[5] In 2017, Righi told Vice journalist Demented Burrocacao how he got the idea for his song: Towards the end of 1981, we entered a cellar with these friends who had their studio, their rehearsal room, in preparation for a New Year's Eve performance we had to do at the Casablanca in Florence.

And there in that cellar, putting my hands haphazardly on a keyboard, it suddenly came to me – the chorus of "Vamos a la playa" started playing in my head ...

[6]Writing for Le journal minimal in 2022, journalist Emmanuelle Veil described the lyrics to "Vamos a la playa" as "acidic".

[7] In Fond/Sound's appraisal of Righeira, writer Diego Olivas described "Vamos a la playa" as "one of the bleakest hits to ever soundtrack a summer".

[13] On the Swiss Singles Chart, "Vamos a la playa" was one of the highest debuting songs on the issue dated 7 August 1983.

[17] On 1 May 2023, Johnson Righeira performed the song as part of the annual May Day concert at Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome.

[18] Pierre Littbarski performed "Vamos a la playa" for the fifth season of singing television series The Masked Singer.