The Tamperer featuring Maya

{{Short description|Italian dance music band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Tamperer featuring Maya | image = | caption = | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Italy | genre = Italo dance | years_active = 1998–present | label = Pepper Records Jive/BMG Records | website = | current_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.<ref>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/danielle-barnett-6564395</ref>

== 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=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |- !style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS <ref name="ARIA Chart">{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/wYT5fdP |title =The Tamperer ARIA Chart History |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= 17 March 2026}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> !style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ <ref name="NZ Albums">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=the+tamperer&cat=s |title=New Zealand Albums |website=charts.nz |accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Fabulous'' | * Released: January 1999 * Label: BMG | 180 || 46 |}

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year !rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title !colspan="11"| Peak chart positions !rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications !rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"|Album |- !style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | ITA <ref name="ITA">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/at.htm |title=Italian Singles |publisher=hitparadeitalia.it |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS <ref name="AUS">ARIA chart peaks: * Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Tamperer|title=australian-charts.com - Discography The Tamperer|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2019-08-25}} * "Hammer to the Heart": {{cite Ryan|page=275}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| BEL <ref name="BEL">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=the%20tamperer&cat=s |title= Belgian Singles |publisher=ultratop.be |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FIN <ref name="FIN">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=the+tamperer&cat=s |title= Finnish Singles |publisher=finnishcharts.com |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FRA <ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=the+tamperer&cat=s |title= French Singles |publisher=lescharts.com |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER <ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=German Singles |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| IRE <ref name="IRE">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie |title=Irish Singles |publisher=irishcharts.ie |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NED <ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=the%20tamperer&cat=s |title=Netherlands Singles |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ <ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=the+tamperer&cat=s |title=New Zealand Singles |publisher=charts.nz |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| SWE <ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=the+tamperer&cat=s |title=Swedish Singles |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK <ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4411/tamperer-ft-maya/ |title=UK Singles |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2016-06-02}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" align="center" | 1998 | "Feel It" |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 19 |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 7 |align="center"| 5 |align="center"| 31 |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| 10 |align="center"| 10 |align="center"| 20 |align="center"| 1 | * ARIA: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1998.htm |title=ARIA Charts Accreditations - 1998 Singles |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref> * BEA: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/xls/Awards%201998.htm#Thema_5 |title=Belgian Charts Accreditations - 1998 Singles |publisher=Belgian Entertainment Association |accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref> * BPI: Platinum<ref name="UK SIN CERT">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tamperer|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> * RMNZ: Gold<ref name="NZ SIN CERT">{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1998-10-23 |title=New Zealand Chart Certification |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> * SNEP: Silver<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certification_Liste.php |title=French Certifications |publisher=InfoDisc |accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref> | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Fabulous'' |- | "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)" |align="center"| 4 |align="center"| 37 |align="center"| 20 |align="center"| 9 |align="center"| 60 |align="center"| 74 |align="center"| 6 |align="center"| 18 |align="center"| 11 |align="center"| 23 |align="center"| 3 | * BPI: Silver<ref name="UK SIN CERT" /> |- |align="center"| 1999 | "Hammer to the Heart" |align="center"| 33 |align="center"| 67 |align="center"| 45 |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| 23 |align="center"| 88 |align="center"| — |align="center"| 23 |align="center"| 6 | | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- |align="center"| 2009 | "Feel It 2009" |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| 97 |align="center"| — |align="center"| — |align="center"| — | |- |align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

== External links == * {{cite web | title = Maya days biography | url = http://www.mayadays.com/bio.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010721100612/http://www.mayadays.com/bio.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2001-07-21 | accessdate = 2007-04-14 }} * {{Cite journal | last = Tamperer featuring Maya | first = The | title = Fabulous | publisher = Jive Records | year = 1998 | location = United Kingdom | id = 0530192 }} * {{Cite journal | last = Tamperer featuring Maya | first = The | title = Hammer to the Heart | publisher = Jive Records | year = 1999 | location = United Kingdom | id = 9250092 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamperer featuring Maya}} Category:Italian house music groups Category:Italian Eurodance groups Category:Musical groups from Milan Category:Musical groups established in 1998 Category:Jive Records artists Category:Bertelsmann Music Group artists