Destination Calabria

"Destination Calabria"
Single by Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters
from the album My Destination
Released	19 March 2007
Format	CD, 12", digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Dance[1] house
Length	6:56 (original mix) 3:03 (UK radio edit) 3:40 (original radio edit)
Label	Rise Records
Writer(s)	Alessandro Fortunato Gaudino, Rune Reilly Kølsch, Stefano Scarpellini, Sharon May Linn
Producer(s)	Alex Gaudino, Nari & Milani
Alex Gaudino chronology
"Reaction" (2005) "Destination Calabria" (2006) "Que Pasa Contigo" (2007)
Crystal Waters singles chronology "Lies" (2004) "Destination Calabria" (2007) "Dancefloor" (2008) Alternative cover French cover

"Destination Calabria" is a song by Italian producer Alex Gaudino, with vocals by Crystal Waters. It is the first single released from his debut album My Destination. The track is a mashup, taking the instrumental from Rune's "Calabria" and the vocals from Alex Gaudino's and Crystal Waters' "Destination Unknown", both originally released in 2003. It was produced with the help of Maurizio Nari and Ronnie Milani (Nari & Milani), matching the saxophone hook/riff from "Calabria" to Crystal Waters' voice. "Destination Calabria" was released as a 12 inch single by Italian label Rise Records, and as a CD single, on 19 March 2007, by British label Data Records. It originally charted in Australia in February 2004 peaking at #98 under the title "Destination Unknown"^[2] before being re-released as "Destination Calabria" and reaching #2 in 2007.

Track listing

12" maxi - Europe (2006)

1. "Destination Calabria" (Extended Mix) - 6:56
2. "Destination Calabria" (Nari & Milani Club Mix) - 6:53
3. "Destination Calabria" (Gaudino & Rooney Remix) - 8:06

Music video

The music video is directed by Eran "Rani" Creevy, produced by Ben Pugh for Ministry of Sound and choreographed by David Leighton. It features female dancers in highly sexualized green marching band costumes, pretending to play various instruments in a seductive manner, and dancing inside an infinity cove. In some scenes, seemingly hundreds of the dancers are seen at once, but these are simply the original eight replicated many times using digital imagery.

Waters herself does not appear in the video, but some of the marching band members mime her lyrics.

Chart performance

"Destination Calabria" entered the UK singles chart at No. 18 on 18 March 2007 on downloads alone and eventually peaked at No. 4. It also reached No. 1 on the UK Dance chart. It peaked at No. 3 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and No. 1 on the ARIA Dance Chart.

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position[3]
Australia (ARIA)[4]	3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5]	55
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6]	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7]	2
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[8]	9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	8
France (SNEP)[10]	6
Germany (Official German Charts)[11]	30
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[12]	2
Italy (FIMI)	12
Ireland (IRMA)[13]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]	14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15]	35
Poland (Airplay Chart)[16]	4
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[17]	31
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18]	6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	50
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[21]	4
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)	8

Certifications

Region	Certification
Belgium (BEA)[22]	Gold

References

1. Destination Calabria on iTunes, accessed 19 May 2014
2. ARIA Report 727. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 2013-1-13
3. "Alex Gaudino and Crystal Waters - Destination Calabria". achart.us.
4. "Australian-charts.com – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
6. "Ultratop.be – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
7. "Ultratop.be – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" (in French). Ultratop 50.
8. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200721 into search.
9. "Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters: Destination Calabria" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
10. "Lescharts.com – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" (in French). Les classement single.
11. "Musicline.de – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
12. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
13. "Chart Track: Week 13, 2007". Irish Singles Chart.
14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
15. "Charts.org.nz – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria". Top 40 Singles.
16. "Nielsen Music Control". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13.
17. "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200731 into search.
18. "Spanishcharts.com – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria" Canciones Top 50.
19. "Swedishcharts.com – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria". Singles Top 100.
20. "Swisscharts.com – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria". Swiss Singles Chart.
21. "Archive Chart: 2007-04-07" UK Singles Chart.
22. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2007". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

External links

• 12 inch single on Discogs.com
• CD single on Discogs.com