'A summer at the beach') is a 1982 song written by Franco Battiato and Giusto Pio and performed by Giuni Russo.

Following the tepid reception of the Battiato-produced Russo's previous album Energie, Battiato, who was fresh from the massive success of the album La voce del padrone, decided to pen a more commercial song for Russo to push her career.

[2][3] Originally the lyrics were more sexually explicit, as they included the word "erezioni" ('erections'), later modified in "illusioni" ('illusions').

[1] Paloma San Basilio covered the song in Spanish with the title "Unas vacaciones".

[5] Artists who covered the song also include Cecilia Gayle [it], Marvin, and Federica Abbate with Selton [it].