"Dooms Night" is the debut single by German DJ and producer

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, first released in 1999 in Germany. In the UK, the song missed the top 40 until a remix of the song by

Timo Maas Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969, Bückeburg, West Germany) is a German DJ/ producer and remixer whose career in electronic music spans well over 30 years. His remix of Azzido Da Bass's single " Dooms Night" helped launch his career in 2000. In ...

was released on 9 October 2000; it was this version which gave the song mainstream chart success, reaching number eight on the

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. The Timo Maas remix contains a sample from "How Do You Plead?" by French duo Soofle. Later, a re-work of the Timo Maas version by English duo Stanton Warriors was also released as a single in 2000, entitled "Dooms Night (Revisited)". Their remix featured updated

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-esque beats and vocals by UK

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MC Slarta John. Due to the song's popularity, it also made major appearances around the world, including at the

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in 2000, in several American and European commercials, and in the movie soundtrack to ''Be.Angeled''. In 2008, various releases of "Dooms Night" featured new remixes by artists such as

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, Meck and Lexy & K-Paul.

Reception

In the liner notes of the

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mix album ''Kiss House Nation 2001'', ''

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'' music editor Matthew Kershaw named the Maas remix among 2000's "uncategorisable" club tracks. He called it "the most surprising, eccentric, adaptable clubland tune of the year" and highlighting its "wub wub wub" hook. In ''

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'', Simon Reynolds described the remix as Maas' "scene-crossing smash of 2000". He had earlier described it as "a dance record that everybody liked. A tune that was massive in all sorts of divergent and seemingly incompatible scenes. A track that simultaneously worked as a rave anthem, a club classic, an underground monster, a mainstream chart smash. Impossible, you say, no way not in this post-rave era of micro-scenes, niche markets and endless genre subdivision." He highlighted its appeal in the

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, progressive,

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scenes and its popularity at Notting Hill Carnival and Berlin's

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Track listings

1999 German 12-inch single – "Dooms Night" :A. "Dooms Night" (Club Mix) :B. "Dooms Night" (Dub Mix) 1999 German 12-inch single – "Dooms Night" Remixes :A1. "Dooms Night" (DJ JamX & De Leon's DuMonde Rmx) – 7:37 :A2. "Dooms Night" (Azzido Da Bass Real Club Mix) – 6:38 :B1. "Dooms Night" (

Remix) – 6:16 :B2. "Dooms Night" (Da Hardstylaz Remix) – 6:26 2000 12-inch single - "Dooms Night" :A1. "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Remix) – 5:53 :B1. "Dooms Night" (Pascal F.E.O.S. Treatment Mix) – 6:17 2000 12-inch single - "Dooms Night" (revisited) :A1. "Dooms Night" ( Stanton Warriors Vocal Mix) – 5:53 :B1. "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Dub) – 6:17 :B2. "Dooms Night" (

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's Dooms Day Club Edit) – 6:21 UK CD single 1 # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Radio Edit) – 3:45 # "Dooms Night" (Dooms Night Club Mix) – 6:21 # "Dooms Night" (DJ Jam X & De Leon's DuMonde Short Rmx) – 7:17 UK CD single 2 # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Radio Edit) – 3:45 # "Dooms Night" (Pascal F.E.O.S. Treatment Mix) – 6:50 # "Dooms Night" (Norman Jay's Doomsday Mix) – 8:09 German CD maxi # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Radio Edit) – 3:45 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Radio Edit) – 3:36 # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Remix) – 6:16 # "Dooms Night" (Pascal F.E.O.S. Treatment Mix) – 6:50 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Main Mix) – 5:40 # "Dooms Night" (Norman Jay's Doomsday Club Edit) – 3:21 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Dub Edit) – 5:49 Enhanced CD maxi # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Radio Edit) – 3:45 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Radio Edit) – 3:36 # "Dooms Night" (Timo Maas Remix) – 6:16 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Main Mix) – 5:40 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Vocal Mix) – 5:53 # "Dooms Night" (Stanton Warriors Dub) – 6:17 # "Dooms Night" (Norman Jay's Doomsday Mix) – 8:09 # "Dooms Night" (Club Mix) – 6:21 # "Dooms Night" (DJ Jam X & De Leon's DuMonde Short Remix) – 7:17 # "Dooms Night" (Pascal F.E.O.S. Treatment Mix) – 6:50 # "Dooms Night" (The Video)

Charts

References

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