eiffel 65

Their second album Contact! was released in 2001 and whilst it did not sell as well as Europop, it did enjoy a fair share of success in Europe. The group continued to enjoy success in their native Italy with such songs as "Viaggia Insieme a Me", "Voglia di Dance All Night", and "Cosa Resterà". In 2003, Eiffel 65 released a self-titled album, mainly in Italian.

Eiffel 65 also made 30 remixes of tracks by other artists (like S Club 7's hit single "Reach") between 1999 and 2002 and in early 2006 a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's "L'Ultimo Testimone".

In early March 2005 the group's DJ, Gabry Ponte, left the group to be able to focus on his solo career.

On May 16, 2006, the remaining two members, Maurizio Lobina and Jeffrey Jey, left Bliss Corporation to continue on their own with their own production company. Since the name "Eiffel 65" is property of Bliss Corporation, the duo has decided to continue under a new name.

Eiffel 65's long anticipated fourth album, under the working title 'Crash Test', had already finished production by the time of Maury's and Jeffrey's departure from Bliss Corporation, and is due for release early summer 2006. The album's lyrics are believed to be in both English and Italian.

In June 2006, it was announced that Eiffel 65's new name would be Bloom 06. The first album "Crash Test 01", originally to be Eiffel 65's fourth album titled "Crash Test", will be released sometime in the fourth quarter of 2006. The debut single, which will be on air from September 2006, will be "In the City" of which an instrumental version featured (as "Living in my City") on the Special Edition of Eiffel 65's third album. Bloom 06's first single "In The City" will be available for radio airplay on September 1st, 2006.

It has been hinted that the name 'Eiffel 65' could be used for a new Bliss Corporation group that might possibly consist of Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro (a DJ/producer with whom Eiffel 65 have worked frequently) and other Bliss Corporation artists.

Members

• Jeffrey Jey (real name Gianfranco Randone) - Born in Lentini, Sicily, on January 5, 1970 - vocals, bass.
• Maury Lobina (old name Apollo, real name Maurizio Lobina) - Born in Asti, Piedmont, October 30, 1973 - keyboards, guitar.
• Gabry Ponte (real name Gabriele Ponte) - Born in Turin, Piedmont, 20 April 1973 - DJ, left the group on 8 March 2005 to pursue a solo career.

Trivia

• Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" was featured in one of the original soundtracks of Universal Pictures movie "Big Fat Liar (2002)".
• Some other minor lyricists and songwriters once inclined to change and confuse the lyrics of the song "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" when they mistakenly listen or hear what Jeffrey Jey was chanting at the chorus when the song's final part was being played, until a few years later it has become a parody for some music listeners in which the song lyrics goes like this:

"I'm Blue. If I was green I would die". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]

or

"I'm Blue. I'm in need of a guy". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]

or

"I'm Blue. I'm in need of a diet". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]
or

"I'm Blue. And I would need a bidet". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]
or

"I'm Blue. I believe I would die". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]
or

"I'm Blue. I believe I've been dyed". [x7]
instead of
"I'm Blue. Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die". [x7]

• Their favourite hobbies are as follows: Jeffrey Jey - videogames, and going to the movies; Maurizio Lobina - soccer, Ferrari, and videogames; Gabry Ponte - martial arts, and collecting cartoon soundtracks. All of these hobbies can be seen, heard and understood and often portrayed from their songs and music videos.^{citation needed]}
• Eiffel 65's "One Goal" was used as a theme for the French nationals at the European Soccer Championship back in 2000.
• Gianfranco Randone got his nickname "Jeffrey" by his American friend who called him this as a joke, to make his name sound more American. Gianfranco then went to a vocalist audition at a disco and someone there thought he should come up with a cool nickname. So he took "Jeffrey" and added "Jay" (as in VJ or VeeJay) to the end. To make it sound more like a name, he changed the "Jay" to "Jey". "Jeffrey Jey".
• Eiffel 65's "Living In My City" was used as the theme song to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Discography

Albums

• Europop (1999) US #4, 2x Platinum
• Contact! (2001)
• Eiffel 65 (2003) (mostly Italian language)
• Crash Test 01 (2006) (to be released on October 13th) (First album as "Bloom 06")

Singles

• "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1999) - #3 IT,#6 US, #1 UK, #1 IRE, #1 FR, #1 AU, #1 Germany, #1 Latvia (10 wks)
• "Episode I" Only released in Italy as a Vinyl
• "Move Your Body" (2000) - '#1 IT,#53 US, #3 UK, #4 IRE, #1 FR, #4 AU, #4 Germany, #7 Latvia
• "Too Much of Heaven" (2000) - #1 IT,#98 US, #20 FR, #50 AU, #5 Latvia, #35 Germany
• "My Console" - Only released as a promo in Spain and Portugal
• "One Goal" #37 France
• "Episode II"
• "Back In Time" #13 Italy
• "Lucky (In My Life)" #128 US, #26 Canada, #15 Italy, #23 Austria, #57 Germany, #68 France
• "80's Stars" #27 Italy
• "Losing You" - Only released in Canada as a Vinyl
• "Cosa Resterà (In A Song)" #5 Italy
• "Quelli Che Non Hanno Età" #4 Italy
• "Viaggia Insieme A Me" #13 Italy
• "Viaggia Insieme A Me RMX"
• "Una Notte E Forse Mai Più" #10 Italy
• "Voglia Di Dance All Night"

External links

• Official Eiffel 65 Website
• Official Bloom 06 Website
• Official Eiffel 65 Website - Italian Mirror
• German site about Eiffel 65
• Big Russian Site about Eiffel 65
• Site about Italodance
• Eiffel 65 Fans Universe
• Eiffel 65 Austria
• Another German site about Eiffel 65
• Eiffel 65's old site, but great site!
• French site about Eiffel 65
• Eiffel 65's new website: Bloom 06