Summer, synonymous with festivals, concerts and catchphrases. Tips as always, with the arrival of the hot season. This year, it’s the turn of the The sweet life of the trio Fedez / Tananai / Sattei. A real hymn to lightheartedness that brings us back to the origins of the catchphrase. But what exactly is a “catchphrase”? It’s that song with the melody catchy and from pounding rhythmalways in rotation on radios and ready to accompany us that throughout the summer, from beaches to discos.
The summer “catchphrase” was born in 1962 with the song by Nico Fidenco, Tied to a grain of sand: the first Italian single to reach one million copies. But the fabulous Sixty will consecrate to “king of catchphrases” Edoardo Vianelloon the notes of Very tanned And The Watussi.
In the Eightythe summer hits will have a real exploit in the magical keyboards of the Righeira: undisputed king of beaches with Vamos a la Playa, I don’t keep dinero And Summer is ending. The story of the smash is also full, crammed with meteors. From the Lambada of Kaoma to Scatman doing “Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop”, from the summer all “sun, heart, love” by Valeria Rossi to Las Ketchup that wriggle with Asereje. Here, 10 catchphrases that we forgot to dance while sipping a Spritz.
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United Archives / Getty ImagesLambada by Kaoma (1989)
The Franco-Brazilian group dominated the charts in over eleven countries. The provocative dance that accompanied it became a classic of Latin American couple dances. The catchphrase, in reality, is a plagiarism of a Bolivian song Los Kjarkas, entitled Llorando se fué.
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Mick HutsonAll that she want by Ace of Base (1992)
The Abba of the 1990s remained in the top three on Billboard’s Hot 100 for three months, but never reached the top. The song was edited over and over again before its release, including the iconic intro melody originally intended for the end of the piece.
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ullstein bild / Getty ImagesWhat Is Love by Haddaway (1993)
A hit of the summer of 1993, it is consecrated to the theme song of the Festivalbar and to the soundtrack of a young Raoul Bova who emerges from the waters in the Little big love of the Vanzina Brothers. In spite of the dance melody, the text tells of an unrequited love for a girl. Haddaway, aka Alexander Nestor Haddaway, singer from Trinidad, is the son of a Dutch oceanographer and a nurse, who later moved to Cologne.
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Alberto Terenghi / ipa-agency.netThe Rhytm of the night of the Corona (1994)
Hit protagonist of the “world” summer, dominated the Italian rankings for 13 consecutive weeks. The undisputed queen of the Eurodance group is the Brazilian model Olga Souza who, however, sang with the voice of the very Italian Jenny B.
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United Archives / Getty ImagesScatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop) by Scatman John (1995)
The mid-nineties summer catchphrase is an exhortation to young stutterers, just like the singer, not to be ashamed of their condition and to enjoy life. The artist left us in December 1999 at the age of 57 due to lung cancer.
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Evan AgostiniMacarena by Los del Río (1996)
From the Spanish flamenco-pop duo (Antonio Romeo Monge and Rafael Ruiz), an iconic and contagious rhythm that will be consecrated as one of the classic summer group dances to be performed in discos, beaches and parties. The song is influenced by Brazilians in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and its title comes from the name of the female protagonist of the text, a woman who takes advantage of her boyfriend’s military service to betray him. The inspiration comes from a trip to Venezuela, when the two were struck by a beautiful dancer named Diana Patricia.
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ullstein bild / Getty ImagesMambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of …) by Lou Bega (1999)
From a classic by the Cuban Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as “the king of mambo”, the German Lou Bega monopolized the summer charts by also adding a text, in which he listed several names of women – Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica , Tina, Mary and Jessica – who were really his exes.
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Fabrizio Annibali / ipa-agency.netThree words by Valeria Rossi (2001)
The Roman singer-songwriter revelation of the summer with the beach catchphrase that “sun, heart, love“. The easy-to-rhyme song also enjoyed success in other European countries, peaking fifth in Spain.
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Fabrizio Annibali / ipa-agency.netAsereje Las Ketchup (2002)
Debut single by the three Spanish sisters Lola, Pilar and Lucía Muñoz became a global success from the moment of its release, devoting itself to summer smash around the world with millions of copies pulverized. The song’s dance routine became the most ballad of the early 2000s.
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Patrick Seeger / ipa-agency.netChihuahua by DJ Bobo (2003)
The bubbly catchphrase of the Swiss artist also became the soundtrack of the Coca Cola commercial. It remained at the top of the charts in France, Spain and Switzerland, becoming the summer hit of the year. The song is based on the Latin pop hit single of the same name by Luis Oliveira and His Bandodalua Boys.
Source: Vanity Fair
