Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)

"Vamos a la playa"
"Vamos a la playa"
Single by Righeira
from the album Righeira
B-side	"Vamos a la playa" (Italian version); "Playa Dub";
Released	1983
Genre	Italo disco
Length	3:39
Label	CGD
Songwriter(s)	Stefano Righi; Carmelo La Bionda;
Producer(s)	La Bionda
Righeira singles chronology
Music video
	"Vamos a la playa" on YouTube

"Vamos a la playa" (English: "Let's go to the beach") is the debut single by Italo disco duo Righeira, released as a single in 1983. With Spanish lyrics, it was written by Stefano Righi and Carmelo La Bionda.^[2] The song became the duo's first number 1 single and reached number 53 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] The single was also number 1 in Switzerland.^[4] Despite its ostensibly innocuous beach theme, the song actually talks about the explosion of an atomic bomb.^[5]

Track listing[]

Italy 7" single, 1983
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vamos a la playa (Spanish version)"	3:40
2.	"Vamos a la playa (Italian version)"	3:40

Italy 12" single, 1983
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vamos a la playa (Spanish version)"	5:09
2.	"Vamos a la playa (Italian version)"	3:39
3.	"Playa Dub"	6:34

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6]	11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[7]	2
France (IFOP)^[8]	27
Germany (Official German Charts)^[9]	3
Ireland (IRMA)^[10]	23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[11]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[12]	6
Norway (VG-lista)^[13]	6
Spain (AFYVE)^[14]	6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	1
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	53

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1983)	Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[15]	51
Germany (Official German Charts)^[16]	29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[17]	51
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[18]	20

References[]

^ Kringiel, Danny (27 April 2010). "Italo-Disco – Wammosallaplaia, ohououo!" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ "Righeira". Samigo.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Swisscharts.com – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". Swiss Singles Chart. 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.
^ "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Righeira" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Vamos a la playa". Irish Singles Chart. 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.
^ "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "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.

[1] Kringiel, Danny (27 April 2010). "Italo-Disco – Wammosallaplaia, ohououo!" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[2] "Righeira". Samigo.com (in Italian). Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[UK-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[SWI-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Swisscharts.com – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[5] 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.

[sc_Austria_Righeira-6] "Austriancharts.at – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Flanders_Righeira-7] "Ultratop.be – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[8] "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Righeira" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[sc_Germany_Righeira-9] "Offiziellecharts.de – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[sc_Ireland2_-10] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Vamos a la playa". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Dutch40_Righeira-11] "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 37, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[sc_Dutch100_Righeira-12] "Dutchcharts.nl – Righeira – Vamos a la playa" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Norway_Righeira-13] "Norwegiancharts.com – Righeira – Vamos a la playa". VG-lista. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[14] Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

[15] "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[16] "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[17] "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[18] "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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