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Roberto Zanetti
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Background information
Also known asSavage, Robyx
Born (1956-11-28) 28 November 1956 (age 66)
Massa, Tuscany, Italy
Genres Eurodance, Italo disco, electropop
Occupation(s)Singer, record producer
Years active1983–present
Labels Discomagic, DWA
Website savage-music.com

Roberto Zanetti (born 28 November 1956) is an Italian singer and music producer from Massa, Tuscany. As a singer, he is known under the stage name Savage and as a music producer he uses the alias Robyx.

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In 1989, he recorded "I Just Died in Your Arms" (a hi-NRG remake of the Cutting Crew song), as well as a greatest hits album. In 1994, he released another album, Strangelove, containing a number of remixes of his older songs and four mixes of the song "Strangelove" (by Depeche Mode). The last single which was released by Savage was "Don't You Want Me", which appeared on his own label, Dance World Attack Records (DWA) in 1994. This track does not appear on the Strangelove album.

As Robyx, he mainly worked as a songwriter and producer for other artists in the eurodance and euro house genres, working with Ice MC, Double You and Alexia.

At the beginning of 2019, Zanetti started recording Love and Rain, his first studio album following Tonight (1984). He worked with multiple European labels to release the album, including Polish MagicRecords and Russian RDS Records, as he was living in Poland at that time. The album was released at the beginning of 2020 and includes 14 new songs.

Discography

Studio / remix / compilation albums

TitleFormatYearLabel
TonightLP1984Discomagic
Greatest HitsLP1989Euroenergy
Don't Cry – Greatest HitsLP1994DWA Records
Tonight (remastered)LP2010DWA Records
Ten Years Ago (remastered)LP2010DWA Records
Love and RainLP / CD2020MagicRecords
Before (1983–1986 Demo Collection)CD2020MagicRecords
Love and Rain RemixesCD2020Maschina Records
MaxisinglesLP1987Discomagic
Greatest Hits and MoreCD1990Inter Sonus
More Greatest Hits & RemixesCD1992Sonic Records
StrangeloveCD1994Sonic Records
The Original Maxi-Singles CollectionCD2014Pokorny Music Solutions
Greatest Hits & RemixesCD2016ZYX Music
Italodisco – MaxisinglesCD2020MagicRecords

Singles

TitleFormatYearLabel
"Don't Cry Tonight"12"1983Discomagic
"Only You"12"1984Discomagic
"Radio" / "A Love Again"12"1984Discomagic
"A Love Again" (Special Remix) / "Fugitive"12"1985Discomagic
"Time"12"1985Discomagic
"Celebrate"12"1986Emergent
"Love Is Death"12"1986Discomagic
"So Close"12"1988Discomagic
"I'm Losing You" (Remix)12"1988Discomagic
"I'm Losing You"12"1988Discomagic
"I Just Died in Your Arms"12"1989Euroenergy
"Goodbye"12"1989Discomagic
"Don't Cry Tonight" ('89 Version)12"1989Discomagic
"Don't Leave Me"12"1990Euroenergy
"Something" / "Strangelove"12"1993Dwa Records
"12" Remix Vol. 1"12"1994Dwa Records
"Don't You Want Me"12"1994Dwa Records
"12" Remix Vol. 2"12"1994Dwa Records
"Twothousandnine"12"2009Dwa Records
"I Love You" (12" vinyl maxi single)12"2020Dwa Records
"Don't Cry Tonight"7"1983Discomagic
"Radio" / "A Love Again"7"1984Discomagic
"Only You"7"1984Discomagic
"Time"7"1985Discomagic
"Love Is Death"7"1986Cgd
"Celebrate"7"1986Ricordi
"I'm Loosing You"7"1988Emi
"Don't You Want Me"CD1994Dwa Records

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