Quick Facts
Biography
Sidney Samson (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch DJ. He is best known for the track, Riverside, which was released in 2009.
Career
Samson started DJing at the age of 13, focusing on hip hop music before working seriously on house music from 1999. He is a resident DJ at The Matrixx, a major Dutch nightclub and released "Bring That Beat Back" and "It’s All Funked Up" on the digidance and Spinnin' Records labels respectively. After collaborating with Gregor Salto, he formed his own record label, Samsobeats, in 2007.
Samson managed to get his debut single "Riverside" to #1 on the Dutch Top 40, #9 on the Australian ARIA Charts, #2 on the Irish Singles Chart, and #2 on the UK Singles Chart.
He released his second single "Shut Up and Let It Go" with Lady Bee in February 2010.
In 2011 Sidney Samson collaborated with the UK singer/songwriter Tara McDonald releasing "Set Me On Fire" through Spinnin Records, followed by "Dynamite" which was released through his own label Rock the Houze with Spinnin Records remixed by Nicky Romero.
Samson frequently collaborates with top industry influencers and has worked on hit tracks, including "Get Outta My Way" by Kylie Minogue, "Gettin' Over You" by David Guetta, "Commander" by Kelly Rowland, "Hello" by Martin Solveig and "Hip Hop" by dead Prez. After touring with LMFAO last summer, Sidney is back in the studio, working hard to put out new tracks for his fans. His recent hits include "Change Your Life" with Far East Movement and Flo Rida, and "Better than Yesterday" with will.i.am. He is also playing at shows around the US, including his huge residency at The Wynn clubs in Las Vegas.
On 14 July 2014 Sidney Samson married Eva Simons, a Dutch singer-songwriter. The two have been engaged for about six months and have also collaborated on a track called "Celebrate the Rain".
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | AUS | AUT | BEL | UK | FRA | |||
| "Nobody Rock!" | 2006 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "What Do You Want Papi" (with Gregor Salto) | 2007 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" (with Skitzofrenix) | 2008 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Pump Up the Stereo" (featuring MC Stretch) | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Today" (featuring Joni) | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Riverside" | 2009 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 13 | — | — | |
| "Let's Go" (featuring Lady Bee and Bizzey) | — | 48 | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside (Let's Go)" (featuring Wizard Sleeve) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| "Shut Up & Let It Go" (featuring Lady Bee) | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The World Is Yours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fill U Up" (featuring Sicerow) | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wake Up Call" (featuring Steve Aoki) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Duplex" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Quacky" (featuring Afrojack) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mutate" (with Lil Jon) | 2011 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | |
| "Tomahawk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Surrender" (featuring MC Ambush) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Thanks I Get" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Street Is Ours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mutate" (featuring Lil Jon) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Get Low" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Dutchland" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Better Than Yesterday" (featuring will.i.am) | 84 | — | — | 95 | — | — | ||
| "Torrent" (with Martin Garrix) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Revenge of the Acid" (with Killfake) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Celebrate the Rain" (with Eva Simons) | 2014 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Escape From Love" (with Eva Simons) | 2016 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 69 | |
| "Riverside (Reloaded)" (with Tujamo) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | |
| "Soldier" (with G Wise) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Raveheart" (with Vito Mendez) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Drop It Down" (featuring Vasin) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bomba Latina" (with X-Tof and Bowman featuring Mr. Pig and Zafra Negra) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Others
- Emporium (with Tony Cha Cha) (Spinnin') (2009)
- Set Me On Fire (with Tara McDonald) (Spinnin') (2011)
- Dynamite (with Tara McDonald) (incl. Nicky Romero Remix) (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Filter (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Blasted (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Music Box (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Hold Up (Rock the Houze) (2012)
- Something In the Air (featuring Tony Cha Cha) (Spinnin') (2012)
- YLB (with Leroy Styles) (Musical Freedom) (2013)
- Move (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- GO (featuring Gwise) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Good Time (Dreamfields Anthem 2013) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Make the Club Go Like (featuring Alvita) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Thunderbolt (with Justin Prime) (Spinnin') (2014)
- Trojan (DOORN) (2014)
- Magic (with Yves V) (Smash The House) (2015)
- Guess Who's Back (vs. Gwise) (Smash The House) (2015)
- Kamikaze (with KURA) (Free Download) (2015)
- Oohwok On Fleek (featuring Yeshua Alexander) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Lit (with Onderkoffer featuring MC Ambush) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Through The Fire (with Onderkoffer featuring Ingrid Simons) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Firecracker (with Onderkoffer) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Whiplash (featuring Far East Movement x Onderkoffer) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Ready For Action (featuring MC Roga) (Armada Trice) (2016)
- Gangstah (featuring Bobso Architect) (Kingpin Society) (2017)
- Enemy of the Hate (featuring ISA and Bobso Architect) (Kingpin Society) (2017)
- The Officer (with Shaggy featuring Bobso Architect & Hosai) (Spinnin') (2018)
- THOP (with Sjaak) (TopNotch) (2018)
- Brut Riddim (with Gregor Salto) [Salto Sounds] (2018)
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | BEL | GER | |||
| "Change Your Life" (Far East Movement featuring Flo Rida and Sidney Samson) | 2012 | — | — | 91 | Dirty Bass |
| "Bubbels" (Yes-R featuring Sidney Samson) | 2013 | 72 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bludfire" (Eva Simons featuring Sidney Samson) | 2015 | 60 | 86 | — | |
| "Durven" (Bamo, Sjaak and Jack Lewis featuring Raynor Bruges and Sidney Samson) | 2018 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
