Maurizio explains : "We like this title because it is inspired by the movie, and it talks about the contact with an alien civilization, which is a fascinating matter. copies all over the world, they already talk about the second album for winter 2001. While the latest statistics are saying that Europop sold in over 10.000.000. During the Summer 2000, Eiffel 65 toured in the whole United States, from New York (in May) to San Francisco (in July). Their following release was entitled One Goal (for the Euro 2000 football championship). It was followed by Too Much Of Heaven, a more low-tempo track, saying that the people are only thinkin' about money, forgeting about what's really important : love, friendship. Their second single, Move Your Body, was also quite successful since it went number one in 7 countries. Meanwhile, they remixed Kim Lukas' single All I Want and a single of Ann Lee. 'We're more like an old-fashioned Depeche Mode, a solid structure,īut more futuristic,' he says. (Da Ba Dee) is a mix of dance and English pop, a song with a discoīeat. There should be something to be happy about.' Blue To think and use our minds to fix things. 'We don't throw something down and criticize. 'It's important that people get a positive message,' says Jeffrey aboutĮiffel 65's music. The music video of Blue was the second best music video of the year. In Findance Awards '99, Eiffel 65 was chosen for the second best band of the year, the best newcomer band and their song, Blue (Da Ba Dee), was the second best song of the year. The debut album of the band, Europop, contains 13 tracks, all kind of music in the limits of Eiffel 65, and went double Platinum. Blue like the sky, the sea, the Earth seen from the space and beautiful the Corvettes of years 70.' they explain.īlue was also released, almost at the same time, by twenty 4 Seven rapper Stay C I identify this with a color, in the case of Blue the crowds are alive, a funny protagonist in a way that it wants to paint with the blue color. 'That is, everyone of we has of the ideas, opinions and a style of life that prefers. Then I came up with a color, a color that describes someone's lifestyle.' The text of Blue is based on the persons and as they are made. 'I started thinking about the way people are and about lifestyles-the way you buy your house, pick your girlfriend, your job, or the neighborhood in which you live. 'Maurizio said 'come up with strange lyrics,'' explains Jeffrey. It's inception began with Maurizio's piano riff before Jeffrey wrote the lyrics. Once it's heard, it's never forgotten, as its lasting hook, uplifting verses and body-rocking rhythem are pure energy shot straight to the heart. In Israel it was number 1 and reached # 6 in the USA. In Italy it was ran every 150 seconds according to statistics and went Platinum. Sweden, Finland, Norway, Greece, Belgium, Holland, and Ireland, and became a long-lasting number one. Their debut single, Blue (Da Ba Dee), with its vocoder-enhanced vocals, topped the charts in England (where it 2nd best selling single for the year 1999), Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark,
'To find a name of a group it is always a delicate process, in how much it would have to represent the artist or the music'. The '65' was part of a phone number that was inadvertently scribbled next to the name 'Eiffel' when the text was submitted for printing. Eiffel came out, and the number 65 was added by mistake afterwards.
They entered many words they liked in a software that allowed to create names from words according to the coincidence principle.
Gabriele was a professionnal DJ, he mixed the tracks for the group (under the name of DJ Gabry Bridge) and appeared on the stage. Maurizio Lobina was a gifted musician and also directed A/R Dept in Bliss Co. Eiffel 65 was formed by Jeffrey Jey (who also wrote the lyrics), Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte.