SABRINA “Boys (Summertime Love)” /12” Maxi-Single/

The fourth Single by legendary Italian Italo Disco/Pop singer.
"Hot Girl"  was released by Baby Records in November 1987 as the debut album's fourth and final Single. After the enormous success with "Boys (Summertime Love)", the team around Sabrina's manager Menzione tried to score another international hit with a new Single. They chose "Hot Girl", a song from Sabrina's by-then-released first album, and had it remixed for the Single release.
"Hot Girl" was not intended to be marketed in the United Kingdom, as "Boys (Summertime Love)" was re-released in June 1988 after a commercial failure four months earlier, followed by "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" in October of the same year. In Continental Europe, it was released in two times: first in the last two months of 1987 in the majority of European countries, then in the first half of 1988 in Spain and France; as a consequence, on the Pan-European Hot 100 Singles chart established by the Music & Media magazine, its 23-week chart trajectory is divided into two segments with a two-month hiatus, including a peak at number 36 in its second week.
Although Sabrina heavily promoted the song (in a Spanish TV show, she danced in such an enthusiastic way that her breasts fell out of her top), the song did not match the success of "Boys (Summertime Love)". The song was a success in France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands where it was a top 20 hit.
Regarding the national charts, "Hot Girl" peaked within the top ten in Spain where it reached number two, being unable to dislodge Pet Shop Boys' "Always on My Mind" atop, the Flanders part of Belgium and Finland where it attained number six, and the Netherlands where it reached number ten twice. It was a top 20 hit in other three nations: France, where it debuted at number 28 and reached number 12 five weeks later, spending a total of 13 weeks in the top 50, Switzerland where it culminated at number 13, and Germany where it was present for 13 weeks on the national chart with a peak at number 19. In Sabrina's home-country, Italy, it missed the top 20 by one place, peaking at number 21 for two weeks.
Chic/TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH, 1987 (6.20832 AE). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX+.


Tracklist:

Side 1
Hot Girl (New Version) 6:06

Side 2
Hot Girl (Dub Version) 7:03

Total playing time: 13:09 min.
 

The third Single by legendary Italian Italo Disco/Pop singer.
Released in May 1987 as the third Single from her self-titled debut studio album, the song topped the charts in France (where it became the first number-one Single by an Italian singer since 1984) and Switzerland, while peaking within the top five in Austria, Belgium, Finland, West Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. It was Sabrina's first Single to be released in the United Kingdom, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart in June 1988. Outside Europe, "Boys (Summertime Love)" peaked at number 11 in Australia and number six in South Africa. The song was re-released as a remixed version twice: in France in 1995, retitled as "Boys '95", and in 2003 as "Boys Boys Boys (The Dance Remixes)".
The accompanying music video for "Boys (Summertime Love)" was filmed at the Florida hotel in Jesolo, Italy. In it, Sabrina splashes about in a swimming pool, while her bikini top keeps sliding down, thus repeatedly revealing varying amounts of her nipples. As a result, the BBC added black bars around the image when the video was aired on Top Of The Pops in June 1988, effectively cropping it into widescreen. It remains one of the most downloaded video clips on the Internet.
Five Records/Chic, 1987 (6.20815 AE). Made in Germany. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): NM-/NM-.


Tracklist:

Side 1
Boys (Summertime Love) – Remix 8:43

Side 2
Boys (Summertime Love) – Dub Version 5:40

Total playing time: 14:23 min.