Darude
Dance
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![Listen to Sandstorm (2025 Remix) [136 Bpm] by Darude, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music114/v4/de/cc/f7/deccf73f-52f3-7855-b734-0084cfe3a12d/contsched.jrcbiefv.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Sandstorm (2025 Remix) [136 Bpm] by Darude, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Listen to I Ran (So Far Away) [feat. Blake Lewis] by Darude](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/68/3c/be/mzi.kggqdmew.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to I Ran (So Far Away) [feat. Blake Lewis] by Darude")
About Darude
Hometown
Finland
Born
July 17, 1975
Genre
Dance
Darude is a Finnish DJ and producer whose eternal 1999 trance opus “Sandstorm” soundtracked countless raves at the turn of the millennium.
• He got his name after playing Leila K’s “Rude Boy” multiple times in a row while DJing a friend’s party. “Rude Boy” evolved into Darude.
• “Sandstorm” charted across Europe and reached No. 3 in the UK. In the US, it spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 5 on the Dance Club Songs chart.
• Over the years, “Sandstorm” has been featured in everything from sports broadcasts to video games to a never-ending string of memes. It remains a signpost of club culture.
• In 2000, Darude released his debut album, Before The Storm, which also features the single “Feel the Beat,” his second UK Top 5 hit. That same year, he earned three Finnish Grammy Awards.
• Masked superstar DJ deadmau5 aptly credits Darude as being one of the artists “responsible for the influx of electronic music in North America.”
• In 2015, Darude returned with Moments, his first full-length project in more than eight years. The album features various styles, including disco, trance, and electro and progressive house.
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