"Restless" '" is a 1998 Eurodance-single by Italian singer Neja. It was released in February 1998, as her second single, taken from her first album, The Game''. Producer/musician Alex Bagnoli produced the song for Pippo Landro's Milan-based indie New Music. Neja co-wrote it with Bagnoli. The song was very popular in Europe in the summer of '98 and peaked at number-one in Italy in May same year. It also peaked at number 18 in Denmark, number 32 in Belgium and number 35 in France. And on the European Eurochart Hot 100, "Restless" reached number 42 in July 1998. In 2015 a new version of "Restless" was released, with remixes by Des3ett and by Farlan. In April 2018 a new official remix of "Restless" was released by the Italian female Record producer and remixer EVO-K and published by the Record labelSAIFAM.
Critical reception
Dominic Pride from Billboard wrote, "With stomping rhythms and scorching vocals, "Restless" by Neja recalls the glory days of another Italian global house hit, Black Box's "Ride on Time"." Music & Media noted it as "...a strong pop song dressed up for the '90s with a disco bassline and massive vocal harmonies. The radio edit comes with a hint of a garage sound and the type of chorus that usually means "major sales."" After topping the singles chart in Italy, Music & Media wrote: "Earlier this year, this track was one of the biggest hits in Italy, where it topped the Musica & Dischi singles chart a couple of months ago. Now it's gaining a foothold elsewhere in Europe. Restless is the kind of track that works as well on the dancefloor as on the airwaves. The first country to embrace the track on a large scale outside Italy was Denmark, where the local BMG office's belief in the track was an important factor. Jan Brodde, music coordinator at CHR station Radio Uptown/Copenhagen explains: "We playlisted it simply because it was easy to do so... it's got an incredibly catchy refrain, and it seems that our listeners agree with us because they've been inundating us with requests and queries-for example, they want to find out if there is an album on the horizon." Brodde continues: "At the moment we've got the song in A-rotation, which means that we play it 20-24 times a week during all dayparts, and-although we like the remixes-we're sticking to the radio edit.""
Music video
The music video for "Restless" was directed by Italian director Francesco Fei. It was shot in a villa in Turin, Italy.
