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Eiffel 65 is an Italian music group that was formed in 1998 in the studios of the Turin record company Bliss Corporation, consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their singles 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' and 'Move Your Body,' from their 1999 studio album Europop. The singles reached number one in many countries, while the album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Their following two albums, Contact! (2001) and their 2003 self titled album did not gain as much success, but still managed to gain success in Italy.

Over the course of their career, the group won a World Music Award in 2000 for the World Best Selling Italian Group, and a B.M.I USA in Los Angeles, rewarding the most-broadcast song on radio in the United States. They were also nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for 'Blue (Da Ba Dee).'^[1]Europop was crowned as the greatest album of the 1990s by Channel 4.^[2]

Eiffel 65 also composed remixes of numerous popular songs, and they recorded 'One Goal,' one of the official songs of the UEFA Euro 2000, and 'Living In My City,' for the 2006 Winter Olympics. With more than 20 million copies sold^[3] and many gold, platinum and diamond records, Eiffel 65 is one of Italy's most popular electronic groups.

In 2005, DJ Gabry Ponte left the group to focus on his solo career, and later that year, the remaining members Jeffrey Jey and Maurizio Lobina formed their own duo called Bloom 06. In 2010, the original group reunited; although Ponte does not participate in record production and concerts, he never officially left the group.

History[edit]

Formation[edit]

Randone, Ponte and Lobina met at Bliss Corporation, which was founded in 1992 by Massimo Gabutti. A computer chose the name Eiffel randomly from a group of words the three had selected but the number 65 was added to it by mistake: the producer had written a phone number on a piece of paper and two digits of it ended up on the label copy. The graphic artist who received it assumed that it had been added afterwards so he just fused it to the band name for their first release.^[4]

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Eiffel 65 became famous for their international chart-topping hits 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' and 'Move Your Body.' Both songs were featured singles on their debut album Europop, which was released on 22 November 1999.

The band achieved considerable success in Italy and the rest of Europe,^[5] in the United States, Canada, and Australia.^[6]Europop peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200^[7] and in the Billboard Canadian Albums.^[8] 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[9] got to 1 in UK^[10] and in Germany^[11] and to number 3 in Italian charts.^[12] Their second album, Contact! was released in 2001, with '80s Stars' peaking at #9 in Italy. A self-titled album was released in 2003.

Eiffel 65 also remixed, between 1999 and 2002, other artists' tracks, like 'The Bad Touch'^[13] by Bloodhound Gang, Nek's hit single 'La vita è' and S Club 7's 'Reach'^[14] and in early 2005 a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's 'L'ultimo testimone'.^[15]

Bloom 06[edit]

In early March 2005, the group's DJ, Gabry Ponte, left to focus on his solo career. On 16 May 2005, the remaining members, Maurizio Lobina and Jeffrey Jey, decided to leave Bliss Corporation to continue with their own production company. Since the name 'Eiffel 65' was a property of Bliss Corporation, the duo decided to continue under a new name, as announced in June 2005, Bloom 06.

Eiffel 65's long anticipated fourth album, under the working title Crash Test, had already finished production by the time of Maury and Jeffrey's departure from Bliss Corporation. It was renamed Crash Test 01 and was released by Bloom 06 on 13 October 2006. The album contains lyrics in English and Italian.

Reunion[edit]

Bliss Corporation confirmed that a new Eiffel 65 lineup would make their debut in the summer of 2007 but the debut was postponed. In 2009, Bliss Corporation began to promote work from older bands by subtitling music videos and releasing 'unseen' video footage from Eiffel 65. In June 2010, it was announced on the Bloom 06 website that Eiffel 65 would reunite once again to produce new music as well as touring.^[16] In an April 2012 interview, Jeffrey Jey commented on the progress of the new album:

The progress is slow because we work in three different place and of all the demos probably two, maybe three of these songs are what we call 'the candidates' for our new single. We're not able to get a unanimous decision on one song, so that is what's making the release continuously slide. It's really hard to say when we will release a new song. Hopefully within the next two or three months we will be fixing the songs that we think are the good candidates and putting them online.^[17]

In the meantime they toured Europe with their New Planet Tour, a multimedia show with wide screens and in the summer of 2012, they announced a mini tour in Australia on their site. The band is currently touring, mainly in Italy and occasionally in the rest of Europe and the world.^[18][19]

On 2 April 2016, a demo of Eiffel 65's new single 'Panico' was posted on Bliss Corporation's YouTube channel.^[20] 'Panico' and its English version 'Critical' were officially released on iTunes on 1 June 2016. However, their fourth album release date is still unknown.

Zorotl[edit]

'Zorotlekuykauo Sushik IV 'Zorotl'^[21] is a character created by the Bliss Corporation and featured in the videos of 'Blue (Da Ba Dee),' 'Move Your Body,' and 'Lucky (In My Life).' Zorotl was supposed to be a malicious character but since he was designed with a funny round body, the authors of the 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' video decided to portrait it as tender, changing the script and giving it a happy ending.^[22] In 2000, Bliss Corporation made a video for the unreleased Eiffel 65 song 'I Wanna Be.' An alpha version of the video appeared as enhanced content for Eiffel 65's single 'Too Much of Heaven'. The song is credited to Zorotl even though it was recorded by members of Eiffel 65, so Zorotl is considered a virtual group.

Members[edit]

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• Jeffrey Jey (real name Gianfranco Randone), born 5 January 1970 in Lentini, Sicily – vocals, producer (1998-2005, 2010–present)
• Maury Lobina (previously known as Apollo, real name Maurizio Lobina), born 30 October 1973 in Asti, Piedmont – producer, keyboards, keytar, piano (1998-2005, 2010–present)
• Gabry Ponte (real name Gabriele Ponte), born 20 April 1973 in Turin, Piedmont – DJ, producer (1998-2005, 2010–present)

Discography[edit]

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• Europop (1999)
• Contact! (2001)
• Eiffel 65 (2003)

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Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

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4. ^'Eiffel 65 Are the Fathers to Your Style Even If You're Too Much of a Dick to Admit It'. vice.com.
5. ^Hung, Steffen. 'lescharts.com - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)'. Lescharts.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
6. ^Hung, Steffen. 'australian-charts.com - Discography Eiffel 65'. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
7. ^'Eiffel 65 Europop Chart History'. Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
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9. ^Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Eiffel 65
10. ^'blue (da ba dee) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company'. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
11. ^GmbH, musicline.de / PhonoNet. 'Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de'. Musicline.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
12. ^'Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: E'. Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
13. ^'The Bloodhound Gang* - The Bad Touch (Remixes)'. Discogs.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-06-05.
14. ^'S Club 7 - Reach'. Discogs.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-06-05.
15. ^Yo Yo Mundi (2007-08-24), Yo Yo Mundi (remixed by Eiffel 65) - L'Ultimo Testimone, retrieved 2018-06-05
16. ^'bloom06.com'. bloom06.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
17. ^'IlTedesco, Eiffel65's forum Mod, made an interview with Jeffrey Jey'. Bliss Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
18. ^'Eiffel 65 - New Planet Tour'. Official Eiffel 65 Website. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
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21. ^'Zorotl Official Website'. zorotl.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
22. ^Gianotti, Celestino. 'Zorotl Official Website'. Zorotl.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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28. ^'BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Westlife win song award'. news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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Quitting a job is a big decision for most individuals. While there are many reasons to quit it can sometimes be difficult to identify those reasons, as well as the timing, when there are bills to pay and/or a family to support.

During the past 15 years in corporate America, I've worked for three different companies that were acquired by larger organizations on four different occasions. During and after each merger, I noticed several signs that the organizational change and evolution was not a fit for me at that time.

Based on those early-warning signals, I was able to identify and secure better opportunities with different organizations. Those seven warning signs were:

1. People you respect are fired.

During the second acquisition I went through, the president of our company -- one of the best bosses I ever had -- was fired. I was stunned by the surprise move, as was the entire organization. Since I was in charge of internal and external communications, the acquiring CEO asked my thoughts about his decision to fire the much-beloved president the day it happened.

I told the CEO it sent the wrong message to all employees. It conveyed to each of them that they were all expendable. He smiled, nodded his head and said, 'Good, I like to inject fear into organizations.'

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2. People are no longer valued.

One of the main 'benefits' companies realize from a merger centers around the fuzzy corporate buzzword 'synergy, ' which is the antiseptic-sounding catchword for layoffs and cost reductions.

I've been through this several times. Two times the layoffs occurred with compassion and a keen focus on employees, who were given ample severance, career placement resources and time to plan. The other two instances can only be described as mercenary. One day people were there, the next they were not. No explanation or context was provided.

While reductions in force (RIF) are part of virtually every business, dignity and respect need to be a part of every RIF. If they are not, consider looking elsewhere even if you are not laid off.

3. Growing incompetence.

All too often, organizational cuts go too deep, taking out linchpin individuals and keepers of institutional memory, as well as unsung individual contributors who do the job of multiple people.

When those superstars exit the company, the shortcomings of remaining underperformers become more pronounced. Organizational upheaval tends to reveal organizational incompetence.

While it's important to allow for a time of transition, if the incompetency increases after six months a refresh of your resume might be in order.

4. Your boss doesn't understand the business.

One of the most unfortunate aspects of a transition such as this is when your incoming boss doesn't understand the nature of the business, customer needs or your respective role.

The fortunate thing is that you can usually decipher this particular sign pretty quickly, which can help shape your ultimate decision to stay or go.

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5. Previous advancement opportunities are blocked.

This is an unavoidable reality that occurs with mergers. Typically, open opportunities at the acquired company are filled by individuals from the acquiring parent company who need to be 'protected' for some odd reason rather than laid off.

If your company gets acquired and vacancies within your organization are artificially stuffed with folks from the acquiring parent organization, it's a telltale sign to seriously consider a proactive career change. Your advancement options are limited if you stay.

6. Retention and development programs are cut.

Frequently, in the rush to realize the aforementioned 'synergies' and cost reductions, early casualties are education reimbursement benefits, career development training or even long-term incentive plans.

The dismantling of those types of employee-focused programs for the sake of costs is usually not a good long-term sign.

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While that sounds great to the investment community, the actual implementation is very demanding on the remaining employees. The employees who still have jobs usually get the added workload of excised personnel, without a commensurate increase in salary, title or influence.

Once you're forced into that role, the outcome tends to be physical and emotional burnout. To avoid that, it's important to quickly recognize the unsustainability of that arrangement and consider other potential options.

These seven signals are not exhaustive nor unique to the M&A arena. They can, and do, occur at organizations at anytime. While one or two of these signals might be the post-recession 'new normal' for your organization, if you see a majority or all of them in place for several months a career assessment is probably in order.

However, no matter how bad a workplace situation might be, it's best not to leave it until you've found a better situation.

Related: 10 Reasons You Have to Quit Your Job