Mental Theo | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Theodorus Josephus Jan Nabuurs |
Born | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 14 February 1965
Genres | Electronic dance music |
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Theodorus Josephus Jan Nabuurs (born 14 February 1965), better known by his stage name Mental Theo is a Dutch record producer and DJ. He has recorded two studio albums: Back Once Again (2005) and Jumpstyle Madness (2007). He also performs in duo with Charly Lownoise.[1]
Mental Theo was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2] In 2005 his first solo studio album Back Once Again was released. The album peaked at number 61 on the Dutch albums chart.[3] In 2006 Mental Theo re-recorded "Boten Anna" by Basshunter and it was released under the name "Now You're Gone" and alias Bazzheadz.[4][5] The single charted at number 18 on the Danish singles chart.[6] Initially Basshunter tried to translate "Boten Anna" to English for few times[7] but it was impossible to translate so in 2007 he made his version of "Now You're Gone" featuring DJ Mental Theo.[8] Single was released on 29 December 2007.[9] It was the initial release for Hard2Beat Records label (later Dance Nation).[10] The single charted at number 1 in the United Kingdom, where it stayed at the top for five weeks.[11] It was the first Swedish song at number one on British list since "Dancing Queen" by ABBA.[7] It sold an excess 667,000 copies in the United Kingdom[12] and was certified platinum.[13] It also charted on UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade.[14] "Now You're Gone" also stayed at the top for five weeks in Ireland, made it to number 2 on the Swedish chart,[15] and number 3 in New Zealand (single was certified platinum[16]).[17] On the French singles chart, "Now You're Gone" peaked at number 6.[18] "Now You're Gone" also charted at number 4 on the European Hot 100 Singles.[19] His 2007 second solo studio album Jumpstyle Madness charted at number 51 on the Dutch albums chart.[20] The next single "Say You'll Stay" with Bazzheadz alias was released in 2008 and reached number 21 on the Dutch singles chart.[21]
For the discography with Charly Lownoise, see Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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NLD [22] | ||
Back Once Again |
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61 |
Jumpstyle Madness |
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51 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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NLD [22] | ||
On the Road |
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18 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||
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NLD [22] |
DEN [23] |
GER [24] | |||
"Air" (vs. DJ C7) | 2000 | — | — | — | |
"Revolution / Pump My Eardrumz" | 2001 | — | — | — | |
"Stars 2001" | — | — | — | ||
"Stars 2002" | 2002 | 49 | — | 44 | |
"Revolution" | 57 | — | 71 | ||
"Think of You" | 2005 | 53 | — | — | |
"Revolution 2005 / Every Step" | 42 | — | — | ||
"Now You're Gone"[a] | 2006 | — | 18 | — | |
"Jawzz" | 2007 | 82 | — | — | |
"Say You'll Stay" (presents Bazzheadz feat. Sebastian Westwood) | 2008 | 21 | — | — | |
"This Is Vegas Baby"[25] | 2013 | — | — | — | |
"Sunburn"[26] | — | — | — | ||
"We Kick a Hole in Your Speaker"[27] | — | — | — | ||
"I'm Gonna Live Tonight"[28] | 2014 | — | — | — | |
"Raving Beats" (& DJ Paul Elstak feat. Gin Dutch) | 74 | — | — | ||
"La puta madre"[29] | — | — | — | ||
"Brain Confusion"[30] | 2015 | — | — | — | |
"Woow"[31] | — | — | — | ||
"Bonzai"[32] | 2016 | — | — | — | |
"Overrule Stay Alive"[33] | 2017 | — | — | — | |
"Party Hard"[34] | — | — | — | ||
"Hard Punch" (& Matt Lucker)[35] | 2018 | — | — | — | |
"Koning van het feest" (& Nigel Sean)[36] | — | — | — | ||
"Bau Shi Bau" (& Nigel Sean)[37] | — | — | — | ||
"Bella ciao"[38] | — | — | — | ||
"Tonight" (& Zany)[39] | — | — | — | ||
"Shallow"[40] | 2019 | — | — | — | |
"Bella ciao (Remix)"[41] | — | — | — | ||
"DJ Rebel Live at London" (Dr. Peacock)[42] | — | — | — | ||
"Your Smile (Kane Scott Remix)"[43] | 2020 | — | — | — | |
"Pink Soldiers"[44] | 2021 | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that country. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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SWE [45] |
AUT [46] |
DEN [47] |
FIN [48] |
FRA [49] |
GER [24] |
IRL [50] |
NOR [51] |
NZL [52] |
UK [53] | |||||
"Now You're Gone" (Basshunter) | 2007 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
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Now You're Gone – The Album |