Playahitty

{{Short description|Italian Eurodance group}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Playahitty |image = |caption = |image_size = |background = group_or_band |origin = Italy |genre = [[Eurodance]], [[Italo dance]] |years_active = 1994–1998, 2011 |label = Disco Inn/Conte Max Music |associated_acts = [[Emanuele Asti]] (record producer) |past_members = [[Jenny B|Giovanna Bersola]] |website =[http://www.contemaxmusic.com/ www.contemaxmusic.com] }} '''Playahitty''' was an Italian [[Eurodance]] group, best known for the 1994 summer hit "[[The Summer Is Magic]]", and also for other popular club tracks, such as "1-2-3! (Train with Me)". Lipsync was performed on stage and in the videos by models called Marion Zapha, Sandra, Feline and Gabrielle.

==Musical career== Their main hit, a 1994 song titled "[[The Summer Is Magic]]", featured the voice of Giovanna Bersola, best known by her stage name [[Jenny B]], one of the most important voices of the [[Italo dance]]/[[Eurodance]] genre, who also did the real vocals for the debut hit of [[Corona (band)|Corona]], "[[The Rhythm of the Night]]" (all other songs on the first and second albums by Corona were sung by [[Sandra Chambers]] a.k.a. Sandy). This led to the mistaken belief that "The Summer Is Magic" was another hit song by Corona.

The song was written by Emanuele Asti and Stefano Carrara, produced by Asti and licensed worldwide by Disco Inn/Conte Max Music.

==Discography== ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| [[Austrian Singles Chart|AUT]] <ref name="lescharts">[http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Playahitty International peak positions]</ref> ! width="35"| [[French Singles Chart|FRA]] <ref name="lescharts"/> ! width="35"| [[German Singles Chart|GER]] <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single |title=German peak positions |access-date=2011-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930223445/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/PLAYAHITTY/single |archive-date=2012-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! width="35"| [[Italian Singles Chart|ITA]] <ref name="lescharts"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=playahitty+1%2C2%2C3&pg=PA42 Italian peak for "1,2,3"][http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_weeks/index.html = Italian peak for "I Love The Sun"- type: year 96, day 20/07l][http://www.musicaedischi.it Italian peak for "The Man I Never Had"] Musica e Dischi n. 612 - September 1998 - year LIV - Charts 18/24.8.1998</ref> ! width="35"| [[Dutch Singles Chart|NED]] <ref name="lescharts"/><ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=13&date=2008-08-16/single Netherlands, 2008 peak position]</ref> ! width="35"| [[Swedish Singles Chart|SWE]] <ref name="lescharts"/> ! width="35"| [[Swiss Singles Chart|SWI]] <ref name="lescharts"/> |- | 1994 | align="left"| "[[The Summer Is Magic]]" | 14 | 36 | 39 | 2 | 36 | 37 | 12 | align="left" rowspan="6"| Singles only |- | 1995 | align="left"| "1-2-3! (Train with Me)" | 21 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 46 |- | 1996 | align="left"| "I Love the Sun" | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |- | 1997 | align="left"| "Another Holiday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1998 | align="left"| "The Man I Never Had" | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — |- | 2008 | align="left"| "The Summer Is Magic 2008" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Italian Eurodance groups]] [[Category:Italian dance music groups]]