Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)

"Vamos a la playa" (Spanish for "Let's go to the beach") is a song by Italian Italo disco duo Righeira, released in 1983 on A&M Records internationally. The song, whose lyrics are in Spanish, was composed by Stefano Righi together with Carmelo La Bionda.[2] The track was a big hit all over Europe in the summer of 1983. It reached number 53 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Despite its ostensibly innocuous beach theme, the song actually talks about the explosion of an atomic bomb.[4]

"Vamos a la playa"
Single by Righeira
from the album Righeira
Released	1983
Genre	Italo disco[1]
Length	3:39
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Carmelo La Bionda Stefano Righi
Producer(s)	La Bionda
Righeira singles chronology
"Bianca Surf" (1980) "Vamos a la playa" (1983) "No Tengo Dinero" (1983)
Music video
"Vamos a la playa" on YouTube

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1983) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 11 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 2 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7] 2 France (IFOP)[8] 27 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 23 Italy (FIMI)[11] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 6 Norway (VG-lista)[14] 6 Spain (AFYVE)[15] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[3] 53 Year-end charts Chart (1983) Rank Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 51 Germany (Official German Charts)[18] 29 Italy (FIMI)[19] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 51 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 20 See also List of number-one hits of 1983 (Italy) List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland) References Kringiel, Danny (27 April 2010). "Italo-Disco – Wammosallaplaia, ohououo!" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 9 May 2015. "Righeira" (in Italian). Samigo.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2014. Conze, Eckart; Klimke, Martin; Varon, Jeremy, eds. (2017). Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s. Cambridge University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-107-13628-1. "Austriancharts.at – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Ultratop.be – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Radio 2 Top 30 : 24 september 1983" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Righeira" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 3 July 2016. "Offiziellecharts.de – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Vamos a la playa". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "SINGOLI – I NUMERI UNO (1959–2006) (parte 3: 1980–1990)" (in Italian). It-charts.150m.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 37, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 3 July 2016. "Dutchcharts.nl – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Norwegiancharts.com – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". VG-lista. Retrieved 18 January 2014. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. "Swisscharts.com – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016. "I singoli più venduti del 1983" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.