# Fun Fun

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Italian Italo disco band

Fun Fun Origin Italy Genres Italo disco Synthpop hi-NRG Eurobeat Years active 1983–present Label Polydor Members Francesca Merola Natalia Rolla Roberta Servelli Elena Trastulli Antonella Pepe Angela Parisi Ivana Spagna

**Fun Fun** are an Italian [Italo disco](/source/Italo_disco) band formed in 1983. Their hits included "[Colour My Love](/source/Colour_My_Love)" and "Baila Bolero".

## History

Producers Dario Raimondi and Alvaro Ugolini teamed up with studio vocalists Antonella Pepe, Angela Parisi and [Ivana Spagna](/source/Ivana_Spagna) to create Fun Fun, a band with a bouncy, high-energy, dancefloor-friendly sound. Their first release, 1983's "Happy Station", was successful in Italy and other parts of Europe thanks to several extended mixes, including the most well-known "Scratch" version.[1] "Happy Station" reached the number one spot in the South African charts.[2] It was also popular in the Chicago House Dance scene and was played by DJs on [WBMX](/source/WVAZ).[3]

Upon receiving invitations for live performances, Raimondi and Ugolini decided to use models for Fun Fun's public image rather than the vocalists themselves, a common tactic in the European dance music scene already deployed by producers like [Frank Farian](/source/Frank_Farian). *Have Fun!*, the band's first full album from 1984, featured Francesca Merola and Roberta Servelli as the on-stage faces for the group. The album featured other popular dance singles, including "Give Me Your Love," "Living In Japan" and the band's soft-ballad signature hit "[Colour My Love](/source/Colour_My_Love)", which became popular in American nightclubs due to its insistent synth bassline and easily mixable percussion intro.

After *Have Fun!*, Spagna decided to leave the project to start a solo career, occasionally contributing as lyricist for the band. Fun Fun continued on with Merola and Elena Trastulli (who replaced Servelli) as the face of the group and a new musician/producer Larry Pignagnoli, releasing a second album, 1987's *Double Fun*. *Double Fun* had several singles, including "Could This Be Love", a cover of [Spencer Davis Group](/source/Spencer_Davis_Group)'s "[Gimme Some Lovin'](/source/Gimme_Some_Lovin')" and "Baila Bolero", a Flamenco-flavored dance ballad. A mini-anthology featuring most of the group's major hits, the "Mega Hit Mix", was released on a 12" single soon afterward.

Fun Fun tried a new direction in 1989 with the single "Give Me Love", which had only minimal success. Several years later, the band released its final single, "I'm Needin' You", in a 1990s Eurodance style, to equally minimal success. Since then, the only Fun Fun releases have been best-of compilations or DJ remixes/reconstructions of their previous hits.

Following the break-up of the band, Angela Parisi released a single, "Wherever Forever", before retiring from the music industry. Antonella Pepe went on to become an appreciated vocalist, recording with [Mike Francis](/source/Mike_Francis), [Via Verdi](/source/Via_Verdi), [Alan Sorrenti](/source/Alan_Sorrenti), [Garbo](/source/Garbo_(singer)) and [Gianni Togni](/source/Gianni_Togni). Of the girls fronting the group, Elena Trastulli had a career as backing vocalist. Natalia Rolla became a film production designer.

In 2022, a further single was released (in Italy) under the Fun Fun name featuring contributions by original vocalists Angela Parisi and Antonella Pepe, backed by songwriter [Annerley Gordon](/source/Annerley_Gordon).

## Discography

### Studio albums

- *Have Fun!* (1984)

- *Double Fun* (1987)

### Compilation albums

- *The Best of Fun Fun* (ZYX Records, 1991)

- *The Best of Fun Fun* (Snake's Music, 1994)

- *Greatest Fun: The Best Of* (1994)

- *The Best of Fun Fun: Color My Love*

- *The Best of Fun Fun* (Discos CNR Chile, 2003)

- *The Greatest Fun* (2006)

- *Greatest Hits & Remixes* (2017)

### Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUT [4] BEL (FLA) [5] GER [6] NLD [7] SWE [8] SWI [9] US Dance [10] "Happy Station" 1983 15 1 11 8 — — — Have Fun! "Colour My Love" 1984 — 8 17 15 6 — 9 "Give Me Your Love" — 28 17 18 18 10 23 "Living in Japan" 1985 — — — — — — — "Sing Another Song" — — — — — — — "Tell Me" — — — — — — — "Baila Bolero" 1986 — 31 — 17 — 16 — Double Fun "Gimme Some Lovin'" 1987 — 37 — 71 — — — "Could This Be Love" — — — 85 — — — "Mega Hit Mix" — 7 — 4 — — — Single only "Give Me Love" 1989 — — — — — — 29 "I'm Needin' You" 1994 — — — — — — — "No More Tears" 2022 — — — — — — — Greatest Fun: The Best Of "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

## See also

- [List of Italo disco artists and songs](/source/List_of_Italo_disco_artists_and_songs)

- [Music of Italy](/source/Music_of_Italy)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Fun Fun"](https://www.discogs.com/artist/36214-Fun-Fun). *Discogs*. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (F)"](http://rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(F).html). *Rock.co.za*. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Color My Love - Fun Fun (1983)"](https://thebeatchicago.com/color-my-love/). *Thebeatchicago.com*. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Austriancharts.at: Fun Fun"](https://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fun%20Fun). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ultratop Vlaanderen: Fun Fun"](http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=Fun%20Fun&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts). [Ultratop](/source/Ultratop). Retrieved 2014-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-German_peaks_6-0)** ["Offizielle Deutsche Charts (Fun Fun)"](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Fun%20Fun). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Media Markt Top 40: Fun Fun"](https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/Fun%20Fun). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Swedishcharts.com: Fun Fun"](https://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fun%20Fun). [Sverigetopplistan](/source/Sverigetopplistan). Retrieved 2014-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Hitparade.ch: Fun Fun (Singles)"](http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Fun%20Fun&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Fun Fun Chart History | Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/fun-fun/chart-history) Billboard.com

## External links

- [Fun Fun](https://www.discogs.com/artist/36214) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

[Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
- [1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:1980s)
- [Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Italy)
- [Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Music)

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