Café del Mar (song)

"Café del Mar"
"Café del Mar"
Single by Energy 52
Released	1993
Genre	Trance
Length	7:16 (original mix)
Label	Eye Q Records EYE Q 001
Songwriter(s)	Paul Schmitz-Moormann and Harald Blüchel

"Café del Mar" is a song first released in 1993 by the trance project Energy 52. It is named after the famous bar located in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. Almost instantly recognisable by its distinct melody, its popularity is reflected in the countless remixes that have since been created as well as its being featured on hundreds of CD compilations. The main melody of "Café del Mar" is based on "Struggle for Pleasure" by Belgian composer Wim Mertens.^[1]

The song has charted two times on the UK Singles Chart, with both releases featuring remixes by Three 'N One. It first made number 24 in March 1997, and a second release ("Café del Mar '98") featuring a Nalin & Kane remix reached number 12 in July 1998.^[2]^[3]

The song was included on the soundtrack to the 1999 film Human Traffic. In 2001, it was voted number one in Mixmag's "100 Best Tunes Ever" list.^[4] In 2011, it was voted number one out of fifty nominated tracks in the 'Top 20 Dance Tracks of Last 20 Years' users poll by listeners of BBC Radio 1.^[5]

In the latest version released in 2025, Spanish DJ Jonatan Seara makes his “Cafe del Mar” more similar in style to Tech House but keeping the melodies and of course the main synthesizer played with his own instruments.

List of remixes (non-comprehensive)

1993

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cosmic Baby's Impression"	6:45
2.	"Kid Paul Mix (a.k.a. Original Mix)"	7:16
3.	"Peace Mix"	7:13
4.	"Porte de Bagnolet Mix"	5:53

1997

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ivan Remix"	8:06
2.	"Josh Abrahams' Down Under Remix"	7:03
3.	"Kid Paul Radio Mix"	3:32
4.	"Oliver Lieb Radio Mix 1"	3:55
5.	"Oliver Lieb Radio Mix 2"	3:40
6.	"Oliver Lieb's LSG Remix" (a.k.a. Oliver Lieb Mix 1)	7:44
7.	"Oliver Lieb Mix 2"	7:30
8.	"Solarstone Remix"	8:37
9.	"Three'n'One Radio Mix"	3:50
10.	"Three'n'One Remix"	8:43
11.	"Universal State of Mind Mix"	7:15

1998

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hybrid's Time Traveller Remix"	6:36
2.	"Kinky Roland Remix"	8:22
3.	"Nalin & Kane Radio Cut"	3:57
4.	"Nalin & Kane Remix Edit"	9:16
5.	"Nalin & Kane Remix"	9:44
6.	"Three'n'One Radio Mix 2"	3:37
7.	"Three'n'One Remix"	8:15

1999

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deepsky's Stateside Cannon Remix"	7:35
2.	"Kid Paul's '99 Rebuild" (not released)	7:45
3.	"Pure Nova & DJ Eyal Project Remix"	7:50

2000

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Humate Ambient Remix" (limited pre-release)	7:07
2.	"Michael Woods Ambient Remix" (limited pre-release)	10:26
3.	"Sonique Version 52" (bootleg with Sonique - "It Feels So Good")	8:01

2002

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Humate Ambient Remix Edit"	6:33
2.	"Humate Ambient Remix"	7:07
3.	"John "00" Fleming Remix"	10:07
4.	"Marco V Radio Edit"	3:08
5.	"Marco V Remix Edit"	6:58
6.	"Marco V Remix"	8:34
7.	"Michael Woods Ambient Mix Edit"	9:26
8.	"Michael Woods Ambient Mix"	10:26
9.	"Three'n'One Update Radio Edit"	3:19
10.	"Three'n'One Update"	8:55

2003

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chicane Remix"	3:27

2006

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Raul Rincon Mix"	7:54
2.	"Raul Rincon Remix Instrumental"	7:54
3.	"Tall Paul Remix"	8:30
4.	"Soul Seekerz Remix"	7:32
5.	"K-Klass Remix"	8:53
6.	"Kenny Hayes Remix"	7:52

2007

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alien Project - Activation Portal contains psytrance tracks with the "Cafe del Mar" anthem (tracks 3 "NRG" and 9 "Yellow Blaze")"
2.	"Hardino Remix"
3.	"K & H Tribute Remix"

2008

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Michael Woods and Marcella Woods "Out of Office" Remix"	7:42
2.	"Deadmau5 Remix"	7:34
3.	"Dabruck & Klein Remix (Bootleg)"	8:16
4.	"Asom Remix"	8:54
5.	"Whelan & Di Scala Remix"	8:20
6.	"Oliver Lang Remix"	8:13
7.	"Dave Robertson Remix"	7:37
8.	"David Puentez Bootleg Mix"	7:40
9.	"Bruckmann 2008 Remix"	8:13

2011

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rigel Remix" (not released)	7:40
2.	"Ricardo Villalobos Remix"	9:30
3.	"Ricardo Villalobos Dub"	11:45
4.	"eigenspace - Cafe Del Mar (eigenspace twenty-eleven mash)"	10:05

2012

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lowland (Orchestral Version)" (taken from the album Classical Trancelations by Lowland)

2014

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Radio Edit by Paul Oakenfold" (for Trance Mission (2014))	7:40
2.	"Liam Van Dyke - Cafe del Mar (First Class Lounge Cut)"	4:36

2015

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Version by Beat Service"	5:14

2016

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tim Engelhardt Remix"
2.	"Mario Da Ragnio Remix"
3.	"Marcel Janovsky Remix"
4.	"Dale Middleton Remix"
5.	"Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Klaas Edit (Mattn & Futuristic Polar Bears)"

2018

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tale of Us (Renaissance Remix)"	8:30
2.	"David Gravell Remix"	5:00

2020

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jean Carles Ferrer "2020" Remix"	7:48

2021

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Paul van Dyk Xoxo Remix"
2.	"Paul van Dyk SHINE Remix"

2022

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cover by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Vini Vici vs. MATTN"
2.	"Binary Finary Remix"

2024

Source:^[6]

Michael Mayer Remix
Orbital Remix
REZarin Remix

2025

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jonatan Seara (Original version)"	6:53

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[7]	Gold	400,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes and references

^ Harald Blüchel in Oct 2005, interviewed by Detlef Buske
^ "Energy 52". Official Charts.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 184. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "100 Best Tunes Ever". Mixmag (126). London. November 2001. OCLC 780074556.
^ BBC Radio 1 Top 20 Dance Tracks of Last 20 Years
^ "Energy 52's trance classic 'Café Del Mar' remixed by Orbital and Michael Mayer". DJ Mag. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "British single certifications – Energy 52 – Cafe Del Mar". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

External links

[1] Harald Blüchel in Oct 2005, interviewed by Detlef Buske

[2] "Energy 52". Official Charts.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 184. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[4] "100 Best Tunes Ever". Mixmag (126). London. November 2001. OCLC 780074556.

[5] BBC Radio 1 Top 20 Dance Tracks of Last 20 Years

[6] "Energy 52's trance classic 'Café Del Mar' remixed by Orbital and Michael Mayer". DJ Mag. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

[United_KingdomEnergy_52Cafe_Del_MarsingleCertRef-7] "British single certifications – Energy 52 – Cafe Del Mar". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

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