The Summer Is Magic

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"The Summer is Magic"
Playahitty - The Summer is Magic single.jpg
Single by Playahitty
Released28 July 1994
Genre Eurodance [1]
Length3:44
Label Conte Max Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Emanuele Asti
  • Stefano Carrara
Producer(s) Emanuele Asti
Playahitty singles chronology
"The Summer is Magic"
(1994)		"1-2-3! (Train with Me)"
(1995)

"The Summer Is Magic" is a song by Italian Eurodance group Playahitty, released in July 1994 by label Conte Max Music as their debut single. The lead vocals are performed by Italian singer Giovanna Bersola (a.k.a. Jenny B), as she did for the 1993 hit "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona. [2] This led to the mistaken belief that "The Summer Is Magic" was another hit song by Corona. The song hit the charts in the summer and autumn of 1994 in several countries of Continental Europe, such as Italy, where it reached number two on the Top 40 singles chart. [2] It reached the top 40 also in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The song was released in the United States in August 1996. [3] [4] [5] [2] A partly black-and-white music video was produced to promote the single, but it didn't feature Bersola, due to her stage fright. [6]

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Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Just at the moment when summer is over, this Euro dance single with the voice of Corona brings back memories of your holiday in Italy better than any photo album could ever do." [1]

Chart performance

"The Summer Is Magic" was a notable hit on the charts in Europe, peaking at number two in Italy and becoming a top-20 hit in Austria (14), Denmark (17), Spain (15) and Switzerland (12). In Italy, it stayed as number two for two weeks, being kept from the number-one position by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry's "7 Seconds". [7] It spent a total of 15 weeks within the Musica e dischi singles chart. Additionally, "The Summer is Magic" entered the top 40 in the Netherlands (36), France (36), Germany (39) and Sweden (37), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 36 in September 1994, in its sixth week on the chart. [8] On the European Dance Radio Chart, it peaked at number 10, becoming the 10th most-played dance song on European radio that week. [9] However, the song did not chart on the UK Singles Chart. Outside Europe, it was successful in Israel, peaking at number seven and in Canada, where it hit number eight on the RPM Dance/Urban chart. "The Summer Is Magic" also charted in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

Track listings

Charts

Versions

References

  1. 1 2 "Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 37. 10 September 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Playahitty (Italy) Eurodance group". The Eurodance Encyclopædia. KDJ Eurodance. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Selected new releases" (PDF). www.worldradiohistory.com. p. 70.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Playhitty - The Summer is Magic (Chanson)". Les Charts (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". www.musicline.de. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Mulligan, Jesse (24 February 2021). "Rhythm of the Night singer living a quiet life in NZ". RNZ . Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Top 10 Sales in Europe: Italy" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 38. 17 September 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 39. 24 September 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. 1 2 "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 39. 24 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Canadian dance peak". Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Danish Singles Chart. 30 September 1994.
  12. ↑ "German peak position". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 4 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Playahitty".
  14. ↑ "Playahitty The Summer Is Magic". top40 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 6 May 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  16. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  17. ↑ "Playahitty – The Summer Is Magic 2008" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  18. ↑ "1994 in Review: European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 52. 24 December 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "Jaarlijsten 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Search | Official Charts". www.officialcharts.com.
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