yeeaaahh... pretty sure more people would remember "My Name Is" or "Hit Me Baby One More Time" or the song that goes: "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Making last forever but friendship never ends. If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give. Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is."
@@salazam seriously? I'd say sandstorm is more widely known than any of those. Aside from the obvious fact that if you've ever gone to a club you've heard it, it's been used in so many movies and tv shows.
@@joey0988 Where does it say he's American? Whatever the case, Techno isn't widely mainstream like the songs he mentioned. The songs he listed are not only mainstream but are still circulating radio and have also been in movies and memes.
I love that the track plays nonstop in the background the whole time and its not even irritating because ive heard it so many times, in so many different context, over at least the last 20 years, that it just exists like air when its playing. It really lives up to its name like a force of nature, inevitable and relentless.
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I’m a mid 40’s DJ from LA who was playing trance in clubs in the early 2000’s. This song absolutely changed everything. Very few songs have done this. This may have been the most important song for the breakthrough of mainstream trance.
I was a bartender in a niteclub when Sandstorm came out. That track was so huge. I remember at the time, the Nokia 3210 had come out and it allowed you to create your own ringtones by manually typing in the notes in the little ringtone editor. Literally everyone I worked with in that niteclub had their ringtone set to Sandstorm. 1997 - 2002 was the peak of dance music for me. So many bangers came out during that era.
So many bangers during that era. Amazing that 20 years since, maybe some of the Kendrick-led rap has been the only thing close where for 3-5 years or so, it was just hit after hit after hit from so many people that it really evolved the genre.
The fact that the guy knows the name of the designer of his album art so many years later just speaks to how good a person they are, recognising other people's contributions. Seems like a really good bloke honestly...
Why would he not remember the name of the person who essentially came up with his artist name as we know it? It’s a pivotal moment in his career. (He does seem like a nice guy, I’m not suggesting he isn’t.)
Huh? There's bands/artists with 20+ albums and they can name the people responsible for everything from production crew to album art to A&R to the photographers. While being a massive success, Sandstorm is pretty much a one hit wonder of epic proportions to be sure, but a one hit regardless.
I was a DJ in Sydney, Australia when it was released here. Someone asked if I had it, A radio station had played it that day. I had not listened yet to it. I had just picked it up on compilation, listened on headphones and thought it was too hard for the crowd. The Guy came back and asked again. It was insane to watch a new song 'go off' instantly on a dance floor. Profound.
That’s such a good idea. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love my electronic music. I gotta plan this. Gotta find a girlfriend to marry one day first though lol. Congrats on your awesome wedding. I would’ve went nuts if I was there too!
Hearing this song in Helsinki at Finland's 100th year independence celebration was really great. The bass drop was timed perfectly when the clock hit midnight and it was a powerful experience
The show he is on at 4:50 and 9:29 is Electric Circus, and the host at that time is Nadine Ramkisson. Filmed live at MuchMusic headquarters in Toronto, ON, Canada. I used to work on that show. It was a blast!
One of the most fun and genuine individuals you'll ever meet in the industry. Was honored to do an event with him many years ago. I felt bad the crowd didn't feel him (it was when rap/R&B/hip-hop was all over the clubs) but it was a great experience to meet Darude. I will say his success is well-deserved.
i appreciated hip hop/rap for the beat but the most of the message i could never vibe with. trance on the other hand had a mysterious, uplifting, and happy feel to it - i much better vibed with that: peace, love, unity, and respect.
I'm 54 so I've been behind the Sandstorm curve, but I do remember the first time I heard the name when asking for a title of a song on a RUclips video and being told "Darude Sandstorm" as a prank comment. Since then I'm a big fan of this track.
Classic. I'm not sure that prank is as common nowadays. lol In video games anytime people asked where something was, people would say darude sandstorm.
@@ChaiLatte13 That's how i discovered this song. Watching gaming videos on YT -> the video has an intro or outro song -> someone asks for the name of the song -> at least one reply says "Darude - Sandstorm". Once my dumb 12 year old brain finally picked up on the trend, I looked up the song on RUclips and watched that goofy ass music video for the first time, and really liked the track. The internet can be pretty cool sometimes.
@@ChaiLatte13 it is pretty common in a lot of twitch chats. Sometimes there is also a command for people who ask, which song is currently playing. And in most cases it just says "Darude - Sandstorm" :D
😂I remember running down the beach in Byron Bay, Australia, listening to Sandstorm. I got soooo carried away that I ended up sprinting as fast a I could, faster and faster... until my hamstring tendon ripped. Took me 20 years to recover from that injury. 😂😂😂 But I don't care cos I LOVE that song. The. Best. Ever. Thanks Darude. 🙏🙏🙏
Absolute legend and one of the more down to earth artists, remember having a great conversation with him when playing the same show in 2018. Glad to see DJ Mag run this story!
Still gaming to this day but them days were special! new, exciting and so micro sized and personal compared to todays enormous saturated online gaming community!
Very interesting take on this classic. I recall hearing Darude Sandstorm in Washington DC at a club called Platinum around 2001 and can remember everyone going absolutely bonkers in excitement when the song dropped. Brings back great memories :D
The ultimate sports song. I’m a play by play announcer for my high school and college, and this song plays on my broadcasts after every touchdown. I always have it on full blast on my computer every Friday night and Saturday afternoon
Feel the beat was way better than Sandstorm I have always thought. Nevertheless, Darude is a top tier producer and DJ. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him live. He puts on a helluva show! He was also a ton of fun to watch on Twitch back in the covid days.
I was a huge trance head when this tune came out in Finland and thought it was terrible at first. It wasn't until I heard it played out in the club when I realised what a banger of a tune it was.
Same. I thought it was mediocre until it played in the club and every inch of my skin went cold and then I couldn't stop jumping... it was amazing. I'll never forget it.
I know sandstorm has been memed into oblivion now but that song is THE definition of a classic. I can even remember the time I first heard it which is no small feat because of all the various chemicals I had taken that night lol. I was amazed at what I had heard that night. That song felt like nothing else that was out at the time back then. Still to this day I smile when I hear it randomly. Superb song! Since I see darude posting in here, I just want to say thanks for the amazing memories sir!
I kept following House music and never got into Trance. But I must admit, this is one of the greatest and biggest dance tracks ever, it's timeless and has brought so much joy to so many people. It easily deserved to be in featured in this series. A track that has shaped history and especially the lives of its fans.
I know people love to bag on the song and use it as a joke response now but the song still gives me chills. It was one of the first anthems I got to drop when I was playing Big Room house venues and it brings back such awesome memories. Huge thanks to Darude for that.
Still takes me back to the Y2K era when Trance and Hardstyle ruled. I was only a kid but I'm so glad I was exposed to these hits at the time! He still looks handsome and I love that he keeps his soul patch hahaha
Epic when he came to the University of South Carolina to DJ his song where they use it for intro and after every touchdown. 85,000 people gyrating to his live music and the house light show, phenomenal.
I was fortunate to live and work in Helsinki for 6 months in 2000 and this playing in the clubs there was epic. Great to hear the story behind it from the man himself.
I was scared there would be no mention of Jaakko. Happy to see he was in the video :) He's responsible of so many classic productions like Freestyler and Stomp to my Beat. He deserves SO MUCH praise.
Fascinating! We just played this track “SANDSTORM” as our Deep Waves Music Classic track for SHOW 179. Is a true classic! Iconic track! Big shoutout to DARUDE 🔥🔥🔥
I still remember hearing this at the Masterdome in Pomona California in early 1999. It was before it was released commercially, and everyone went nuts for it. Good raver times at that place. RIP Masterdome. Big up Darude for this tune!
This series is so important to the culture without this we wouldn’t really know the way Ty this is soooo epic and it really shows the way and the moves to make at the right time
This song is one of the songs that I would describe as one of the soundtracks of my youth. When I first hit the clubs this was one of the main tunes that kept coming back. I will always have good memories when I hear this track :)
I remember when it premiered and watching the video on VIVA or MTV, and thinking how freaking awesome choon that is. It was what got me to love electronic music, and Trance in particular. Thank you Mr. Darude, I hope you are doing well, and I hope you know that shitton of people still love "Sandstorm" unironically, for the banger it is
The first time I heard the song I was listening to MunchMusic, and the first CD I ever owned was the Canadian release of Sandstorm which I guess is the 'Special Edition'. I was 16. It got me through my first summer jobs, led me into producing and DJ'ing. And is still a nice classic I like to throw on when I need to be pumped up. Even later, when it become a bit of a meme, people who hear the song hear a bang'er. Thanks, VV and JS16 for shaping this Canadian kid life just a little.
What a decent guy. That synth riff stood out amongst a lot of similar-sounding tracks of the time. I remember hearing it on Radio One, and it was one of those tracks which I couldn’t wait for the release date, so that I could go to buy the CD Single.
@@AugustinOlivaresTell me about it. Every Saturday morning I would go into town to spend £10 - £15 a week on the new releases. There was 3 record shops on my town and I went around them all deciding what to buy. I miss those times so much.
Darude is a straight-up righteous guy. He came to town unannounced years back. What a set it was, small crowd but true dance heads. Nice Venue with an excellent sound system. I had just gotten the first Galaxy Note, and yeah, that sucker was huge. Found a primo spot and put that camera to the test. Anywho, Darude saw me and got hold of me after the show wanted the footage and put together a nice thank you video to the city, using our footage (his and mine) he even give me credit and all. We have been "friends" ever since. And Sandstorm still rocks the house. Thanks man, you and your music have enlightened and enriched so many!!! 🎼🎶🔊
Ville is a great guy and he encouraged me to explore music in a different way. My personal interactions with him also made me realize how down to earth you can still be even after global fame.
The one & only 25 years on & still the very best dance track EVER !!! As soon as i heard this track back in late 1999 as i was driving, i took to it & i still play this amazing dance track to this day EVEN “FEEL THE BEAT” as well… Amazing from Finland
I still remember hearing this for the first time and all the times after. Good memories. Introduced my kids to it all these years later. My son loves dancing to it. Forever Darude Sandstorm!
I have to say, it was because of Sandstorm that I got deeply into Trance and then ultimately migrated to Deep House. What a remarkable thing Darude did for me personally. I will be forever grateful.
This has to be the most played song worldwide of all time. You hear it in commercials, movies, any dance party, all races and religions. The classic of all classics! And I got to roll my brain off to it back in the day. What a treat!
As a 90s kid and metal, nu metal fan growing up heard this song many times and now I can definitely say it's a f...g good song. If song or music is good you just know it and it doesn't matter if you are not a fan of the genre you can still appreciate it
one of the rare examples of a timeless song that's spanned generations and still has a remarkable impact on its first-time listeners. very well done video, too. let the artist speak and loved the cutscenes
Like everyone, Sandstorm turned my ear to Darude, then Feel the Beat made me stand up and listen. But if I was to pick favourite Darude tracks, it would be anything from the Rush album. That and Label This! Showed the depth of emotion that Darude could put into his songs.
I fell in love with dance music, trance and hard house because of this song, I still remember the first time I heard when I lived in London. I will never be sick of hearing it. Playing it loud until the day I leave this earth. It's on my funeral playlist 😍😀
I’ve always heard that “Yamaha RM1x groovebox was used by Darude” and indeed it does show up in the old clips of him here. My first real hardware back in 2003
I remember moving from the UK in 2003 (where dance music had been commercial and publically acceptable for more than a decade) to the USA (where it was still looked down upon and basically unheard of in the mid-west, they still called everything 'techno' and avoided it like the plague)...but during 2006 I remember going to a baseball game and suddenly it was 'okay' to play snippits of both Zombie Nation and Sandstorm...and the crowd would be sat clapping and do doo dooing to it, like it was their only exposure to dance music. Then you'd walk back out of the stadium and people would be in their cars listening to country, rap and rock again. I just found it really bizzare.
It really is truly bizarre how some parties (political and religious) like to fight music of a certain types for decades. There's always some form of music to demonize for some absurd reason. Metal still takes the cake for being "bad" for the dumbest reasons and yet, the communities around it are the chillest mf around. Never any issues at metal festivals or gigs. It's always the local bar/festival with shitty pop playing and people drunk out of their mind that has the issues with violence or all sorts etc.
This is my most favourite track ever. It reminds me of being at Uni. But I now use it to get me in the zone and ready to race. It’s helped me to several PRs and medals! 🥇 Thank you 🙏 ❤
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Pls more and more trance
@@DJMag pls bt flaming june chicane remix interview
It was one of the last tunes I would play at the end of my sets in my local venue it all ways went off
Pills.
Dude has the most memorable song of our generation, and is more humble than my postman.
yeeaaahh... pretty sure more people would remember "My Name Is" or "Hit Me Baby One More Time" or the song that goes: "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Making last forever but friendship never ends. If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give. Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is."
@@salazam seriously? I'd say sandstorm is more widely known than any of those. Aside from the obvious fact that if you've ever gone to a club you've heard it, it's been used in so many movies and tv shows.
@@joey0988 Where does it say he's American? Whatever the case, Techno isn't widely mainstream like the songs he mentioned. The songs he listed are not only mainstream but are still circulating radio and have also been in movies and memes.
@@joey0988he is Finnish
@@samiorava9240what a great American English accent he has!!!
Dude was honestly so well spoken and insightful about his own journey surrounding this song
12/10 agree
tune aged like milk
@@DillioSmithershow so?
@@DillioSmithersu aged like milk
@@DillioSmithers Yeah, that's why it's still being played absolutely everywhere
I love that the track plays nonstop in the background the whole time and its not even irritating because ive heard it so many times, in so many different context, over at least the last 20 years, that it just exists like air when its playing. It really lives up to its name like a force of nature, inevitable and relentless.
I only just realized that :D
Well said👏🏽 I can totally agree with that.
That’s true. I never thought about it.
track ID pls
Yep, I would perfectly fine with hearing it longer.
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legend himself!
This helped me discover your dates in America! 🎉 see you in Brooklyn rude boy 😎
Thank you for doing this interview! I was 19 when this song hit the US (Los Angeles). So many great memories. Best wishes to you.
thank you for making this song mate! tune of my younger years
I’m a mid 40’s DJ from LA who was playing trance in clubs in the early 2000’s. This song absolutely changed everything. Very few songs have done this. This may have been the most important song for the breakthrough of mainstream trance.
Can You name other songs? I assume zombienation
@@Skolinys Great question! I honestly don't know
@@Ratchetti Children by Robert Miles?
@@Nekzus Better off alone started as a stand alone track.
@@Skolinyslook up any trance mix from like 2005. it will have all the major tracks.
Refusing to ‘play’ an unpowered keyboard, sitting on the couch with your feet up watching the dancers wins most genuine Top of the Pops performance.
I dunno I still think Nirvana takes the cake
Mauro Picotto playing his Track Baguette instead of Komodo was also great
@@Berd95 This is cool. Never knew about this!
or when Orbital just ate a banana
maybe 2nd to Nirvana's performance. And of course Prodigy refused outright and still had many hits.
I was a bartender in a niteclub when Sandstorm came out. That track was so huge. I remember at the time, the Nokia 3210 had come out and it allowed you to create your own ringtones by manually typing in the notes in the little ringtone editor. Literally everyone I worked with in that niteclub had their ringtone set to Sandstorm. 1997 - 2002 was the peak of dance music for me. So many bangers came out during that era.
Lucky one! Unfortunately I was too young at that time to go clubbing. But yeah 90s, early 2000s - still the best dance music in my opinion.
finnish excellence all around
BT, ATB, Tiesto! I love all of them 😊
1997 was the year I started going to clubs. I was 18 but most clubs at the time in Canada didn't ask for ID. Yeah, those were the days!
So many bangers during that era. Amazing that 20 years since, maybe some of the Kendrick-led rap has been the only thing close where for 3-5 years or so, it was just hit after hit after hit from so many people that it really evolved the genre.
The fact that the guy knows the name of the designer of his album art so many years later just speaks to how good a person they are, recognising other people's contributions. Seems like a really good bloke honestly...
Why would he not remember the name of the person who essentially came up with his artist name as we know it? It’s a pivotal moment in his career. (He does seem like a nice guy, I’m not suggesting he isn’t.)
@@marcellkovacs5452I think DJ August 77 is better. 🎉🎉
We interviewed him in 2011, and I can confirm he is certified good guy. Humble, well spoken, smart, and grateful for his fans (puts on a great show!)
@@markmutti 😍😍
Huh? There's bands/artists with 20+ albums and they can name the people responsible for everything from production crew to album art to A&R to the photographers. While being a massive success, Sandstorm is pretty much a one hit wonder of epic proportions to be sure, but a one hit regardless.
I'm convinced that if Sandstorm came out today it would still be a major hit
Absolutely.
Nope, its too basic
Well considering that it`s still a banger then yeah.
he is right 100%, viral before viral was the thing
Imagine you're at the club in the year it released and you hear it for the first time! Mind Blown!
those were the days, amazing experience!!
It really was something. It didn't sound like anything else at the time.
I don't need to imagine, I was there. Yes I am old......
I could imagine everyone in the club asking everyone “what’s the name of this song?”
I'm old and it was different when I heard at theclub..later on my dj friend had a white table break beat remix and it was amazing.
I was a DJ in Sydney, Australia when it was released here.
Someone asked if I had it, A radio station had played it that day.
I had not listened yet to it. I had just picked it up on compilation, listened on headphones and thought it was too hard for the crowd.
The Guy came back and asked again.
It was insane to watch a new song 'go off' instantly on a dance floor.
Profound.
We played this at our wedding and literally everyone went nuts 😆 it was so much fun!
Amazing !
I also played this at my wedding, the photos of the dance floor during sandstorm are my favorite of the whole day!
That’s such a good idea. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love my electronic music. I gotta plan this. Gotta find a girlfriend to marry one day first though lol. Congrats on your awesome wedding. I would’ve went nuts if I was there too!
Hearing this song in Helsinki at Finland's 100th year independence celebration was really great. The bass drop was timed perfectly when the clock hit midnight and it was a powerful experience
Imagine what an incredible honor it must have been to him to do that.
Dudududu! What a tune! And also, such a nice guy! Happy birthday Sandstorm!
You are missing a "du", dude 😅
Dudududu indeed
Hey Twan! 🙋
The show he is on at 4:50 and 9:29 is Electric Circus, and the host at that time is Nadine Ramkisson. Filmed live at MuchMusic headquarters in Toronto, ON, Canada. I used to work on that show. It was a blast!
Memes and jokes aside - such a god damn LEGEND of a song!
Also the DaRude name now makes sense
One of the most fun and genuine individuals you'll ever meet in the industry. Was honored to do an event with him many years ago. I felt bad the crowd didn't feel him (it was when rap/R&B/hip-hop was all over the clubs) but it was a great experience to meet Darude.
I will say his success is well-deserved.
i appreciated hip hop/rap for the beat but the most of the message i could never vibe with. trance on the other hand had a mysterious, uplifting, and happy feel to it - i much better vibed with that: peace, love, unity, and respect.
Sandstorm is a modern day classic, theyre going to reference this song in a couple hundred years like how we do classicals today.
The undisputed king of soundtrack inquiry redirects.
After listening to him, I'd say he deserves it.
I'm 54 so I've been behind the Sandstorm curve, but I do remember the first time I heard the name when asking for a title of a song on a RUclips video and being told "Darude Sandstorm" as a prank comment. Since then I'm a big fan of this track.
ok boomer
Classic. I'm not sure that prank is as common nowadays. lol In video games anytime people asked where something was, people would say darude sandstorm.
@@ChaiLatte13 That's how i discovered this song. Watching gaming videos on YT -> the video has an intro or outro song -> someone asks for the name of the song -> at least one reply says "Darude - Sandstorm".
Once my dumb 12 year old brain finally picked up on the trend, I looked up the song on RUclips and watched that goofy ass music video for the first time, and really liked the track. The internet can be pretty cool sometimes.
@@ChaiLatte13 it is pretty common in a lot of twitch chats. Sometimes there is also a command for people who ask, which song is currently playing. And in most cases it just says "Darude - Sandstorm" :D
@@TakersplaceDeOfficial That's amazing. I had no idea there was a chat command on Twitch! haha
😂I remember running down the beach in Byron Bay, Australia, listening to Sandstorm. I got soooo carried away that I ended up sprinting as fast a I could, faster and faster... until my hamstring tendon ripped. Took me 20 years to recover from that injury. 😂😂😂 But I don't care cos I LOVE that song. The. Best. Ever. Thanks Darude. 🙏🙏🙏
wtf
hamstrung by a rude boy 😂
@@L.L.2045 perfect response
I remember downloading this on Napster..Tune!
"You wouldn't steal a car! Piracy IS a crime" 😅👌
Absolute legend and one of the more down to earth artists, remember having a great conversation with him when playing the same show in 2018. Glad to see DJ Mag run this story!
love to read this, so cool when artists are cool
@@wasabi333DJ August 77 on Channel DJ August 77 🎉🎉
playing this while fragging in quake and cs and unreal tournament, take me back
Love this comment, I can totally relate!! Was also doing all that while also Shoucasting to IRC :D
Quake 3, good times good times
Still gaming to this day but them days were special! new, exciting and so micro sized and personal compared to todays enormous saturated online gaming community!
fuckin' a
@@sergiobolfek2006 Unreal Tournament was the better arena shooter. Q3A only had heritage.
name of song please!
Sandstorm
Sandude - Darstorm
Radude - sanswarm
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
Nard swarm
This was an unbelievable track at the time and still to this day. Nothing else like it.
Pretty humble dude, legendary track.
Very interesting take on this classic. I recall hearing Darude Sandstorm in Washington DC at a club called Platinum around 2001 and can remember everyone going absolutely bonkers in excitement when the song dropped. Brings back great memories :D
The ultimate sports song. I’m a play by play announcer for my high school and college, and this song plays on my broadcasts after every touchdown. I always have it on full blast on my computer every Friday night and Saturday afternoon
This tune is so good even my 78 year old mum wants this at her funeral.
Amazing 🤣
Sandstorm, Feel the Beat & Out of Control defined Darude.
'Music' is also a great but those tunes are 🔥
Feel the beat was way better than Sandstorm I have always thought.
Nevertheless, Darude is a top tier producer and DJ. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him live. He puts on a helluva show! He was also a ton of fun to watch on Twitch back in the covid days.
Yes!! Love seeing some love for Feel the Beat. Absolutely love that track. Takes me back.
I played the living daylight out of that album. And it still sits proudly, with a worn case, in my CD rack in my living room. 😎
My favorite track has always been Burning.
Darude is so chill and loves DJing. Remarkably humble for someone whose track went "viral".
anyone know the song that plays at 0:10?
Oh dear...
Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
Dudududududududududuudduududududu
Numa numa
Lol this comment needs to be pinned 😂
Not sure if many people know it but the producer of Sandstorm is the same who did all the famous songs of Bomfunk MC’s: Jaakko Salovaara
Yes, what a great producer! Where is his "dududududu" fame moment? Maybe Freestyler could be disected some other time on this channel :)
@@kounovskymusic I'd love to see a freestyler video! I don't really hear many people talk about that gem.
Such a legendary tune from the late 90s, still a big banger when someone plays it on the clubs!
I was a huge trance head when this tune came out in Finland and thought it was terrible at first. It wasn't until I heard it played out in the club when I realised what a banger of a tune it was.
Same. I thought it was mediocre until it played in the club and every inch of my skin went cold and then I couldn't stop jumping... it was amazing. I'll never forget it.
Some music just sounds way better in a club system
I know sandstorm has been memed into oblivion now but that song is THE definition of a classic. I can even remember the time I first heard it which is no small feat because of all the various chemicals I had taken that night lol. I was amazed at what I had heard that night. That song felt like nothing else that was out at the time back then. Still to this day I smile when I hear it randomly. Superb song!
Since I see darude posting in here, I just want to say thanks for the amazing memories sir!
Yeah its the ultimate song everyone recognizes it but due to no lyrics some continue to ask about its title :D
I kept following House music and never got into Trance. But I must admit, this is one of the greatest and biggest dance tracks ever, it's timeless and has brought so much joy to so many people. It easily deserved to be in featured in this series. A track that has shaped history and especially the lives of its fans.
And with that as a child, my love of Electronic music emerge in a small and tiny country in Central America.
Thank you, thanks so much!!
I remember a summer night in Sofia Bulgaria, they played it for an hour and a half on a loop
on radio Vitosha
I know people love to bag on the song and use it as a joke response now but the song still gives me chills. It was one of the first anthems I got to drop when I was playing Big Room house venues and it brings back such awesome memories.
Huge thanks to Darude for that.
Saw Darude on the Gold Coast earlier this year. Absolutely fantastic. He is such an easygoing, laid-back guy. I hope that he returns again someday.
This was my wedding bride/groom show-up song at our reception in 2002. Still awesome!
cringe
@@salazam Totally cringe now. But it was popular back then.
@@salazamlame gen z
Was a pleasure hearing Darude play this last week at ADE and then meeting him afterwards! P.S KLF The White Room - what an album
Klf white room was a great album.
very humble guy, good to see.
Canadian checking in... love the throw backs to the old MuchMusic Electric Circus appearance, so many memories unlocked there alone.
Still takes me back to the Y2K era when Trance and Hardstyle ruled. I was only a kid but I'm so glad I was exposed to these hits at the time!
He still looks handsome and I love that he keeps his soul patch hahaha
Epic when he came to the University of South Carolina to DJ his song where they use it for intro and after every touchdown. 85,000 people gyrating to his live music and the house light show, phenomenal.
I was fortunate to live and work in Helsinki for 6 months in 2000 and this playing in the clubs there was epic. Great to hear the story behind it from the man himself.
what an absolute legend. great storytelling as well.
Love the detailed description of how the track was made! The most electronic sounding track of all time, legendary
Unironically dropped this tune 2 weeks ago at a festival. Crowd went crazy. 😂
Well, mostly unironically. 😁
I was scared there would be no mention of Jaakko. Happy to see he was in the video :) He's responsible of so many classic productions like Freestyler and Stomp to my Beat. He deserves SO MUCH praise.
Fascinating! We just played this track “SANDSTORM” as our Deep Waves Music Classic track for SHOW 179. Is a true classic! Iconic track! Big shoutout to DARUDE 🔥🔥🔥
Brings back memories of watching 'Electric Circus' on MuchMusic and playing DDR as a kid
I still remember hearing this at the Masterdome in Pomona California in early 1999. It was before it was released commercially, and everyone went nuts for it. Good raver times at that place. RIP Masterdome. Big up Darude for this tune!
Masterdome was in San Bernardino! I remember you! Good times ❤
Hell yeah me too! and 9PM Till I Come by ATB was another banger that everyone blasted at the Masterdom parking lot lol
@ best of times uh?
@@eduardoiniestra8007DJ August 77 is better 🎉🎉
This series is so important to the culture without this we wouldn’t really know the way Ty this is soooo epic and it really shows the way and the moves to make at the right time
This song is one of the songs that I would describe as one of the soundtracks of my youth. When I first hit the clubs this was one of the main tunes that kept coming back. I will always have good memories when I hear this track :)
I remember when it premiered and watching the video on VIVA or MTV, and thinking how freaking awesome choon that is. It was what got me to love electronic music, and Trance in particular. Thank you Mr. Darude, I hope you are doing well, and I hope you know that shitton of people still love "Sandstorm" unironically, for the banger it is
Love this guy and this track. Realized the other day he has a Twitch stream. So cool to watch him.
Thank you for this legendary track
You've inspired a whole generation
You are genius and you proved it.
Thank you so much!
And Dance Dance Revolution had “that track, yes”, and Music. Both of those are still bops
The first time I heard the song I was listening to MunchMusic, and the first CD I ever owned was the Canadian release of Sandstorm which I guess is the 'Special Edition'. I was 16. It got me through my first summer jobs, led me into producing and DJ'ing. And is still a nice classic I like to throw on when I need to be pumped up. Even later, when it become a bit of a meme, people who hear the song hear a bang'er. Thanks, VV and JS16 for shaping this Canadian kid life just a little.
What a decent guy. That synth riff stood out amongst a lot of similar-sounding tracks of the time. I remember hearing it on Radio One, and it was one of those tracks which I couldn’t wait for the release date, so that I could go to buy the CD Single.
The excitement over getting new CD back then was unmatched
@@AugustinOlivaresTell me about it. Every Saturday morning I would go into town to spend £10 - £15 a week on the new releases. There was 3 record shops on my town and I went around them all deciding what to buy. I miss those times so much.
I was 20 when it came out, and I am still loving it at 54 . Thank you Darude . Sandstorm is eternal .
If there's anything I'm grateful for outside of my family it's that I grew up in the 90's
Darude is a straight-up righteous guy. He came to town unannounced years back. What a set it was, small crowd but true dance heads. Nice Venue with an excellent sound system. I had just gotten the first Galaxy Note, and yeah, that sucker was huge. Found a primo spot and put that camera to the test. Anywho, Darude saw me and got hold of me after the show wanted the footage and put together a nice thank you video to the city, using our footage (his and mine) he even give me credit and all. We have been "friends" ever since. And Sandstorm still rocks the house. Thanks man, you and your music have enlightened and enriched so many!!! 🎼🎶🔊
Ville is a great guy and he encouraged me to explore music in a different way. My personal interactions with him also made me realize how down to earth you can still be even after global fame.
Still playing "Sandstorm" loud and proud . Thank you for recording this memorable song.
Another dance song that made it to my playlist! Keep it coming guysss. Alice Deejay next maybe??
Great suggestion!
@@DJMag 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
DJ Jurgen!
The one & only
25 years on & still the very best dance track EVER !!!
As soon as i heard this track back in late 1999 as i was driving, i took to it & i still play this amazing dance track to this day EVEN “FEEL THE BEAT” as well… Amazing from Finland
I;m just glad that this comment section doesn't say Darude Sandstorm a million times.
I didn't get what's the song?
I still remember hearing this for the first time and all the times after. Good memories. Introduced my kids to it all these years later. My son loves dancing to it. Forever Darude Sandstorm!
Don't forget to give them molly so they can really enjoy it.
Amazing history , thanks for sharing :)
Our pleasure!
@@DJMag you definitely need to interview JS16 after this
I have to say, it was because of Sandstorm that I got deeply into Trance and then ultimately migrated to Deep House. What a remarkable thing Darude did for me personally. I will be forever grateful.
What a history of gold!
This has to be the most played song worldwide of all time. You hear it in commercials, movies, any dance party, all races and religions. The classic of all classics! And I got to roll my brain off to it back in the day. What a treat!
Pretty sure the Amish don't listen to electronic music, so you can't say _all_ religions.
I've always wondered what this song was called! Now after all these years, I finally know!
Hack joke
As a 90s kid and metal, nu metal fan growing up heard this song many times and now I can definitely say it's a f...g good song. If song or music is good you just know it and it doesn't matter if you are not a fan of the genre you can still appreciate it
Name of the song Darude -Sandstorm
LOL
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 finally applicable after all these years
Thank you
Thank you!!
God bless you 🗿
This is one of the trax that converted me to electronic music from metal and stared me on my DJ journey. Awesome bro!
In 2000, it was spinning in my walkman all day long. (on selfmade mixtape from radio of course)
one of the rare examples of a timeless song that's spanned generations and still has a remarkable impact on its first-time listeners. very well done video, too. let the artist speak and loved the cutscenes
Like everyone, Sandstorm turned my ear to Darude, then Feel the Beat made me stand up and listen. But if I was to pick favourite Darude tracks, it would be anything from the Rush album. That and Label This! Showed the depth of emotion that Darude could put into his songs.
Still Love this song!! Hearing it in the club, dancing Alllll night long and Playing it in my car. 😊🙌🏿👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽🔥😍💚💜
What a cool dude. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for the story! It was so amazing to see him in person in Columbia SC, circa 2023
I fell in love with dance music, trance and hard house because of this song, I still remember the first time I heard when I lived in London. I will never be sick of hearing it. Playing it loud until the day I leave this earth. It's on my funeral playlist 😍😀
I’ve always heard that “Yamaha RM1x groovebox was used by Darude” and indeed it does show up in the old clips of him here. My first real hardware back in 2003
It was fun to catch an RM1X in the video, I still have one.
@@-ionme too! It’s in a flightcase and hasn’t been used since ca 2007 though
Sandstorm was the song of the year for my 8th grade. Everyone even those who hated tech and trance grooved to that iconic track
I remember moving from the UK in 2003 (where dance music had been commercial and publically acceptable for more than a decade) to the USA (where it was still looked down upon and basically unheard of in the mid-west, they still called everything 'techno' and avoided it like the plague)...but during 2006 I remember going to a baseball game and suddenly it was 'okay' to play snippits of both Zombie Nation and Sandstorm...and the crowd would be sat clapping and do doo dooing to it, like it was their only exposure to dance music. Then you'd walk back out of the stadium and people would be in their cars listening to country, rap and rock again. I just found it really bizzare.
It really is truly bizarre how some parties (political and religious) like to fight music of a certain types for decades. There's always some form of music to demonize for some absurd reason. Metal still takes the cake for being "bad" for the dumbest reasons and yet, the communities around it are the chillest mf around. Never any issues at metal festivals or gigs. It's always the local bar/festival with shitty pop playing and people drunk out of their mind that has the issues with violence or all sorts etc.
@@esaedvikDJ August 77-the golden Cage. 🎉🎉on Channel DJ August 77
Darude! Still love catching you live! Been to many shows in Oklahoma, Texas, and Las Vegas! always on my playlist!!
Simply THE Trance Anthem!!🧡🧡🎵🙌✨️🙌🎶🧡🧡
This is my most favourite track ever. It reminds me of being at Uni. But I now use it to get me in the zone and ready to race. It’s helped me to several PRs and medals! 🥇
Thank you 🙏 ❤
The Atari ST Darude is talking about is most likely my old, since I sold it to JS16 around 1996-1997😂
Memories😎
Greece, Summer 2000, Mykonos, listening to this song repeatedly. Such great memories!
Best dance song of all times !
I love that he earnestly calls it “the do do do”