Special D. | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Dennis Horstmann |
Also known as | Special D, Special D.igga |
Born | 16 September 1980 |
Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
Genres | Hands Up |
Occupation(s) | DJ/Producer |
Years active | 2003 – Present |
Labels | Mental Madness Records, Kontor Records, Central Station Records |
Website | Special D MySpace website |
Special D. (born Dennis Horstmann, 16 September 1980) is a German DJ and dance music artist who was particularly popular in the Netherlands, where he won the 'Best Dance International' award at the 2004 TMF NL awards. He was also popular among the Eurodance scene in North America. The "D" in Special D comes from the DJ's first name, Dennis.
His best-known track, "Come With Me", reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart [1] and number 4 in the Irish Singles Chart in April 2004. He proceeded making more tracks, such as "You" or "Here I Am", which were frequently played on European dance floors.
His music featured in Crank: High Voltage . [2] [3]
He has started using Ableton Live in his live sets. [2]
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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AUS [4] | AUT [5] | BEL (FL) [6] | DEN [7] | FIN [8] | GER [9] | IRE [10] | NED [11] | UK [1] | ||||||
2002 | "Come with Me" | 73 | 14 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | 10 | 6 | Reckless | |||
2003 | "Home Alone" | 37 | 27 | — | — | 17 | — | 11 | — | |||||
2004 | "Nothing I Won't Do" | — | 37 | 49 | — | — | 45 | — | 8 | 160 [12] | ||||
"You" | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | |||||
2005 | "Here I Am" | — | — | — | 19 | 7 | 66 | — | — | — | ||||
2011 | "Ich Explodier" (Special D. Presents Psychonautn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||
2013 | "Discoland" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2014 | "Raver" (with Jens O.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2015 | "Oxygene" (with Pulsedriver) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Chief Party Rocker" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Forever Young" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Champion Sound" (with Rocco) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
2016 | "Elysium" (with Scott Brown) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2017 | "Hardcore Doodle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2020 | "Suck My ... !" (with Andy Judge) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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