Nice work Twan,another interesting insight into one of the early 'commercial' Trance anthems - keep it up!

Song literally is THE SONG THAT SUMS UP THE 90s.

This track pretty much defines late 90s commercial trance everyone liked this track from what I remember.

The greatest trance-track in history!

This was the song that got me hooked into trance. It was the first single I purchased and played it over and over. Good memories.

Personally DJ Jurgen should of gotten way more recognition for his brilliant creations Better Off Alone, It seems at the time it was a good idea to change it to Alice Deejay making it more popular and commercialized but it got so big who knows what cut DJ Jurgen got out of it. I hope it was worth it cause I hear horror stories with music industry contracts ripping off artists.

This song is so addictive even my mom whistles its melody still to this day. (she was about 50 y.o. at the time)

Most people don’t even recognize his name. He’s a legend, a real one !

One of my favourite ever dance tracks. Still listen to it constantly. First heard it on a lads holiday in Benidorm, August 99 in the nightclubs. Tuuuuuuuuunnnnneeeee!!

These classic trance tunes are just so good that no remix would be better than the original. Keep them untouched to be vert honest.

Judith comeback!!!

20 years old , losing it to that track on the dance floor.... these were the days! Thank you dj Jurgen for the ever lasting memories ! :)

Lots of fun times n memories in the 90s tripping to this at the raves Mia fl - where’s the Time Machine

Fantastic, so much of EDM is here today, gone today, good to have some backstory.

Thank you kindly for doing this video! I loved this song when I was 13! All of these classics made their way onto Canadian Top 40 radio back in the day.

DJ Jurgen for All of His contribution as an Artist and also a Dj is one of the best legends living .. Big Respect!

One of my favorite songs of all time plus can't get enough of it.

Love at first listen, Back in the 90’s, it was a banger!❤

Great track, like wine - better and better! Классный трек.

If Judith is now open for a interview now that she made a reunion…I like to hear her perspective about providing the vocals and more involvement in the group as a face.

the genius behind the hit

How many times I rolled listening to this song. 😍🥰 good times.

This is my favorite song! Thank you for posting this. It means a lot to learn more about this great song!

This channel is so underrated

Great interview. DJ Juergen seems like a really genuine guy. Another Positiva release that I bought in its first week in the shops. Some great memories of it getting played in my local nightclub too.

Love To Love You Baby !!! Thank You For The Interview !!! from San Fransisco, calf

This is just like how Jo Bogeart from Technotronic fame released the original Pump Up The Jam instrumental via the name The Pro 24's back in 1989 titled Technotronic. I didn't know Better Off Alone was originally an instrumental track.

Thats sweet he seems down to earth too!

The Best :) Good Memories

Great interview. Thanks for doing this!

Man, this was my jam back in the day.

Always polite. Had him sign a cd when I met him at a club. My favorite track at the time. Thanks for the memories! :)

Great interview...timeless track.

Seems like a very humble and cool guy! Awesome interview!

Thank you for a great interview! Remember when the song came out. Back to youth :)

Amazing interviews, so authentic - and I think that is really hard to come by. Don't stop with this!

thank you.now i know who DJ JUERGEN IS.was a huge hit in South Africa.greetings from Cape Town

With the turn of the century, "Better Off Alone" has been described as a turning point in the development of a commercialized techno sound / Entertainment Weekly described the song as "techno-pop" (wikipedia) nice interview for this classic dancepop-techno tune

What a legend!

He Jurgen....man man....de KB was ook een tijd he... :) Groet Paul

Awesome! this is one of my all time favorite tracks

It’s funny how this went from “DJ Jurgen” to “DJ Jurgen Presents” to absolutely no mention of him at all in the writing credits!

I don't like the vocal one but the regular trance track was big. What helped with this track was actually the name "Alice" as in Alice in Wonderland... which truly described the rave scene of the 90s.

Great Track (Dj Jam X And De Leon's Dumonde Mix) Great Video ! Thank you !

such amazing insights

Really interesting! Glad you got the opportunity to do the interview :)

Thank you so much for these videos!

Legend! Thanks🤍

Another amazing person and producer Twan!

I was just listening to Brennan Heart's remix of Martin Tungevaag's song 'Ride With Me' (Which is a remix of Better Off Alone) that got released on Spinnin' Records about a month ago. Better Off Alone is one of the rare examples of modern melodies that will stick for years and years. Heck, even after 20 years we still got remixes.

Love your interviews! 🙏

Thank you for the interview. Awesome

I really need help, guys. Hello, it was 2002 or 2003 when I heard this Electronic/Dance song playing, once at a show called The Roof at channel MUN2. I also had it as an MP3 song as a remix played along with the Ecuador song I downloaded from a P2P program back in the day. Since then, I haven't heard it again but is stuck in my head. I have searched everywhere, and it's like it never existed. I know it was kind of famous song as I hearded playing in several occasions. Most likely it was Trance, Dance or Electronic song, same genre as Better off Alone or Sandstorm.. After researching the show The Roof, I was able to find out that DJ Tiesto seemed to be the only DJ that visited the show around 2002 and 2003. I believe he is the one that plays this song but I could be wrong. I even was able to find out a 15 minute video on youtube of when he played at The Roof, but it was only a small fraction of the 30 minute video. I don't know nothing about music and this might be stupid but I dont have another choice. The song sounds something like this. Da Da Da Daraaa Daraaa, Da Da Da Daraaa Raaaran. Or something like this TaTa Ta Taraaa Taraaa, Ta Ta Ta Taraaa Raran. I would be able to replicated a bit better with my voice if I make a little recording. But this is all I have. If someone knows the song I am please let me know. As I have been searching for it for over 20 years. I have listen to hours upon hours of music from that era. Its making me crazy is like it never existed. Has never come out at a movie, show, radio, no where, and it's been over 20 years. The song sounded really good. Like I mentioned earlier, it was as good as better off alone or sandstorm. Please, someone help me! Here is the video of the show I am talking about. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJiVZali07y3haM.htmlsi=SZSS1epcF1_feEyL

Very interesting interview, thank you!

Great video :) Please do another one about Age of Love - The Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Remix) ! :D This masterpiece is so important for the electronic and dance music.

Great interview about a great song! Short and sweet!

Great guy!

Having a great time watching all of these interviews! Thanks!

Great track,got it on cd

No Alice DJ without Judith,she IS unique

I love this channel Ceep up the good work.Greatings from Croatia.

this is history class right here gen z

I'm from Singapore and the thing about this song is it doesn't matter where you're from, people know this.

Good channel!

Thank you

DJ Jurgen says he worked at Stads radio Den Haag. I remember that every year, this radio station from The Hague broadcasted ‘De flitsende 50’, a countdown of the best club hits of the year. In 1999, ‘Better off alone’ was in it so they interviewed DJ Jurgen. It was a really cool show, they asked to a lot of Dutch producers to say something, because they personally knew all these guys. I still have fragments of this show, somewhere on a casette.

Хит который будет кормить всю жизнь, в хорошем смысле))

Eres grande maestro

I remember Jurgen for 3 songs that I really like and still love now. "Better off alone", "Higher and higher", and "AIDA 2000". When I started getting into the dance music scene these 3 songs changed my path. Huge fan of "Better off alone", Jurgen, and Alice Deejay and their impact on Dance Music. I really believe Alice Deejay's album "Who needs guitars anyway" became a huge success and really made a mark for dance music during that time frame. I still listen to the album, and dance music and I honestly believe that nothing compares to it.

Good

Nice interview; thank you! One version I like that you didn't mention is the one by the Canadian duo Purity Ring. They put it out during the height of the COVID pandemic, so the video is humorously low-budget (on purpose), but it's a good one.

He should collaborate with Judy (judith?) Again on a new song for Alice deejay

DJ Jurgen hit the jackpot producing that monster hit. OMG, Better off Alone by Alice Deejay was HUGE, a bomb! BTW, What happen to Alice Deejay, she disappeared suddenly, I wonder

This is super interesting. I absolutely loved alice deejay and this song. It’s one of the reasons I got into music production. Love it

I hear the Roland JP8000

Pronti & Kalmani Edit: das een goeie radio-stem

What doesn't get mentioned was the guys he made the track with were two of Dash Berlin before they were apart of Dash Berlin.

I know it's not the main topic of the video, however I would have loved to hear about some details about the beginning of Alice Deejay with Judith Pronk, that girl was a total talent, pure energy and charm, so sad Alice Deejay project was left behind and Judith is now focusing on other projects.

Wish there was more talk of Judith!

😍😍😍😍😍

He gave me a sigarette when I met with him at this small local club where I was a resident dj back in the day one night when he was headlining. I didnt even smoke, but I kindly accepted and shook the mans hand lol Kinda funny story.. :)

Can you interview the master of italian dj? I’m speaking of Gigi D’Agostino

@muzikxpress Which instrumental version are you playing in the background of the video and what's the exact length of it ? I am only aware of 2 good instrumental versions, here's the length of the ones I know, 6 :39 and 5 :38, and is there any other official sounding instrumental versions ?, thanks.

I am from Brazil and I love this song. It was a big hit around here in 1999. Please tell me who is the real singer of "Better Off Alone" (Judith was just the model and dancer)

Was at a party with him in 99. Such a kind man.

Las Vegas after 2am 🤦

What equipment did he use to produce this song?

I am amazed DJ Jürgen didn't get a credit on Alive Deejay version!

Did I hear him say he didn't actually created this song by himself? He heard it from two guys in their studio above the club where he was playing, right? And he joined them because he could get this song to Wessel van Diepen, who could publish it. So, who were these 2 guys and shouldn't they get some credit for it?

Is this guy also behind the Dash Berlin project???

What's the connection with Dash Berlin?

Did he say he got the song from 2 other guys?

what version is playing ?

Why didn't they speak about Judith Pronk, the singer???

5:13 what was the other track? 6:50 Doing your own thing means ...you are better off alone LOL

They sound like Danes speaking english. Are they similar languages phonetically?

The background is too loud mate, might wanna lower it the next time. Can be distracting.

Where can we listen to the original one? (not the vocal)

It would've been interesting who actually sung the vocal version. It's apparently the same (ghost) singer they used for the Vengaboys later 🙄

I use the track Asian facial.