Royal Gigolos
| Company type | Music group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Michael Schmidt (Mike Moore), Michael Nehrig (Kosmonova) |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Germany |
| Products | Tech house music |
Royal Gigolos was a German tech house ensemble established in late 2003 by the DJ and producer duo Michael Schmidt (known as Mike Moore) and Michael Nehrig (also called Kosmonova). The group initially featured vocalists Melanie Stahlkopf and Kristian Romeo, with Layla and Thorsten Kaiser (DJ Thoka) joining the lineup in 2008. Their musical style involved sampling and reinterpreting tracks from the 1960s and 1980s, leading to multiple chart successes across Europe before their disbandment in 2008.
Studio albums
| Album | Release information | Highest chart rankings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | FRA | ||
| Musique Deluxe |
|
— | 193 |
| From California to My Heart |
|
— | — |
Singles
| Year | Track | Peak chart placements | Associated album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUS | BEL | DEN | FIN | FRA | IRE | NED | SWI | UK | |||
| 2004 | "California Dreamin'" | 85 | 54 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 44 | Musique Deluxe |
| "No Milk Today" | — | — | 48 | 19 | 11 | 15 | — | — | 60 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Self Control" | 67 | — | — | 17 | 14 | — | — | 49 | 90 | — | |
| "Somebody's Watching Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Tell It to My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From California to My Heart |
| 2008 | "Girls Just Wanna Dance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only |
Remixes
- 2004: DJ Thoka vs. DJ Taylor – "Happy Song"
- 2004: Dave Armstrong – "Make Your Move"
- 2004: Bomfunk MC's – "No Way in Hell"
- 2005: Laura Branigan – "Self Control 2005"
- 2005: Potatoheadz – "Narcotic"
- 2005: Mike MH-4 – "Electrica Salsa"
- 2005: DJ Tyson vs. Village People – "YMCA 2005"
- 2006: Kelly Llorenna – "Tell It to My Heart"
- 2006: Nimbus – "Ritmo De La Noche"
- 2006: Lazard – "Your Heart Keeps Burning"
- 2007: "Why Did You Do It (The Comfort Zone)" (incorporates samples from Gigi d'Agostino)
- 2007: Pink – "Get the Party Started"
- 2007: "Girls Just Wanna Dance" (features samples of Cyndi Lauper’s "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", also a cover of Whitney Houston’s "I Wanna Dance with Somebody")
- 2008: Hightower – "Tonight"
- 2008: Urszula Dudziak – "Papaya"
- 2008: Shana Vanguarde – "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Royal Gigolos Club Mix)