1992: Formation 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.
1992–2000: Breakthrough with Europop 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, in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.
Europop peaked in the top five on the
Billboard 200 and on the
Billboard Canadian Albums chart. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" peaked at number 6 on the
Billboard Hot 100, reached No. 1 in the UK and in Germany and number 3 in Italy.
2001–2005: Follow-up albums Their second album,
Contact!, was released in 2001, with "'80s Stars" peaking at No. 9 in Italy. A self-titled
Eiffel 65 album was released in 2003. Eiffel 65 also remixed, between 1999 and 2002, other artists' tracks like the
Bloodhound Gang's "
The Bad Touch",
Nek's "
La vita è",
S Club 7's "
Reach" and in early 2005, a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's "L'ultimo testimone".
2005–2010: Bloom 06 and Crash Test 01 In early March 2005, the group's DJ,
Gabry Ponte, went on to focus on his solo career. On 16 May 2005, the other two 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.
2010–present: Reunion and recent work and keyboardist
Maurizio Lobina performing at
Ethias Arena,
Hasselt (April 2013) 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. In an April 2012 interview, Jeffrey Jey commented on the progress of the new album: 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. On 2 April 2016, a demo of Eiffel 65's new single "Panico" was posted on Bliss Corporation's
YouTube channel. "Panico" and its English version "Critical" were officially released on iTunes on 1 June 2016. However, their fourth album release date is still unknown. In late February 2023, the group appeared on the list of artists who will compete in
Una Voce Per San Marino, a song contest where the winning song will represent
San Marino at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in
Liverpool. In May 2024, they released a new single "Bestiale" with Italian singer
Loredana Bertè. They performed during the
2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in
Verona, Italy. ==Zorotl==