Guus Meeuwis – Wikipedia

Guus Meeuwis (* 23. März 1972 in Mariahout as Gustaaf S. M. Meeuwis ) is a Dutch pop singer.

One of his biggest hits was “by Spoor (Kedeng, Kedeng)”. An English version of it (“The Holiday Express”) has spread over the animation programs of Spanish club hotels (“Mini Disco”) in recent years, the Hermes House Band made a party-compatible dance version of it. Furthermore, a German cover version of the Zipfelbuben appeared in 2006. Meuwis is under contract with the Emi Group.

After school, he studied law in Tilburg. After a romantic weekend with his girlfriend Valerie in Brügge, he wrote his first number 1 hit “Het is een Nacht” (German: “This is one night”) or “Levensecht” (literally: “life-right”). Together with a few friends, he sang the song on a student song festival in Leiden, they won this song contest, but then separated at the height of their success. A year later, a talent scout heard this song by chance and offered Meeuwis a contract. The song was then released as a single in August 1995 and sold more than 250,000 times in the Netherlands and Belgium. In the same year Meeuwis finished his studies to become singers. In 1996 Meeuwis released his second number 1 hit “Per Spoor (Kedeng, Kedeng)”. Then his first album entitled “Verbazing” came into the shop. It also became a great success. In 2000, the recordings were interrupted for his third CD because Meeuwi’s vocal cord problems had received. After an operation, the recordings were continued with a few months. His song “Brabant”, published in 2003, became so popular that it is always brought into conversation as an official anthem for the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant ^[first] . In April 2005 his third number 1 hit “GEEF Mij Je fear” (German: “Give me your fear”), originally written in 1982 by Udo Jürgens and Michael Kunze, was published exactly 10 years after his first number 1 -Success.
In 2006 Meeuwis received the Dutch Music Prize “Gouden Harp” and published one of the best-selling live CDs in the Netherlands and Belgium with “Live in Het Philips Stadium”. Since the same year 2006, Guus Meeuwis has been completing every year, mostly in early June, the appearances in Eindhoven, who became known under the name “Goots Met Een Zachten G”. Dutch stars are always guests, such as Rowwen Héze (2006 and 2010), Marco Borsato (2010), Golden Earring (2012), Racoon (2013) or Kane (2014). In the 8th edition of these appearances, the millioniest visitor was counted in June 2013.

His tenth studio album entitled Morning ranked 1st in 2015 in the Dutch charts.

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His girlfriend Valerie, for whom he It is a night he had sung, he married in 2002. The couple had four children. In 2016 the couple announced that they divorce. Guus Meeuwis has been in a relationship with the stylist Manon Meijers since 2016.

Album [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Video albums

• 2001: Ultimate Video Collection 1995–2001
• 2004: In Concert (NL: Gold )
• 2006: Live in the Philips Stadium (NL: Gold )
• 2007: Great with a soft G 2007
• 2008: Great with a soft G 2008
• 2010: Great with a soft G 2010
• 2013: Great with a soft G 2013

Singles [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Year	title Album	Sure placement, overall weeks, award Charts Chart placements [4] (Year, title, Album , Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)	Remarks
		NL
1995	It’s a night … (lifelike) Amazement	NL first after-content-x4 × 2 Double platinum (27 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
1996	Per spoor (hiking) Amazement	NL first platinum (15 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
	So far away Amazement	NL 3 (11 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
1997	To be in love Amazement	NL 36 (3 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
	I count to 3 Painting	NL 16 (7 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
1998	‘T Dondert and lightening Painting	NL twelfth (8 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
	I want to laugh with you Painting	NL 19 (12 where.) NL	Guus Meeuwis & Vagant
2004	Where should he be in? (There must be in)	NL 17 (4 where.) NL
2005	Give me your fear Ten years – lifelike	NL first (26 where.) NL
	The route Pointer	NL 7 (11 where.) NL
2006	Your hand Pointer	NL 30 (6 Wo.) NL
	I want our country to cheer Live in the Philips Stadium	NL 5 (4 where.) NL
2007	Tears Hemel nr. 7	NL first (14 where.) NL
	Toast Hemel nr. 7	NL 3 (11 where.) NL
2008	I don’t want to go home yet Great with a soft G – Live in the Philips Stadium 2008	NL 33 (3 where.) NL
2009	That is because of you Bea	NL 11 (11 where.) NL
	Me too Bea	NL 32 (4 where.) NL
2010	Shoulder to shoulder Dare to do dreams	NL 2 (12 where.) NL
2011	That song Arms open	NL 22 (7 where.) NL
	Nowhere without you Great with a soft G 2013	NL 5 Gold (11 where.) NL
two thousand and thirteen	It can be so beautiful here It can be so beautiful here	NL 26 (3 where.) NL
2020	Night	NL 25 platinum (6 Wo.) NL

More singles

• She just loves me (What Vagant, 1999)
• You don’t have to love me much (What Vagant, 1999)
• Think after (Mit VAGANT, 2000)
• On the street (Mit VAGANT, 2001)
• Haven (What VaGant, 2001)
• Long live life (2002)
• First love (2002)
• Brabant (2003)
• I want you (2003)
• Sun Sun (2003)
• When I saw you (2004)
• Enjoyed (2007)
• Let me in that delusion (2009)
• Majesty (Mit Youp van ‘t Hek, 2010)
• Arms open (2011)
• If she dances (2011)
• Friends (2012)
• Seas from time (two thousand and thirteen)
• As love (two thousand and thirteen)
• Without you (2014)
• You are love (2015)
• Thank you (2015)

Participations and guest contributions

More guest posts

• This is a night – it’s a night / The baseballs feat. Guus Meeuwis (2011)

Golden record Belgium Belgium 1995: For the single It’s a night … (lifelike) Netherlands Netherlands 2021: For the single Let’s go

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in this.

1. ↑ Brabant for Brabant | Brabant by Guus Meeuwis as a national anthem for Brabant. Retrieved on May 26, 2020 .
2. ↑ Guus Meeuwis In the Dutch top 100 album charts
3. ↑ Awards for music sales: NL
4. ↑ Guus Meeuwis In the netherlands top 40 (singles)
5. ↑ If you can do something (Artists for Asia) in the Dutch Top 40 (Singlecharts)
6. ↑ King’s Song (National Committee inauguration) in the Dutch Top 40 (Singlecharts)