life Lesson’ is undeniably catchy. While it wasn’t a major chart hit, it marked the start of something bigger. Released in 2023, it brought Jazzy and Sonny together for the first time. Starting a partnership that went from one track to a recurring “yeah, so this definitely works.”
9. ‘Moving Blind’ with Dom Dolla
I mean, we were all moving a little blind when this track first rattled our home speaker systems. A June 2020 release, ‘Moving Blind’ takes me right back to the early work-from-home era – living in a studio apartment with my tradie boyfriend, restrictions putting him out of work, him learning to DJ in the background of my Zoom meetings while I’m still figuring out the mute button. What a time to be alive. Built around a chunky rolling bassline and dark tech-house production, ‘Moving Blind’ leans much more into Dom Dolla’s late-night stonking energy than Sonny Fodera’s classic emotional style. But maybe that’s exactly what we all needed at the time – life was intense enough. Just bake some banana bread and get weird to some dirty bass from two of Australia’s finest house heroes.
8. ‘Remember’ ft Stevie Appleton with Danny Howard, Gorgon City
‘Remember’ was born from Sonny Fodera, Gorgon City and Danny Howard sharing a 2022 residency at Ibiza’s Amnesia and becoming fast friends. After two hard years, Ibiza was back. Everything about the track is unadulterated post-pandemic joy. Remember how giddy we all were when the clubs re-opened? But also a little on edge? This record somehow bottles that feeling. Blending warm piano house emotion with playful tech-house, you can hear Sonny Fodera’s signature vocal-led style alongside Gorgon City’s deeper energy and Danny Howard’s big room prowess. But for me, it’s Stevie Appleton’s soulful vocals that really hit home. ‘Remember’ is the kind of song that makes you nostalgic for the moment you’re still living, which is a bit annoying but also very Ibiza.
7. ‘Tell Me’ ft. Clementine Douglas
![Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas - Tell Me [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJMLCyhYvCE/0.jpg)
‘Tell Me’ is Sonny Fodera fully in his lane. A record that’s emotional enough to scream the lyrics back to, but still built for a proper boogie. With Clementine on vocals, it’s glossy without tipping fully into pop. Leaning into that polished, warm sound Sonny’s become so loved for, ‘Tell Me’ also brings a sprinkle of breakbeat four-on-the-floor goodness.
Released in early 2025, it also arrived during a period where Sonny Fodera had fully crossed over from respected producer into genuine global headliner, with huge Ibiza residencies, festival slots and massive streaming numbers behind him, making ‘Tell Me’ all the more of a moment.
6. ‘About You’ with Biscits
It might not be Sonny Fodera’s biggest track, but ‘About You’ is proper tech-house filth and I absolutely love it. The tune pulls you in with a looping vocal hook and a driving bassline that just makes you want to move. As one of Sonny Fodera’s favourite collaborators, Biscits brings out a cheekier, grimier edge to Sonny’s sound. ‘About You’ became the sixth track they joined forces on. Released in 2022, this tune arrived right around the point tech-house had fully crossed into the mainstream consciousness. It’s one of those fan-favourite IDs that takes you seamlessly from the gym to the club (with a shower in between, obviously, we’re not animals).
5. ‘Turn Back Time’ with Diplo
‘Turn Back Time’ featured as a single on Sonny Fodera’s fifth album Wide Awake and is basically the musical equivalent of looking at your phone at 3am and deciding you definitely should’ve acted differently in that relationship. Too bad you can’t ‘Turn Back Time’. It’s peak Sonny emotions, mixed with Diplo’s unmistakable flavour of banger, and it just works so well. I want more of these two together. And that deep house bassline running through it just gets me going – pure cathartic groove.
4. ‘Somedays’ with Jazzy & D.O.D
![Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D - Somedays [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dX8orLrVwtY/0.jpg)
‘Somedays’ is like house music’s answer to motivational speakers. With lyrics like “don’t stop now, don’t give up, it’s your time, live your life,” something about this record hit a chord with what felt like the whole world. It was inescapable in 2024, taking over radio, festivals, TikTok, Ibiza, and every rooftop bar with a functioning speaker system. A major moment for Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D, ‘Somedays’ peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart, #1 on the UK Dance Chart, and spent over 20 weeks in the Top 40. Even earning a nod at the Brits for Song of the Year, ‘Somedays’ took Sonny Fodera from kind of famous to household name territory.
3. ‘Nightjar’ with Vintage Culture
![Vintage Culture, Sonny Fodera - Nightjar feat SHELLS [Defected]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1gwvI-5v8M0/0.jpg)
‘Nightjar’ is a deep and sexy record. Pairing dreamy chords and a magnetic electric guitar with SHELLS’ smoky vocal, this track has no business being this seductive. Vintage Culture brings a darker-edged, brooding energy to the production, while Sonny Fodera keeps the groove rolling, making for a sultry track that you want to keep coming back to again and again. An energy that works perfectly with the lyrics. You might want her on the rotation, but she’s not having it. At its heart, ‘Nightjar’ is about enjoying the night, while refusing to become someone’s late-night “u up?” text. It quietly became a bit of a sleeper hit, racking up millions of streams without ever feeling overplayed. Never doing too much, there’s something timeless about ‘Nightjar’.
2. ‘Think About Us’ with D.O.D & Poppy Baskomb
![Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us [Official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0U4TmlrLKuI/0.jpg)
They’ve moved on… allegedly. ‘Think About Us’ is less heartbreak and more cheeky confidence that you’re still the main character in their head. With three of the most exciting names in the genre, ‘Think About Us’ was like assembling the Avengers of commercial house music. Sonny Fodera and D.O.D, fresh off the success of ‘Somedays’, have become an unstoppable force, while Poppy Baskomb’s nostalgic vocal has even had people mistaking her for Nelly Furtado. From the plucky opening chords ‘Think About Us’ hooks you in. Both nostalgic and completely new, with a naughty bassline and flirty lyrics to match, ‘Think About Us’ has fast become an absolute favourite in Sonny Fodera’s sets.
1. ‘Asking’ with MK & Clementine Douglas
![Sonny Fodera & MK - Asking (feat. Clementine Douglas) [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jckql0mdf_c/0.jpg)
“I want this to last forever, let’s live in the moment.” Never have truer words been said about a good dancefloor. It’s a beautiful way to open a record, setting the tone instantly.
The build-up is all about Clementine Douglas’ yearning vocal, slowly stacking that feeling of anticipation before giving way to a bouncy tech-house drop where the emotion properly spills out. With MK’s finesse, Sonny’s warmth and Clementine’s soul, ‘Asking’ is a standout record. And after more than a decade of DJing, producing and releasing music, it felt like the moment where everything Sonny Fodera had been building finally clicked into full focus. No longer “one to watch”, he had fully arrived. ‘Asking’ is Sonny Fodera at his very best.
