{{BLP sources|date=March 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Short description|Irish music producer}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Mark McCabe | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Silverbridge | origin = Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | genre = [[Electronic dance music]] | occupation = [[Electronic music]]ian, [[DJ]], [[record producer]] | instrument = | years_active = 1990–present | label = [[Abbey Discs]], [[Universal Music]], [[Twisted Records (U.S.)|Twisted Records]] | associated_acts = [[James Arthur]], [[Gavin James (singer)|Gavin James]], [[Ozark Henry]], Sunset Bros, [[Dagny]]. | website = {{url|www.markmccabe.ie}} | notable_instruments = }}
'''Mark McCabe''' is an Irish [[Record producer|music producer]], [[remix]]er, [[Radio personality|radio DJ]] and [[Disc jockey|club DJ]], from [[Newry]]. In 2000, he released "[[Maniac 2000]]" and it went to number one, as the second biggest-selling record ever in Ireland. In 2017, McCabe teamed up with the Sunset Bros, to release the record "I'm Feelin It", which went on to hit thirty million streams on [[Spotify]].
McCabe has mixed the opening sequence for events, such as the [[Special Olympics]] in 2003, the 2005 and 2007 [[Saint Patrick's Day|Saint Patrick's Festivals]] [[Skyfest]]. He has also done remixes for [[James Arthur]], [[Gavin James (singer)|Gavin James]], [[Ozark Henry]] and [[Dagny (singer)|Dagny]].
==Musical career== During the 1990s, McCabe presented the [[drivetime]] show on a [[pirate radio]] station in Dublin.<ref name="RTE">{{cite web |title=Behind the Music: Mark McCabe |website=RTÉ Entertainment |date=2 May 2025 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0502/1510056-behind-the-music-mark-mccabe/ |access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref> He was signed with [[New York City|New York]] tribal house label [[Twisted Records (U.S.)|Twisted Records]]. In 2000, he released "[[Maniac 2000]]" and it went to number one, as the second biggest-selling record ever in Ireland.<ref name="Inc.2000">{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55|accessdate=21 June 2011|date=2000-04-22|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=55}}</ref> McCabe's music successes include two [[Meteor Music Awards|Meteor Music awards]], two top 10 singles and the second-biggest selling record in Ireland. McCabe collaborated in 2017 with the Sunset Bros, to release the record "I'm Feeling It", which went on to hit four million streams on [[Spotify]]; his 2016 remix of "[[Nervous (Gavin James song)|Nervous (The Ooh Song)]]" has been streamed over 172 million times to date and certified double platinum in Ireland, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands.
McCabe formerly served as a radio [[Disc jockey|DJ]] and Head of Music at [[RTÉ 2fm|RTE 2fm]] and now serves as a radio DJ at [[iRadio]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark McCabe – Artist Profile |website=Industry Entertainment |url=https://www.industryentertainment.ie/mark-mccabe |access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Singles === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mark McCabe |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Mark+Mc+Cabe|website=Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) / IrishCharts.ie |access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="zobbel">{{Cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM|title = Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sunset Brothers & Mark McCabe |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/52637/sunset-brothers-and-mark-mccabe/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref> |- | 2000 ! scope="row"| "[[Maniac 2000]]" | 1 | 137 | rowspan="4"| Single only |- | 2001 ! scope="row"| "Love Is in the Air 2001" | 9 | – |- | 2017 ! scope="row"| "I'm Feelin It (In the Air)" <small>(with Sunset Bros)</small> | 81 | 24 |- | 2018 ! scope="row"| "Over Me" | – | – |- | colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. |}
=== Awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Category !Recipient !Outcome |- |2001 |[[Meteor Music Awards]] |"[[Maniac 2000]]" |Won |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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