Danish dance hit "Calabria" by Enur has lived many lives since it was first created as an all-instrumental club track in 2002.
Copenhagen DJ/producer Rune Reilly Kolsch (aka Rune) quickly scored an Ibiza hit with the bouncy sax-driven hip shaker in 2003. In 2006, Rune's half-brother Johannes Torpe, with whom he forms the electronic duo Artifical Funk, thought to add vocals by half-Jamaican, half-Danish dancehall singer Natasja Saad. The producers licensed the new version to London label Ministry of Sound under the name Enur (Rune's name spelled backwards).
Though MOS also released a remake of the song (by DJ Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters), Enur's "Calabria 2007" went to No. 29 on the European Hot 100 singles chart and, most recently, made it American shores via New York dance label Ultra Records.
"Calabria 2008," as it is now known, stands at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. As for the success of "Calabria," "it's had a quite a lifespan," Rune says.
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Copenhagen DJ/producer Rune Reilly Kolsch (aka Rune) quickly scored an Ibiza hit with the bouncy sax-driven hip shaker in 2003. In 2006, Rune's half-brother Johannes Torpe, with whom he forms the electronic duo Artifical Funk, thought to add vocals by half-Jamaican, half-Danish dancehall singer Natasja Saad. The producers licensed the new version to London label Ministry of Sound under the name Enur (Rune's name spelled backwards).
Though MOS also released a remake of the song (by DJ Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters), Enur's "Calabria 2007" went to No. 29 on the European Hot 100 singles chart and, most recently, made it American shores via New York dance label Ultra Records.
"Calabria 2008," as it is now known, stands at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. As for the success of "Calabria," "it's had a quite a lifespan," Rune says.