Mike Perry (DJ)

Mikael Mats Robert Persson (born 24 June 1983), better known by his stage name Mike Perry, is a Swedish DJ and music producer from Skövde. He is best known for his 2016 single "The Ocean" featuring vocals from Shy Martin, which peaked at number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart. Also, some other songs of Mike are "Inside the Lines", "Stay Young" and "Don't Hide".

Mike Perry
Background information
Birth nameMikael Mats Robert Persson
Born (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983
OriginSkövde, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active2006–present
Labels
  • DF Records
  • Sony Music Entertainment

Career

2012–2015: Beginnings

In 2007, Perry released "Psycadelic" with Stephan M.[1] In 2012, Perry released "Put Me Up", an electronic dance music production on the Mark Brown label, and released on CR2 Records.[2][3] This was followed by a collaboration with Cecilia Axeland called "We Don't Sleep in the Night"[4] as well as "Whompin" with Filip Jenven.[5] In 2013, Perry began releasing music in a "big room" style.[6] Also in 2013, Miriam Bryant's "Push & Play" was remixed by Filip Jenven and Mike Perry.[7] Perry released several pieces of music from 2013 to 2016.[8]

2016: Breakthrough with "The Ocean"

After playing a track called "The Ocean",[9] Sony Music Entertainment signed him up to their label.[10] On 15 April 2016 the track was released, featuring vocals from Shy Martin. The song peaked at number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart, also reaching the Top 10 in Austria, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Switzerland as well as the Top 20 in, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France and Ireland as well as the Top 40 in Italy, New Zealand, Portugal and United Kingdom.[11]

The follow-up single "Inside the Lines" was released on 21 October 2016.[12] The track features vocals by Casso and reached number 19 in Finland and number 25 in Sweden.[13] His third tropical house release in 2016 was the track "Touching You Again".[14] It was produced with newcomers Hot Shade and Jane XØ as well as singer Phoebe Ryan.[15] On 15 May 2017, Perry announced his upcoming single "Hands" featuring American singer Sabrina Carpenter and British boy band The Vamps, which was released later in the month.[16]

Perry released more singles going into 2018 including "California" featuring Hot Shade and Karlyn and "Don't Hide" with Willemijn May, which number 35 and 31 on the Swedish charts respectively.

In 2019, Perry released the single "Changes" with fellow DJs Ten Times and Dmitri Vangelis and Wyman with vocals from The Companions which reached number 65 in Sweden.

Discography

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[17]		 AUS
[18]		 AUT
[19]		 DEN
[20]		 GER
[21]		 NL
[22]		 NOR
[23]		 NZ
[24]		 SWI
[25]		 UK
[26]
2016 "The Ocean"
(featuring Shy Martin)		 111413510332439 Non-album singles
"Inside the Lines"
(featuring Casso)		 25
[27]		—————34
[28]		—84—
"Touching You Again"
(with Hot Shade and Jane XØ)		 — — — — — — — — — —
2017 "Talk About It"
(with Hot Shade)		 40—————————
"Body to Body"
(with Imani Williams)		 56
[29]		—————————
"Hands"[30]
(with The Vamps and Sabrina Carpenter)		 70
[31]		————————— Night & Day (Night Edition)
"Stay Young"
(with Tessa)		 39
[32]		————————— Non-album singles
2018 "Rocksteady"
(with DIMA)		 ——————————
"California"
(with Hot Shade featuring Karlyn)		 35
[33]		 —————————
"Don't Hide"[34]
(with Willemijn May)		 31
[35]		—————————
"Rise & Fall"[36]
(featuring Cathrine Lassen)		 —[upper-alpha 1]—————————
"Lighthouse"
(with Hot Shade featuring René Miller)		 —[upper-alpha 2]———————[upper-alpha 3]——
2019 "Runaway"[40] ——————————
"Way Too High"[41] ——————————
"Closer"[42]
(with Sonic Avenue and Hot Shade featuring Mikayla)		 ——————————
"Changes"[43]
(with Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman and Ten Times featuring The Companions)		 65
[44]		—————————
"Moves"
(with Hot Shade and Mika Zibanejad		 ——————————
"Bloodshot"[45]
(featuring Charlotte Haining)		 ——————————
"All Star"[46]
(with Ten Times and Hot Shade featuring WhoisFiyah)		 ——————————
"One Life"[47] ——————————
"Better Than This"[48]
(featuring David Rasmussen)		 ——————————
"Until I Die"
(featuring Joe Buck)		 ——————————
"Dive"
(with Hot Shade and Chris James)		 ——————————
2020 "Told You So"
(featuring Orange Villa)		 —[upper-alpha 4] —————————
"Paradise"
(with Mangoo and Wanja Janeva)		 ——————————
"Maze"[50]
(with Mangoo featuring Wanja Janeva)		 ——————————
"Coming Home"[51]
(with Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman)		 ——————————
"Midnight Sun"
(featuring Forgét Mej)		 ——————————
"Down the Line"
(featuring Ten Times)		 ——————————
"Crazy"[52]
(featuring Nathaniel)		 ——————————
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "Rise & Fall" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[37]
  2. "Lighthouse" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[38]
  3. "Lighthouse" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[39]
  4. "Told You So" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[49]

Other releases
Year Title
2007 "Psychadelic"
(with Stephan M featuring Vanity)
"Arctic Sweep"
(vs. Dreas)
2012 "Put Me Up"
"We Don’t Sleep in the Night"
(with Cecilia Axeland)
"Whompin"
(with Filip Jenven)
"Train"
(with Kastenholt & Dee featuring Maegan Cottone)
2016 "Touching You Again"
(with Hot Shade featuring Jane XØ)

Remixes
Year Title Original artist(s)
2007 "Fuckin' Voices" (with Stephan M) Distorded
"Give Some Love" (with Stephan M) Antoine Clamaran & Mario Ochoa
(featuring Lulu Hughes)
2012 "Champion" Clement Marfo & The Frontline
"Looking for Love" Nilson & The 8th Note
(featuring Fenja)
2013 "Last Day On Earth" Michael Woods
"You Give Me Life" NARK
(featuring Neil Ormandy)
"Push Play" (with Filip Jenven) Miriam Bryant
"Last Soul on Earth" (with Filip Jenven)
"All Night" (with Filip Jenven) Icona Pop
2015 "Carry You Home" (with Filip Jenven) Zara Larsson
2017 "Perfect" Ed Sheeran
"Cold" (with Hot Shade) Maroon 5

Awards and nominations
Awards
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2017P3 GuldSong Of The YearThe OceanNominated [53]
2017GrammisSong Of The YearThe OceanNominated [54]
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  54. "Laleh har flest nomineringar inför Grammisgalan".
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