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Revision as of 03:10, 27 May 2013
Eiffel 65 | |
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 Eiffel 65 performing at Ethias Arena, Hasselt in April 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Turin, Italy |
| Genres | Eurodance, Italo dance |
| Years active | 1998–2005 2010–present |
| Labels | BlissCorporation, Universal, Republic, Popular, Universal International |
| Members | Jeffrey Jey Maurizio Lobina Gabry Ponte |
| Website | www |
Eiffel 65 is an Italian three-piece Italo Dance or Eurodance group consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Gabry Ponte, and Maurizio Lobina. They are well known for their singles, Blue (Da Ba Dee), Move Your Body, Too Much of Heaven, and Lucky (In My Life), and their studio album, Europop. Their next two albums, Contact! and their eponymous album, did not have much international success, but still managed to chart in Italy.
Biography
Formation
Jey, Ponte and Lobina met each other at Bliss Corporation, which was founded in 1992 by Massimo Gabutti. A computer chose the name Eiffel randomly from a group of words the three liked. The number 65 was added mistakenly to an early pressing of their first single, Blue (Da Ba Dee).[1] Jeffrey Jey explained:
We have this little program on the computer that helps us choose the name, and that's how 'Eiffel' came out, but the '65' issue is really strange, because no one actually chose the 65 number. We went to the producer, 'What happened?' So he started looking for an answer, and what happened was, he was writing a phone number on a piece of paper, and two digits of the phone number ended up on the label copy. That's the piece of paper the graphic artist gets to make the sleeve and all the information on the record. He thought we put that on afterward, and he just fused it together with the name. So it became a lucky charm for us."[2]
1998-2005
Eiffel 65 is best known for pioneering in pitch correction and Auto-Tune, and for their international hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Their other hit singles include "Move Your Body" and "Too Much of Heaven", all of which appeared on their album Europop, released in late 1999.
Eiffel 65 achieved considerable success in Italy, the rest of Europe, United States, and Canada. Europop peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200, was at the top of the MuchMusic countdown, and sold over two million units. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts.[3]
Eiffel 65 also made thirty remixes of tracks by other artists like "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang, Nek's hit single "La vita è" and S Club 7's "Reach" between 1999 and 2002 and in early 2005 a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's "L'ultimo testimone".
Bloom 06
In early March 2005 the group's DJ, Gabry Ponte, broke up the group to be able to focus on his solo career. On 16 May 2005, the remaining two members, Maurizio Lobina and Jeffrey Jey, left Bliss Corporation to continue on their own with their own production company. Since the name "Eiffel 65" was a property of Bliss Corporation, the duo decided to continue under a new name, as announced in June 2006, Bloom 06.
Eiffel 65's long anticipated fourth album, under the working title Crash Test, had already finished production by the time of Maury's and Jeffrey's departure from Bliss Corporation. It was renamed, Crash Test 01, and was released by the new band, Bloom 06, on 13 October 2006. The album contains lyrics in both English and Italian.
Reformation
Bliss Corporation had confirmed that a new Eiffel 65 line-up would make their debut in summer of 2007 but then the debut was postponed. In 2009 Bliss Corporation began to promote work from older bands by subtitling music videos and releasing "unseen" video footage from Eiffel 65. In June 2010, it was announced on the Bloom 06 website that Eiffel 65 would reunite once more for production of new recordings as well as touring.[4] In an April 2012 interview, Jeffrey Jey commented on the progress of the new album:
- ...the progress is slow because we work in three different places...and of all the demos probably two, maybe three of these songs are what we call “the candidates” for our new single. We’re not able to get a unanimous decision on one song, so that is what’s making the release continuously slide...It’s really hard to say when we will release a new [song]...Hopefully within the next two or three months we will be fixing the songs that we think are the good candidates and putting them online.[5]
In the meantime they are touring Europe with their New Planet Tour, a multimedial show with wide screens. For the summer 2012 it was announced on their official site a Mini Tour in Australia.
Zorotl
Zorotl is a character created by the Bliss Corporation and featured in the videos for "Move Your Body", "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", and "Lucky (In My Life)". In 2000 the Bliss Corporation made a video for the unreleased Eiffel 65 song "I Wanna Be". An alpha version of the video appeared as enhanced content for Eiffel's single "Too Much of Heaven"; the song is credited to Zorotl even though it was recorded by members of Eiffel 65, so Zorotl is considered a virtual group.
Members
- Jeffrey Jey (real name Gianfranco Randone), born 5 January 1970 in Lentini, Sicily – vocals, producer
- Maury Lobina (previously known as Apollo, real name Maurizio Lobina), born 30 October 1973 in Asti, Piedmont – producer, keyboards
- Gabry Ponte (real name Gabriele Ponte), born 20 April 1973 in Turin, Piedmont – DJ, producer
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
CAN [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
ITA [12] |
NZ [13] |
SWI [14] |
UK [15] |
US [16] | ||||
| 1999 | Europop | 18 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | Contact!
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | Eiffel 65
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [20] |
AUT [21] |
CAN [22] |
FRA [23] |
GER [24] |
ITA [25] |
NZ [26] |
SPA [27] |
SUI [28] |
SWE [29] |
UK [15] |
US [30] | ||||
| 1999 | "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Europop | |
| "Move Your Body" | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | |||
| "Too Much Of Heaven" | 50 | 30 | — | 20 | 35 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 22 | 52 | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "My Console" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "One Goal" | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Contact! | |
| "Back in Time" | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lucky (In My Life)" | — | 23 | 25 | 68 | 57 | 13 | — | — | 74 | 56 | — | — | |||
| 2002 | "80's Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Losing You" | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cosa resterà (In a Song)" | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eiffel 65 | ||
| 2003 | "Quelli che non hanno età" | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Viaggia Insieme a Me" | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Una notte e forse mai più" | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eiffel 65 2 | ||
| 2004 | "Voglia di Dance All Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||
EPs
- Episode I (1999)
- Episode II (2000)
References
- ^ Sibilla, Gianni (January 22, 2000). Eiffel 65 Spin 'Blue' Into Gold. VH1. Accessed from April 8, 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Tina (February 11, 2000). Eiffel 65 On Accidental Origins Of Its Name. MTV. Accessed from May 12, 2013.
- ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Eiffel 65
- ^ "bloom06.com". bloom06.com. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ "IlTedesco, Eiffel65's forum Mod, made an interview with Jeffrey Jey". Bliss Corporation. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Eiffel 65 Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Les charts portal". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "musicline.de - German Chart Portal".
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ a b "Chart Log UK: E-40 - E-Z Rollers". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Eiffel 65 Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 13, 2010: Eiffel 65 certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Top Singles". RPM. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Les charts portal". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "musicline.de".
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Eiffel 65 Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Eiffel 65 Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 210-08-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Albums". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Canada certification for "Blue"
- ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eiffel 65)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
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