Good morning eurofans, you lovers of good music and wild dancing
What do you think about listening to 5 songs of "Italo Dance" together this morning? You can only find it here on "Radio Italy 2021"!
Only Italian music!
1) L'AMOUR TOUJOURS (I'LL FLY WITH YOU) - GIGI D'AGOSTINO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w15oWDh02K4
L'amour toujours (I'll Fly with You) is a 1999 Italian dance song by Gigi D'Agostino. One of the most popular and famous tracks, it became a worldwide dance hit and catchphrase of the early 2000s. The song L'amour toujours was written by Gigi D'Agostino, Diego Leoni, Carlo Montagner and Paolo Sandrini and released as the first single from the album L'amour toujours. The next single, with the remix of the song, gets a huge success all over Europe, reaching the top of the charts of the Netherlands and Denmark, and managing to enter the top ten in Austria, Belgium and Italy. Later the song was the subject of numerous remixing works by other artists, such as those of Scott Brown, Wasted Penguinz who made a Hardstyle bootleg or DJ Sammy and an acoustic cover by Sagi Rei, in 2015 Dzeko & Torres have released their version of the song edited by Tiësto on Spinnin 'Records. L'amour toujours video consists simply of a collage of images taken from some live performances by Gigi D'Agostino.
"Gold Record" in: Denmark.
"Platinum Record" in: Italy.
2) LA DANZA DELLE STREGHE - GABRY PONTE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-_LWBm-DrI
La Danza Delle Streghe is a single by Gabry Ponte released in September 2003. The music is taken from Lacrymosa, from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem Mass
It has reached the "Gold Record" in Italy!
3) BLUE (DA BA DEE) - EIFFEL 65:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
Blue (Da Ba Dee) is the debut single from the Italian dance band Eiffel 65. It is also the first single from the band's debut album, Europop, released a few months later. The song hit the charts across much of the globe, including the US Billboard Hot 100 and was one of only two songs by an Italian artist or group to reach the top of the prestigious Eurochart Hot 100 Singles from 1965 to today. The other was Without A Woman by Zucchero. The song, in addition to becoming a catchphrase of the late nineties and early 2000s, is considered an evergreen as well as the signature song of the Eiffel 65. The music video, made with 3D Studio Max by BlissCoMedia, shows Gabry Ponte and Maurizio Lobina trying to save Jeffrey Jey from the aliens Zorotl and Sayok6. Later released on YouTube by Bliss Corporation in 2009, the video now boasts more than 230 million views. As revealed by Eiffel 65 in the documentary "The Story of" Blue (Da Ba Dee) ", the music video is inspired by the Metal Gear Solid video game.
"Golden Record" in: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Netherlands.
"Platinum Record" in: Italy, Australia, Austria, New Zeland, United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland.
"Diamond Record" in: France.
4) SUMMER IS CRAZY - ALEXIA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4ex7kOl74
Summer is Crazy is Alexia's second single, released in 1996. It is the singer's second debut single and subsequently the second promotional single of the successful Fan Club album, released in 1997. The single was also made available for Brazil. Three reissues of the album are made, including one destined for the American market. Alexia also records her first video clip with this song which is immediately broadcast by MTV and other European music broadcasters. The video shows the singer in a dark, threatening and provocative atmosphere, in fact the artist appears struggling with a shaving razor intent on cutting her throat to demonstrate the madness that can be done for love.
EuroSongChart: Austria: 36; Belgium: 22; Finland: 3; France: 31; Italy: 1; Spain: 2; Switzerland: 25.
5) UP & DOWN (DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH ME) - BILLY MOORE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9wNURjufjw
Up & Down (Don't Fall in Love With Me), often known more simply as Up & Down, is the debut single from Italian dance music singer Billy More. The song, written and produced by Roberto Gallo Salsotto, Roby Santini and Alessandro Viale and published by the Universal record label in May 2000, met with great success throughout Europe in the summer of that year, entering the charts of several countries. In the video, the singer is a drag queen, for whose role he is most remembered in the world of music, who performs surrounded by some shirtless dancers.
Golden Record in: Italy.
Did you like this blast from the past?
We learned a lot this morning! Whaaaat?
That music wins over everything!