Vamos a la playa
Vamos a la playa ( German let's go to the beach ) is a song by Righeira from 1983.
background
In the song, Stefano Rota and Stefano Righi deal with the effects of pollution in the Mediterranean and the consequences of a nuclear war during the Cold War . In the song, among other things, an atom bomb explodes on the beach. Music and lyrics are by Angelo la Bionda, Carmelo la Bionda and Stefano Righi. The La Bionda brothers , who appeared as musicians under their family name, were also responsible for the production together with Hermann Weindorf.
style
The song is regarded by many as a model for summer-heavy pop music and as the prototype of a representative of the Italo Disco genre popular in the early 1980s , although the lyrics were sung in Spanish . This fact has probably been given a catchier refrain by the producer. Vamos a la playa was the most commercially successful work by the Righeira duo. An interview with the Pet Shop Boys from 2007, in which they describe the importance of the song and the current of the Italo Disco for their own work , proves how style-defining the number was .
Chart placements
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| 1983 | Vamos a la playa Righeira |
DE3 (18 weeks) DE |
AT11 (12 weeks) AT |
CH1 (9 weeks) CH |
UK53 (5 weeks) UK |
IT1 (23 weeks) IT |
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Cover versions
The song was re-recorded by Frank Zander (Hurray, hurray, we live) , Francesco Napoli , TN'T Party Zone, Lou Bega , Karincha, Lille Palle, Miamis and Captain Jack , among others . The German band JBO released a version in 2009 under the title Geh mer halt zu Slayer .
Web links
- Righeira - Vamos a la playa at Discogs
- The hottest SWR1 summer hits: “Vamos a la playa” - Righeira. In: SWR.de . April 29, 2010, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 .
- Danny Kringiel: Italo Disco: Wammosallaplaia-ohououo. In: Spiegel Online . April 28, 2010 .
- Steffen Hung: Righeira - Vamos a la playa. In: hitparade.ch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Schuh: Pet Shop Boys: "I love Vamos a la playa". In: laut.de . May 22, 2007, accessed October 8, 2019 (interview).
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 8, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1997).