Darude Songs Ranked

Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (born July 17, 1975), better known by his stage name Darude, is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single “Sandstorm” in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on September 18, 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland’s Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude’s second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on the weekly album chart in Finland. His music is characterized by its progressive/uplifting style. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “Look Away” with singer Sebastian Rejman but failed to qualify for the grand final. Here are all of Darude’s songs ranked.

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14. Tell Me (Label This!, 2007)

“Tell Me was a good song, but it was very unlike Darude. Darude of course has a unique sound and renowned for good instrumentals or minimal lyrics and yet Tell Me was not like his styles from Rush and Before The Storm.”

13. Stars (Label This!, 2007)

“Darude has outdone himself. This is absolutely fantastic from beginning to end. I listen to this during my workouts and it helps me to get into the ‘zone’ to really push it.”

12. I Ran (Label This!, 2007)

“In a world where Trance producers are ruining their own sound by going commercial, Ville still maintains an addictive style while adapting to the changes. His take on a classic Flock Of Seagulls song actually isn’t half-bad, especially nowadays when classics get butchered frequently.”

11. Rush (Rush, 2003)

“How many times can you say love! This is awesome and a new favorite of mine. I listen to it every time I am in the car. It really gets me moving and I just love the beat.”

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10. Stars (Here With Me) (Label This!, 2007)

“I definitely like the softer sound of this than with a nice trance beat and synths. I could just close my eyes and listen. Awesome”

9. Drums of New York (Before the Storm, 2000)

“I can listen to the whole thing in one sitting without skipping tracks. This isn’t something that most trance DJs can accomplish. Each track is very catchy and the remixs are interesting as well.”

8. In the Darkness (Label This!, 2007)

“Sounds like the kind of music I should be playing on a rainy day. This Trance mix is very beautiful, very melodic, and leaves me with the feeling that my eyes are ready to tear up. I’m fond of the piano (or keyboard) melody in this mix in particular.”

7. Music (Rush, 2003)

“This record shows his true colors, the song Music (both mixes) are by far the best on the record.  Darude can really throw down some trance mixes. Love his his balance of melodic and hard beat style.

6. Next to You (Rush, 2003)

“The second single “Next To You” (3:56) is supposedly remixed in radio edit form, but doesn’t seem to change much from it’s original 12″ vocal mix, other than that this and the first single turn out to be great singles that bare little resemblance to the aformentioned ‘Sandstorm’.

5. Calm Before the Storm (Before the Storm 2000)

“Darude makes his name with his revving acid sounds in high energy and high velocity style music. I’m sure everyone has heard one of Darude’s tracks some place because of the easily identifiable sounds he uses in his music.”

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4. Touch Me Feel Me (Before the Storm 2000)

“Touch Me Feel Me” is a really great chillout song. It’s my favorite song in this album. The most captivating part of this song, in my opinion, is the drums and the bass. Even though the other tracks of this song are more upbeat, it fits in really well in this album.”

3. Out of Control (Before the Storm 2000)

“Out of Control” is a little bit different from the tracks above, since the drums are more prominent in this track. I’m not really into the robotic vocals, though. You should check out the vocal version “Out of Control (Back for More).”

2. Feel the Beat (Before the Storm 2000)

“Also, maybe a lot of people heard “Feel the Beat.” It’s similar to “Sandstorm,” but it’s still a great song to get you pumped up.. like for a basketball game or something. This song was featured in “Like Mike” for about 30 seconds.”

1. Sandstorm (Before the Storm 2000)

“It’s a good song, but it does get kind of old after a while. But that shouldn’t hold you back from buying this CD. Great song, this is why Electronic is not dead at all.”