The Summer Is Magic

"The Summer Is Magic" is a song by the Italian Eurodance group Playahitty. It was released in July 1994 as their first single. The song was a big success in summer and autumn that year in several countries of Continental Europe, and also in Italy, where the track reached the number two position on the Top 40 singles chart.[1]

"The Summer is Magic"
Single by Playahitty
Released28 July 1994
GenreEurodance
Length3:44
LabelConte 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 Italian singer Giovanna Bersola sang the lead vocals for the song, as well as for the 1993 hit "The Rhythm of the Night" by the Eurodance Corona music group.[1] The synth line take the melody from instrumental song "Axel F" by German musician Harold Faltermeyer.[2]

Particularly fit to the illuminated dance floors, it had great success, reaching the top-40 in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Sweden and Switzerland.[3][4][1]

Critical reception

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."[5]

Chart performance

"The Summer Is Magic" was a major hit on the charts in Europe. It peaked at number 2 in Italy and was a Top 20 hit in Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, and entered the Top 40 in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Sweden, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 36 in September 1994. It did not chart on the UK Singles Chart. Outside Europe, "The Summer Is Magic" was a big hit in Israel, where it peaked at number 7, and in Canada, where it went to number 8 on the RPM Dance Chart.

Cover versions
  • July 1995 (1995-07): Exotica feat. Itsy Foster - The Summer is Magic (reached #68 in the UK Singles Chart)[6]
  • 2008 (2008): Daisy Dee - The Summer is Magic

Charts

Track listings
CD Maxi-single (Europe, 1994)
  1. "The Summer is Magic" (Gambrinus Club Mix) - 5:20
  2. "The Summer is Magic" (Acapella) - 3:39
  3. "The Summer is Magic" (Copa Cabana Beach Mix) - 5:31
  4. "The Summer is Magic" (Radio Mix) - 3:44

References
  1. "Playahitty (Italy) Eurodance group". The Eurodance Encyclopædia. KDJ Eurodance. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. "Playahitty – The Summer is Magic". dance 90.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. "Playhitty - The Summer is Magic (Chanson)". Les Charts (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single
  5. "Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 (37). 10 September 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. Official Charts Company
  7. Canadian dance peak
  8. Danish Singles Chart 30 September 1994
  9. "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 (39). 24 September 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. "Playahitty The Summer Is Magic". top40 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  11. German peak position
  12. "I singoli più venduti del 1994". Hit Parade Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Playahitty – The Summer Is Magic 2008" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. "Jaarlijsten 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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