Mental Theo | |
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 Mental Theo performing inMannheim on 29 November 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Theodorus Josephus Jan Nabuurs (1965-02-14)14 February 1965 (age 60) 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Genres | Electronic dance music |
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Theodorus Josephus Jan Nabuurs (born 14 February 1965), better known by hisstage nameMental Theo is a Dutch record producer and DJ. He has recorded two studio albums:Back Once Again (2005) andJumpstyle Madness (2007). He also performs in duo withCharly Lownoise.[1]
Mental Theo was born in's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2] In 2005 his first solo studio albumBack Once Again was released. The album peaked at number 61 on theDutch albums chart.[3] In 2006 Mental Theo re-recorded "Boten Anna" byBasshunter and it was released under the name "Now You're Gone" and alias Bazzheadz.[4][5] The single charted at number 18 on theDanish 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 forHard2Beat Records label (later Dance Nation).[10] The single charted at number 1 in theUnited 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" byABBA.[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 inIreland, made it to number 2 on theSwedish chart,[15] and number 3 inNew Zealand (single was certified platinum[16]).[17] On theFrench singles chart, "Now You're Gone" peaked at number 6.[18] "Now You're Gone" also charted at number 4 on theEuropean Hot 100 Singles.[19] His 2007 second solo studio albumJumpstyle 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 theDutch singles chart.[21]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| NLD [22] | ||
| Back Once Again |
| 61 |
| Jumpstyle Madness |
| 51 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| NLD [22] | ||
| On the Road |
| 18 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Now You're Gone – The Album | |
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