DJ Aligator | |
Birth Name: | Aliasghar Movasat |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1975 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Occupation: | Electronic musician, DJ, record producer |
Years Active: | 2000–present |
Associated Acts: | Factual Beat, Zoom, Arash Labaf |
Ali Asghar Movasat (Persian: علیاصغر مواسات ), better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Iranian-Danish producer and DJ.
He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut album Payback Time. It peaked at number 5 in the United Kingdom in January 2002,[1] and subsequently, he performed it on BBC Television's Top of the Pops.[2] The song was a four times platinum selling success in Denmark (200,000 units) in 2000, peaking at number-one on both the singles and dance chart, before its international release in 2002.[3]
In 2022, DJ Aligator was featured on Steve Aoki's track "The Whistle" along with Timmy Trumpet. The song appeared on Aoki's seventh studio album .[4]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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DEN | SWE | ||||||||||||||
Payback Time |
| 17 | 31 | ||||||||||||
The Sound of Scandinavia |
| 3 | — | ||||||||||||
Music Is My Language |
| 39 | — | ||||||||||||
Kiss My Bass |
| 33 | — | ||||||||||||
Next Level |
| — | — | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | |||||||||||
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AUS [5] | DEN [6] | FIN [7] | IRE [8] | NED [9] | NOR [10] | SWE [11] | UK | ||||||||
2000 | "The Whistle Song" | 100 | 1 | — | 5 | 54 | 1 | 10 | 5 | Payback Time | |||||
"Lollipop" | — | 1 | — | 18 | — | 9 | 8 | — | |||||||
"Turn Up the Music" | — | 4 | — | 78 | — | — | 49 | — | |||||||
2001 | "Doggy Style" | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | ||||||
"Temple of India" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2002 | "Stomp!" | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | The Sound of Scandinavia | |||||
"I Like to Move It" (featuring Dr. Alban) | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Mosquito" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Dreams" (featuring Christina Undhjem) | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2004 | "Davaj Davaj" (featuring MC Vspyshkin) | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Is My Language | |||||
2005 | "Music is My Language" (featuring Arash) | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Protect Your Ears" | — | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2006 | "Countdown" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2007 | "Meet Her at the Lover Parade 2007" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2008 | "KAOS" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kiss My Bass | |||||
2009 | "Calling You" | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Shine" (featuring Heidi Degn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2010 | "Gi' det til dig" (featuring Jinks) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2011 | "Starting Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Next Level | |||||
"Trash the Club" (featuring Al Agami & Yas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2012 | "The Perfect Match" (with Daniel Kandi featuring Julie Rugaard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Moments of Life" (featuring Alexander Popov) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Be with You" (featuring Sarah West) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2014 | "Fist Pump" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan=6 | ||||
2016 | "Heaven Is Falling" (featuring AERO) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
2017 | "Put Your Lights Up" (featuring Decaville) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
2018 | "Agmal Hayaa (Beautiful Life)" (featuring Talal) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Drop the Bass" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
2023 | "Feel Like Coming Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |