歐陸舞曲的特色有:女聲或男聲、簡單的歌詞、若有饒舌部份多為男聲、重且快速的節拍(約100到175BPM)、合成器的即興重複段落等。歌唱部份常伴有無實際意義的歌詞,如艾菲爾65的歌曲《Blue (Da Ba Dee)(英语:Blue (Da Ba Dee))》裡的一段歌詞“Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die”[7]。
^Huxtable, Simon. What is Progressive House?. Decoded Magazine. 11 August 2014 [14 March 2016]. (原始内容存档于10 March 2016). It was then that the DJs who used to play what was previously known as Euro dance hi jacked the genre and it mutated into the commercial sound people tend to call Progressive House today.