# Commander Tom

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{{Short description|German DJ and record producer (1962–2022)}}
{{About|the German DJ|the host of children's TV show, [Commander Tom Show](/source/Commander_Tom_Show)|Tom Jolls}}
{{sources|date=June 2022}}
'''Tom Weyer''' (29 August 1962 – 9 June 2022),<ref>[https://ucm.one/de/ucm-one-und-noom-records-trauern-um-thomas-weyer-aka-commander-tom/ UCM.ONE und Noom Records trauern um Thomas Weyer aka Commander Tom] {{in lang|de}}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Commander Tom''', was a German [DJ](/source/Disc_jockey) and [record producer](/source/record_producer).

==Career==
He began working as a DJ at the "Drops SuperDisco" in [Kehl](/source/Kehl), [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), in the 1980s, and also worked as a DJ at the "Rheinpark" [discothèque](/source/discoth%C3%A8que) in [Germersheim](/source/Germersheim), [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), in the 1990s. 

In 2004, his single "Attention!", [sampled](/source/sampling_(music)) from the [Tom Novy](/source/Tom_Novy) vs. [Eniac](/source/Eniac_(record_producer)) 1997 song "Superstar", hit [#1](/source/chart-topper) on the [German](/source/Germany) [dance music](/source/dance_music) [charts](/source/record_chart). It peaked at #23 in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in February 2005.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 116}}</ref> A further single, "I Can't Sleep!", was released in 2006.

Commander Tom died on 9 June 2022, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news |title=90er Jahre-Rave-Ikone Commander Tom ist gestorben |url=https://www.fazemag.de/90er-jahre-rave-ikone-commander-tom-ist-gestorben/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=Faze Mag |date=12 June 2022 |lang=de}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{discogs artist|Commander Tom}}

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