Gabry Ponte
Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (born Turin, 20 April 1973) is an Italian DJ best known for his membership in the Italian dance group Eiffel 65. With Eiffel 65's rise to fame in the late 1990s, his celebrity (or semi-celebrity) status was established, and he later went on to produce the Italian hits "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio de André's song by the same name) sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan as well as hits "Time to Rock" and "Got to Get" and then "La Danza delle Streghe" (literally "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as Gianni Togni's Giulia. In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006 he founded and still manages Danceandlove, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. More recently he produced the band Tacabro, their first single Tacatà being released in 2012. In 2012 Gabry Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum", featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen which peaked at #11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In 2014 his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy as it hit #1 on iTunes. In the same year he entered the Top 100 DJs list from DJ Mag at #61.
Dragostea din tei
"Dragostea din tei" (pronounced [ˈdraɡoste̯a din tej], "Love from the lindens", official English title: Words of Love), also informally known as "Numa Numa" or "Mai Ya hee" (see lyrics), is the most successful single by the Moldovan pop group O-Zone, sung in Romanian. It shot to the number one spot on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it remained for 12 weeks between June and early September 2004. It topped the single charts in Germany and France for over three months, reached three in the United Kingdom and 72 on the U.S. Pop 100. The song became the fourth best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1,170,000 units sold. A popular cover of the song was made by Romanian pop singer Haiducii, which also charted in many countries, especially Italy and Sweden where it topped the singles charts. The original song was made notable in the United States by the viral video of Gary Brolsma dancing to the song, calling it "Numa Numa".
O-Zone version
Lyrics
The best-known lyrics are the repeated line "nu mă, nu mă iei" from the chorus, hence the name "Numa Numa song". "Nu mă, nu mă iei" (literally "you don't, you don't take me") is typically translated as "you won't take me". The full chorus, which also includes the title of the song, runs:
Gabry Ponte
ALBUMS
- Love Songs in the Digital Age released: 2007
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dj released: 2004
- Gabry Ponte released: 2004
Beat On My Drum
I feel like you know what to do behind closed doors
I feel like you know exactly what to do to me (what to do to me)
I want to drive you crazy baby please just let me (please just let me)
Cause your so, your so, your so damn sexy (your so sexy)
Mi cuerpo me tiembla al verte a ti
Y tus ojos me encuentran a mi
Me ven bailando tanto
Y no puedo parar
Until you come beat on my drum
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Me vez moviendo y no puedo
Parar solo quiero
I want you to beat on my drum
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
No se que me hiciste
Me cuerpo te pide
I want you to beat on my drum
Hot Damn, here we go again
Pop up with a girl and pop up with a friend
When the judges pop up with the cards
All across the board,
All my women tens
Sophia Del Carmen, Armando
Sin el perico volando
Estoy tratando de buscar billete
Como Walt Disney sin Orlando
Cuz she the best
Pound for pound, flesh for flesh
Seguro que yes
I got bread, but no ballin'
I leave them wet like New Orleans
So play with it baby
I got them in line like a new pair of J's with it baby
You think she's cute?
It's alright, I ain't jealous
I'm okay with it baby
I feel like you know what to do behind closed doors
I feel like you know exactly what to do to me (what to do to me)
I want to drive you crazy baby please just let me (please just let me)
Cause your so, your so, your so damn sexy (your so sexy)
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Me vez moviendo y no puedo
Parar solo quiero
I want you to beat on my drum
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
No se que me hiciste
Me cuerpo te pide
I want you to beat on my drum
Sube la la musica
Louder!
Sube la la musica
Louder!
Sube la la musica
Woahhhh!
Beat my Drum, Drum
Beat my Drum, Drum
(Beat my, Beat my)
Drum, Drum, Drum, Drum
Drum, Drum, Beat my, Beat my
La musica sube
Y mi corazon tambien
Y ahora viene el sonido
Ven damelo ya
Me vez bailando y no puedo
Parar solo puedo
I want you to beat on my drum
I feel like you know what to do behind closed doors
I feel like you know exactly what to do to me (what to do to me)
I want to drive you crazy baby please just let me (please just let me)
Cause your so, your so, your so damn sexy (your so sexy)
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Me vez moviendo y no puedo
Parar solo quiero
I want you to beat on my drum
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
No se que me hiciste
Me cuerpo te pide
I want you to beat on my drum
I feel like you know what to do behind closed doors
I feel like you know exactly what to do to me (what to do to me)
I want to drive you crazy baby please just let me (please just let me)