The Tamperer featuring Maya

The Tamperer featuring Maya
Origin	Italy
Genres	Italo dance
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Pepper Records Jive/BMG Records
Members	Fargetta Alex Farolfi Danielle Barnett
Past members	Maya Days

The Tamperer featuring Maya is an Italian dance music group consisting of Italian record producers Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi. The group initially featured American singer Maya Days. Later, Giuliano Saglia and GianLuca Mensi would join the project. They achieved European success in 1998 with "Feel It", which reached number-one in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Tamperer remains active and since 2024 has been performing with singer Danielle Barnett, former lead vocalist of 1990s dance group Urban Cookie Collective. ^[1]

Overview

In 1998, the group achieved huge success with their debut single "Feel It", which peaked at number two in Italy and topped the charts in Belgium (Wallonia), Ireland and the United Kingdom. The song is from the album Fabulous, and was written by the American team of Steve Gittelman and Jim Dyke. It heavily samples the Jacksons hit "Can You Feel It".

The album spawned two more singles, "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)" (based on a sample from Madonna's "Material Girl"), which peaked at number four in Italy and also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and the Italy-only release "Step Out". The group returned in early 2000 to release its next (and final) single, "Hammer to the Heart" (based on ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"). "Hammer to the Heart" became the group's third single to peak within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom.

The producers also used the Tamperer alias to produce for and remix other artists, such as Crystal Waters.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NZ [2]
Fabulous	Released: March 1999 Label: BMG	46

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		ITA [3]	AUS [4]	BEL [5]	FIN [6]	FRA [7]	GER [8]	IRE [9]	NED [10]	NZ [11]	SWE [12]	UK [13]
1998	"Feel It"	3	19	3	7	5	31	1	10	10	20	1	ARIA: Gold [14] BEA: Platinum [15] BPI: Platinum [16] RMNZ: Gold [17] SNEP: Silver [18]	Fabulous
	"If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)"	4	37	20	9	60	74	6	18	11	23	3	BPI: Silver [16]
1999	"Hammer to the Heart"	33	67	45	—	—	—	23	88	—	23	6		Non-album singles
2009	"Feel It 2009"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97	—	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

1. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/danielle-barnett-6564395
2. "New Zealand Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
3. "Italian Singles". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
4. ARIA chart peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com - Discography The Tamperer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
   • "Hammer to the Heart": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 275.
5. "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
6. "Finnish Singles". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
7. "French Singles". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
8. "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
9. "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
10. "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
11. "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
12. "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
13. "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
14. "ARIA Charts Accreditations - 1998 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 2016-06-03.
15. "Belgian Charts Accreditations - 1998 Singles". Belgian Entertainment Association . Retrieved 2016-06-03.
16. "British certifications – Tamperer". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 22 May 2022.Type Tamperer in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
17. "New Zealand Chart Certification". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2016-06-03.
18. "French Certifications". InfoDisc. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

External links

• "Maya days biography". Archived from the original on 2001-07-21. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
• Tamperer featuring Maya, The (1998). "Fabulous". United Kingdom: Jive Records. 0530192.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Tamperer featuring Maya, The (1999). "Hammer to the Heart". United Kingdom: Jive Records. 9250092.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)