Calabria (song)

__NOEDITSECTION__ Infobox Single
Name = Calabria


Artist = Rune
Album =
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 2003
Format = 12 inch single, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = House
Length = 7:45 (original)
3:35 (radio edit)
Label = Credence
Writer = Rune Reilly Kolsch, Johannes Torpe
Producer = Rune Reilly Kolsch, Johannes Torpe
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Calabria"
(2003)
Next single = "Nothing New"
(2003)
Misc =Infobox Single
Name = Calabria


Artist = Drunkenmunky
Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Das Bass"
Released = 2004
Format = 12 inch single, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Euro House
Length = 5:41 (euro mix)
2:45 (radio mix)
Label = D'n'A
Writer = Rune Reilly Kolsch, Johannes Torpe
Producer = Klubbheads
Certification =
Last single = "Yeah!"
(2003)
This single = "Calabria"
(2004)
Next single = "Geht's Noch"
(2004)
Misc =Infobox Single
Name = Calabria 2007


Artist = Enur featuring Natasja
Album = Enur
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 2007
Format = 12 inch single, CD single
Recorded =
Genre = House, Ragga
Length = 6:25 (Club Mix)
3:51 (Radio Mix)
3:58 (Video Version)
Label = Ministry of Sound
Writer = Rune Reilly Kolsch, Johannes Torpe
Producer = Rune Reilly Kolsch, Johannes Torpe
Certification =
Chronology = Enur singles
Last single = "You Got Me EP"
(2005)
This single = "Calabria 2007"
(2007)
Next single = "Yesteryear/Run In"
(2007)
Misc =

"Calabria" is a house music single by Danish producer Rune. It was co-produced by Rune's half-brother Johannes Torpe and originally released in 2003 by Credence, a sublabel of Parlophone Records.

The track (which samples Taana Gardner's "Work That Body") was originally conceived as an instrumental, but in spite of being licensed to several other labels outside Denmark, it received more airplay after being used by Ronnie Milani and Maurizio Nari to create a mash-up with Alex Gaudino and Crystal Waters' "Destination Unknown", matching Rune's instrumental to Waters' vocals. It was released as "Destination Calabria" in 2005 by Rise.

The year before, Dutch group Drunkenmunky and German project Raker had produced a cover of the instrumental.

Rune re-released the track once more in 2007, having remixed it with ragga/dancehall beats, and adding vocals by Danish reggae singer Natasja Saad. This version gained popularity in the United States in mid-late 2007, where it got heavy club play, eventually entering the playlist of major Top-40/Dance radio stations such as Z100 and KTU, placing at #80 on Z100's top 100 songs of 2007 [ [http://www.z100.com/pages/top100/2007.html?feed=234160&article=3004428 Z100 - New York's Hit Music Station ] ] . In 2008 the song hit the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 31. There is also another remix featuring Mims ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKLV85PraFg] ) and a Dominican rap remix featuring Dominican artist Punto Rojo [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbqRW2l_6DE] . On January 16, 2008 the song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart; this would be the first posthumously charted Number 1 single, as Saad tragically was killed in an automobile accident in June 2007. It reached 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=G7nyH8nQv6GtBSrnBFxv6l1GtGTrh1vGTppTnXpntv6DGgM6nPny!281836907&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Singles - Billboard Hot 100 ] ] .

The 2007 remix with Natasja Saad is on radio charts along with "The Anthem" by Pitbull and "Defense" by Machel Montano (album: Flame on), which both sample the famous riff.

Chart positions

"Calabria 2007"

Sources

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/407593 "Calabria" by Rune]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/443728 "Calabria" by Drunkenmunky]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1008837 "Calabria 2007" by Rune, using the pseudonym Enur]
* [http://www.z100.com/pages/top100/2007.html?feed=234160&article=3004428 Calabria 2007 in Z100's Top 100 of 2007]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=WL1hlzLsUaU Official "Calabria" Music Video]

References