Matthias Paul,known professionally as Paul van Dyk is a German DJ,record producer and musician. Van Dyk was the first artist to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the newly added category of Best Dance/Electronic album for his 2003 release Reflections. He was the first DJ to be named number one by Mixmag in 2005. By 2008,he had sold over 3 million albums worldwide.
Luigino Celestino di Agostino,known professionally as Gigi D'Agostino,is an Italian DJ,remixer,singer and record producer. In 1986,he started his career as a DJ spinning Italo disco. His biggest chart successes include "Bla Bla Bla","Another Way",a cover of Nik Kershaw's "The Riddle","La Passion","Super" and "L'Amour Toujours",all in the years 1999 and 2000. The hookline of "L'Amour Toujours" was also used for the 2018 hit remix/mashup "In My Mind".
"Precious" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their eleventh studio album,Playing the Angel (2005). It was released on 3 October 2005 by Mute,Sire,and Reprise Records as the album's lead single. The song reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart,No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100,and No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Denmark,Italy,Spain,and Sweden,and it peaked within the top 10 in Austria,Wallonia,Canada,Finland,Germany,and Norway.
"La Passion" is a song co-written and recorded by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. It was released in October 2000 as the sixth single from his 1999 album L'Amour Toujours. It is a remix with some additional melodic variations of the song "Rectangle" by the French musician Jacno,which doesn't originally contain any vocals. Music producer and songwriter Carlo Montagner provides the vocals,which were heavily auto-tuned,as were many songs which followed Cher's trend during the early 2000s. D'Agostino has made various mixes for different albums. The song was a hit in Austria and Belgium,where it became a number 1 single.
"L'amour toujours" is a song co-written and recorded by the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. The song was released to American clubs and dance radio in July 2000. In Europe,the song was released in October 2000. The song is from D'Agostino's 1999 album of the same name. Ola Onabule is the vocalist of this song. He performs all the vocals on the track and on all versions of the song. It became an international success and a huge hit throughout Europe,Latin America,Asia and Canada. In 2001,the song became extremely popular in the American dance club scene,peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 15 September 2001. The album version has a different mix,which was used as the single version in the United States except with vocal samples from "Bla Bla Bla" added.
"Not Over Yet" is a song by British dance act Grace. Originally released in 1993 under the band name State of Grace,it was re-released in March 1995 as the first single from their only album,If I Could Fly (1996). It received critical acclaim from music critics,peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Lead vocals and backing vocals were performed by singer Patti Low. In 1995,the lead vocals were replaced by new frontwoman and singer,Dominique Atkins for the album release,although Low's backing vocals remained in place. This Atkins/Low combination appeared on all subsequent re-releases and remixes of the track. The woman who appears in the accompanying music video is Low.
"The Other Side" is a single released on Paul van Dyk's second DJ mix album The Politics of Dancing 2. Paul van Dyk wrote the song in retort to the devastating tsunami which hit southeast Asia on 26 December 2004. Van Dyk believes it is important to recognise that many thousands of people were affected by this tragedy,and lost loved ones. "The Other Side" portrays the feeling of still being with a person,in one's thoughts,who has died. It expresses the faith and aspiration of seeing that person again on "the other side".
"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by French music producer and DJ Bob Sinclar,co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman,Big Ali,and Makedah on vocals. The song uses recreated parts of the 1990 hit "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory and was released as the third major single off the album Western Dream,on 21 August 2006. It became Sinclar's most popular single on the UK Singles Chart,peaking at number three. The song also reached number one in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) and number six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
"Insomnia" is a song by British musical group Faithless. Released as the band's second single,it became one of their most successful. It was originally released in 1995 and reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart,topping the UK Dance Chart in the process. When re-released in October 1996,the song achieved a new peak of number three in the United Kingdom and topped the charts of Finland,Norway,and Switzerland,as well as the American and Canadian dance charts. It also featured on Faithless's 1996 debut album,Reverence.
"Nothing but You" is a single released by German DJ Paul van Dyk in association with British group Hemstock &Jennings,featuring trance singer Jan Johnston as well as Kym Marsh on vocals. "Nothing but You" is a re-work of Hemstock &Jennings' 2002 single "Arctic". Released in March 2003,the song reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart,number six on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the Dutch Single Top 100.
"Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" is a song by German DJ Paul van Dyk in collaboration with English indie dance band Saint Etienne,with Sarah Cracknell of the group on vocals. Released in May 2000,the song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart,giving both acts their highest-charting UK hit. A music video was made along with the song that can be found on the Global DVD.
"Celice" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. Written by Magne Furuholmen and Martin Terefe,it was released as the first single from the album,Analogue,throughout Europe. It was released on 7 October 2005 in Germany and Norway,and 24 October in Sweden. It was not released in the UK. It reached worldwide sales of over 300,000 units. For a while the song was under consideration to be included on the Da Vinci Code movie soundtrack. It was their ninth and recent number-one hit on the Norway charts.
"White Lies" is a song by German DJ Paul van Dyk,featuring vocals from American singer Jessica Sutta,member of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls. It was released in July 2007 as the lead single from van Dyk's fifth studio album,In Between (2007),through MFS and Vandit Records.
"Teardrops" is a song by American husband-and-wife duo Womack &Womack,released on 5 August 1988 by Island Records as the first single from their fourth studio album,Conscience (1988). The song was written by Womack &Womack,while production was helmed by Chris Blackwell. Although the song was not a hit in their native United States,it charted highly in the United Kingdom and several European countries,as well as Australia and New Zealand.
"The Riddle" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw,released in 1984 as the lead single from his second studio album of the same name. Kershaw described the lyrical content as being nondescript to fill as a "guide vocal" for the production. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top 10 in countries like Ireland,Norway,Sweden,Australia and New Zealand. An accompanying music video was made for the song and features references to Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
Paul van Dyk is a German DJ and record producer.
"Pjanoo" is a keyboard-based house track by the Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. It received moderate airplay amongst British radio stations,being heavily used by BBC Radio 1 in advertisements for their "Radio 1 Big Weekend" and "Weekend in Ibiza" events. The single peaked at number six on the Swedish Singles Chart. "Pjanoo" found success outside Sweden,particularly in the United Kingdom,where it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and topped the country's Dance chart for ten non-consecutive weeks.
Tobias Topic,also known mononymously as Topic,is a Croatian-German DJ,producer and musician. His song "Home" was certified platinum in Australia and Germany.
"In My Mind" is a 2012 song by Australian house music producer Ivan Gough and house music duo Feenixpawl,featuring the vocals of indie pop musician Georgi Kay.
"RipGroove" is the debut single by English speed garage duo Double 99. A huge underground UK club hit in 1997 when first released on an EP under their alias R.I.P. Productions,the song was officially released as a single twice,first in May 1997 where it reached No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart,then again in October in a new mix featuring vocals by MC Top Cat,peaking seventeen places higher at No. 14. The song appeared on their sole album,7th High,released in 2001.
