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"Vamos a la playa" is a song by the Italian Italo disco duo Righeira, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut studio album, Righeira (1983). It was written by Johnson Righeira, the duo's lead vocalist and producer Carmelo La Bionda.[2] The song was the duo's only charting hit in the UK, peaking at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also went to number one in Italy as well as the Swiss Hitparade. On the Dutch Top 40, it got as high as number two, and on the Official German Charts it peaked at number three.

For the 1999 Miranda song, see Vamos a la playa (Miranda song).
"Vamos a la playa"
Single by Righeira
from the album Righeira
Language
  • Spanish
  • Italian
B-side
  • "Vamos a la playa" (Italian Version)
  • "Playa Dub"
Released1983
GenreItalo disco[1]
Length3:40
LabelCGD
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)La Bionda
Righeira singles chronology
"Tanzen Mit Righeira"
(1983)		 "Vamos a la playa"
(1983)		 "No Tengo Dinero"
(1983)
Music video
"Vamos a la playa" on YouTube

Despite its ostensibly innocuous beach theme, the song actually talks about the explosion of an atomic bomb.[3]


Background and inspiration


Johnson Righeira came up with the melody for "Vamos a la playa" as he experimented on a keyboard.[4]

In 2017, Righi told Vice journalist Demented Burrocacao how he got the idea for his song:

Towards the end of 1981, we entered a cellar with these friends who had their studio, their rehearsal room, in preparation for a New Year's Eve performance we had to do at the Casablanca in Florence. I already had a rough draft of "Vamos a la playa," which developed from my first works that were influenced by the 1960s. I wanted to make a beach song that was post-atomic and that made extensive use of electronics. And there in that cellar, putting my hands haphazardly on a keyboard, it suddenly came to me – the chorus of "Vamos a la playa" started playing in my head ... I must say that it certainly was one of the most important moments of my life.[5]


Release


The song was issued as a single by CGD in 1983 in Italy (as INT 10457). In West Germany, it was released as a single in June 1983 (as Teldec 6.13872 AC), becoming a number-three hit.[6] In Switzerland, the song was number 1 on the Schweizer Hitparade chart for two weeks.[7] "Vamos a la playa" peaked at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart on 24 September 1983, where it stayed for three weeks.[8][9]


Critical reception


Writing for Le journal minimal in 2022, journalist Emmanuelle Veil decribed the lyrics to "Vamos a la playa" as "acidic".[10] In Fond/Sound's appraisal of Righeira, writer Diego Olivas described "Vamos a la playa" as "one of the bleakest hits to ever soundtrack a summer".[11] In his song review for L'Humanité, Benjamin König described it as a "committed" recording. He added that "it doesn't just talk about sunbathing, but about the end of the nuclear world".[12] Gunter van Assche of De Morgen said that "Vamos a la playa" is "one of the most cynical summer tunes ever". He also comments that "it is a miracle that this melancholy vision of fear became a worldwide hit".[13]


Track listing


A. "Vamos a la playa (Spanish Version)" – 3:40
B. "Vamos a la playa (Italian Version)" – 3:40
A1. "Vamos a la playa (Spanish Version)" – 5:09
A2. "Vamos a la playa (Italian Version)" – 3:39
B. "Playa Dub" – 6:34
A. "Vamos a la playa" – 3:40
B. "Playa Dub" – 3:35
A. "Vamos a la playa" – 5:07
B. "Playa Dub" – 7:00

Personnel


Righeira


Charts



Weekly charts


Chart (1983) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 2
France (IFOP)[16] 27
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 6
Spain (AFE)[21] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[23] 53
West Germany (Official German Charts)[24] 3

Year-end charts


Chart (1983) Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[25] 51
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 51
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 20
West Germany (Official German Charts)[28] 29

Vamos a la playa '92


"Vamos a la playa '92"
Single by TN'T Party Zone
LanguageSpanish
Released1992
Genre
  • Europop
  • electronic
Length3:40
LabelStrictly Dance
Songwriter(s)
  • Johnson Righeira
  • Carmelo La Bionda
Producer(s)
  • Tillmann Uhrmacher
  • Nino Tielmann
TN'T Party Zone singles chronology
"No Tengo Dinero '92"
(1992)		 "Vamos a la playa '92"
(1992)		 "One Night in Bangkok"
(1993)

The song was covered by German duo TN'T Party Zone in 1992 as "Vamos a la playa '92".

The single reached No. 29 on the German Singles Chart.


Track listing


  1. Vamos a la playa '92 (Radio Version) – 3:40
  2. Vamos a la playa '92 (Till N' Tiel Party Mix) – 6:04
  3. Vamos a la playa '92 (Who Cares Trance Mix) – 5:10
  4. Lost in Spain (El Payo Guitarra Mix) – 4:18
A1. Vamos a la playa (Playa Goes Guitarra Mix) – 5:29
A2. Vamos a la playa (Vamos is a Rhythm Remix) – 5:40
B. Get Into the Groove (Tales of Dance Mix) – 6:04
A. Vamos a la playa '92 (Till N' Tiel Party Mix) – 6:04
B1. Vamos a la playa '92 (Who Cares Trance Mix) – 5:10
B2. Lost in Spain (El Payo Guitarra Mix) – 4:18

Charts


Chart (1992) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[29] 29

2001: Vamos a la playa


"2001: Vamos a la playa"
Single by Righeira
LanguageItalian
Released2001
Genre
  • House
  • Italodance
Length4:34
LabelSAIFAM
Songwriter(s)
  • Johnson Righeira
  • Carmelo La Bionda
Producer(s)
Righeira singles chronology
"Ferragosto"
(1990)		 "2001: Vamos a la playa"
(2001)		 "La musica electronica"
(2007)

"2001: Vamos a la playa" is the re-packaged version of the original 1983 version of "Vamos a la playa", released as a single in 2001.

"2001: Vamos a la playa" was released in Italy and Germany in 2001.


Track listing


  1. "Vamos a la playa (Dance Movement Remix)" – 4:34
  2. "Vamos a la playa (Factory Team Happy Remix)" – 5:15
  3. "Vamos a la playa (Ottomix Version)" – 5:36
  4. "Vamos a la playa (DJ Gius Remix)" – 6:46
  5. "Vamos a la playa (Montefiori Cocktail Remix)" – 4:19
  6. "Vamos a la playa (Los Amigos Invisibles - Cuyagua's Mix)" – 7:18
  7. "Vamos a la playa (Le Hammond Inferno - Popskee Remix)" – 6:51
A1. "Vamos a la playa (Dance Movement Remix)" – 4:34
A2. "Vamos a la playa (Ottomix Version)" – 5:36
B1. "Vamos a la playa (DJ Gius Remix)" – 6:46
B2. "Vamos a la playa (Le Hammond Inferno - Popskee Remix)" – 6:51
A1. "Vamos a la playa (Le Hammond Inferno - Popskee Remix)" – 6:51
A2. "Vamos a la playa (Montefiori Cocktail Remix)" – 4:19
B1. "Vamos a la playa (Fluorescente Mix)" – 5:13
B2. "Vamos a la playa (Los Amigos Invisibles - Cuyagua's Mix)" – 7:18

Personnel



See also



References


  1. Kringiel, Danny (27 April 2010). "Italo-Disco – Wammosallaplaia, ohououo!" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. "Righeira". Samigo.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. Conze, Eckart; Klimke, Martin; Varon, Jeremy, eds. (2017). Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s. Cambridge University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-107-13628-1.
  4. "Trent'anni di Vamos A La Playa: la madre di tutti i tormentoni". la Repubblica. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. "Johnson Righeira, futurista". Vice. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  6. Kauth 2021, p. 86.
  7. "Righeira" (select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com (in Swiss German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. Betts 2006, p. 697.
  9. Roberts 2005, p. 13.
  10. "15 chansons anti-nucléaire, des années 1950 à nos jours". lejournalminimal.fr. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. "Righeira: Righeira (1983)". www.fondsound.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. "Vamos a la playa… sous la bombe atomique". L'Humanité. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  13. "U zong ze vast al mee, maar wist u dat deze 8 songs over kerndreiging gaan?". De Morgen. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  14. "Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  15. "Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  16. "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Righeira" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  17. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Vamos a la playa". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  18. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Righeira" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  19. "Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  20. "Righeira – Vamos a la playa". VG-lista. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  21. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  22. "Righeira – Vamos a la playa". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  23. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  24. "Offiziellecharts.de – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  25. "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  26. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  27. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  28. "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  29. "TN'T Party Zone – Vamos a la playa '92" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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[de] Vamos a la playa

Vamos a la playa (deutsch Lass uns zum Strand gehen) ist ein Lied von Righeira aus dem Jahr 1983.
- [en] Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)


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