Sandstorm (Darude composition)

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"Sandstorm"

Single by Darude
from the album Before the Storm
15 November 1999
Released
CD single, 12" single
Format
Recorded JS16 Studios in 1999
Trance[1]
Genre
7:26 (original mix)
Length
3:45 (radio edit)
16 Inch
Label
Writer(s) Ville Virtanen, Jaakko Sakari Salovaara
Producer(s) JS16
Darude singles chronology
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"Sandstorm" is a 1999 trance musical composition by Finnish trance DJ Darude.[2] It was
initially released in Finland on 15 November 1999 by 16 Inch Records, and uploaded to
mp3.com where it gained global recognition. The song was re-released in Sweden in 2000.
On 1 March 2010, over ten years after its release, "Sandstorm" was certified Gold in the United
States by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000.[3]

Contents

1 Background
o 1.1 Composition
2 Chart performance
3 Music video
4 Usage in media
o 4.1 In film and television
o 4.2 In sports
o 4.3 As an Internet meme
5 Track listing
6 Charts and certifications
o 6.1 Charts
o 6.2 Certifications
7 References
8 External links

Background
Darude first started making "happy hardcore" music with a music tracker program on his
computer, playing gigs as "Rudeboy".[4] He then performed with Wille "Weirdness" Heikkil as
"Position 1", making light Eurodance tunes, and he paired with other DJs on other projects. In
SeptemberOctober 1999[4] as Darude he began collaborating with Jaakko "JS16" Salovaara,
known as the producer of the Bomfunk MC's.[5] "Sandstorm" was the first product of the
collaboration, ready after about a week of work. JS16 signed Darude as the first artist on JS16's
new label 16 Inch Records.[4]
Darude had been uploading various pieces of his techno experimentation on the website
mp3.com, where he was building a following, and he also uploaded the full-length demo of
"Sandstorm". This exposure was responsible for worldwide interest in "Sandstorm".[6] In 2000,
Darude reported on his mp3.com artist's page that he had "removed the full-length tracks" of
"Sandstorm" at the request of his record company.[7]

Composition

"Sandstorm" was composed by Darude and Jaakko Sakari Salovaara, featuring no lyrics in it.[8]
According to music critics, it is a trance composition.[1][9]

Chart performance
Soon after release, "Sandstorm" became popular on pop radio stations, reaching No. 1 in
Norway.[10] Its sales worldwide eventually reached 2 million, and it was featured on 200
techno/trance compilations.[6]

Music video
The video for "Sandstorm" features Darude with headphones viewing two security guards (a man
and a woman) chasing a woman with a case. It was filmed at Helsinki Senate Square. Darude
seems to appear at every place the pursuers and the pursued go. Near the end, the woman with
the case stumbles and one of her pursuers (the other woman) betrays her partner, knocking him
out. The woman and the other woman take the case onto a boat with Darude.

Usage in media
In film and television
"Sandstorm" appeared on the pilot episode of popular Showtime series Queer as Folk, which
first aired on December 3, 2000.[11] The song has appeared in the comedy movie (2005 remake)
Fun with Dick and Jane, as well as in the 2013 drama film Filth. Still in 2013, it also appeared in
Under the Skin (in the discothque scene). On a Finnish TV-show called "Far Out" two
contestants named Tatu and Eeka travelled to Budapest where their assignment was to play
music with gypsies. They ended up with making their own version of Sandstorm called
"Sandstrm" together with two Hungarian musicians.[12]

In sports
In October 2006, "Sandstorm" was played for the first time at the University of South Carolina
Williams-Brice Stadium during a Gamecocks American football game. It became a rallying
anthem.[13][14]
Professional wrestler Toru Owashi uses "Sandstorm" as his entrance theme.[15] Mixed martial
artist Wanderlei Silva also uses "Sandstorm" as his entrance song. It was also played at the 2006
Winter Olympics, and during the Ice Hockey World Championships. Nike used the composition
in an advertisement series featuring the basketball opponents Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.[6]

As an Internet meme

As of 2014, the song has become a popular meme on video sharing/streaming websites such as
YouTube and Twitch as a popular song in video montages and as a false reply to the asking for
the name of a song in a video or stream.

Track listing

CD single

1. "Sandstorm" (Radio Edit) 3:46

2. "Sandstorm" (Original Mix) 7:26
3. "Sandstorm" (JS16 Remix) 7:21

Sandstorm (The Remixes) - EP (iTunes Download)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

"Sandstorm" (Radio Edit) 3:49

"Sandstorm" (Extended) 7:26
"Sandstorm" (Dallas Superstarts Remix) 8:24
"Sandstorm" (Komytea Radio Remix) 3:54
"Sandstorm" (Komytea Remix) 7:40
"Sandstorm" (DJ Ray Aka Tom Hafman Remix) 7:13
"Sandstorm" (Superchumbo's Sandy Storm) 8:38
"Sandstorm" (Jan Driver Remix) 6:16
"Sandstorm" (Ronyz Rework) 6:20

Charts and certifications

Charts

Certifications
Chart (0014)

Australia (ARIA)[16]
Austria (3 Austria Top 40)[17]
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18]
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[19]
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20]
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[21]
France (SNEP)[22]
Germany (Media Control Charts)[23]
Ireland (IRMA)[10]
Italy (FIMI)[24]
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25]

Peak
position
40
13
14
36
1
2
3
14
6
3
61
14

Region
Germany
(BVMI)[33]
Sweden
(GLF)[34]
United
Kingdom
(BPI)[35]
United States
RIAA)[3]
*

Certification Sales/shipments
Gold

200,000

Gold

20,000

Silver

200,000

Gold

500,000

sales figures based on certification alone

shipments figures based on certification alone
x
unspecified figures based on certification alone
^

New Zealand (Recorded Music

NZ)[26]
Norway (VG-lista)[27]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28]
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29]
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30]
UK Singles (Official Charts
Company)[31]
US Billboard Hot 100[32]
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[32]
Preceded by
"It Feels So Good" by
Sonique

26
1
13
6
8
3
83
5

Norwegian Singles Chart numberone single

July 27, 2000 August 31, 2000

Succeeded by
"Music" by Madonna

References
1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Godskitchen: Pure Trance Classics". AllMusic. Retrieved 14
September 2014.
2. Slomowicz, Ron. "Interview with Darude". About.com. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
3. RIAA Sandstorm Certification. RIAA. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
4. Niemel, Antti. "Interview". Findance Finnish Music Guide. Archived from the
original on 10 January 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
5. Niemel, Antti. "Darude Discography". Findance Finnish Music Guide. Archived
from the original on 6 March 2001. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
6. Burcher, Nick (2012). Paid, Owned, Earned: Maximising Marketing Returns in a
Socially Connected World. Kogan Page Publishers. pp. 1467. ISBN 9780749465636.
7. "Darude". mp3.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2000. Retrieved 24 August
2014.
8. "Sandstorm Lyrics". Metrolyrics. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
9. Finnish Music Quarterly (Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK)). 2003. p. 25.
10. "Sandstorm", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved July 2, 2010)
11. http://www.princessofbabylon.com/songlist.html
12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR3cAUo76i8
13. Kendall, Josh (2013). 100 Things South Carolina Fans Should Know & Do Before They
Die. Triumph Books. p. 101. ISBN 9781600788505.
14. Kearns, Taylor (Nov 30, 2010). "USC students, fans make "Sandstorm" their unofficial
anthem". WIS. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
15. "Profile". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February
11, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
16. "Australian-charts.com Darude Sandstorm". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
17. "Austriancharts.at Darude Sandstorm" (in German). 3 Austria Top 40.
18. "Ultratop.be Darude Sandstorm" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
19. "Ultratop.be Darude Sandstorm" (in French). Ultratop 50.

20. "Danishcharts.com Darude Sandstorm". Tracklisten.

21. "Darude: Sandstorm" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland.
22. "Lescharts.com Darude Sandstorm" (in French). Les classement single.
23. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres,
Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche
musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
24. Italian peak
25. "Nederlandse Top 40 Darude search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
26. "Charts.org.nz Darude Sandstorm". Top 40 Singles.
27. "Norwegiancharts.com Darude Sandstorm". VG-lista.
28. "Spanishcharts.com Darude Sandstorm" Canciones Top 50.
29. "Swedishcharts.com Darude Sandstorm". Singles Top 60.
30. "Swisscharts.com Darude Sandstorm". Swiss Singles Chart.
31. "Archive Chart: 2000-06-24" UK Singles Chart.
32. "Darude | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
33. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Darude; 'Sandstorm')" (in German). Bundesverband
Musikindustrie.
34. "r 2000" (in Swedish). Swedish Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 9 February
2011.
35. "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 9
February 2011.

External links

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Before the Storm (2001)

Rush (2003)
Label This! (2007)

Ignition (2000) (Unofficial fan-released album)

Other
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Singles

"Sandstorm" (1999)
"Feel the Beat" (2000)
"Out of Control" (2000)
"Out of Control" (Back For More) (2001)
"Music" (2003)
"Next to You" (2003)
"Tell Me" (2007)
"My Game" (2007)
"In the Darkness" (2007)
"Selfless" (2008)
"I Ran (So Far Away)" (2009)
"Crazy World" (2011)

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Number-one debut singles
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