Alegría (song)

"Alegría"
Single by Cirque du Soleil
from the album Alegría
Released	1994
Genre	Pop
Length	05:47
Label	Cirque du Soleil Musique Inc.
Writer(s)	René Dupéré, Claude Amesse, Franco Dragone, Manuel Tadros

"Alegría" is a pop song by Cirque du Soleil (from their arena show Alegría), which was recorded in 1994.^[1][2][3][4]

The song is a multi-lingual adaptation (in English, Italian and Spanish) of another Cirque du Soleil song titled "Un pazzo gridar", written by René Dupéré and Franco Dragone and featuring Italian-only lyrics. It is unknown who wrote the English lyrics for part of this song. "Un pazzo gridar" is also a song from the show Alegría.

In 1999, Cirque du Soleil recorded a new version of the song for their film "Alegría, the Film". This new version was also included in the soundtrack of the movie.^{[5] [6]}

In 2006, Cirque du Soleil recorded a new multi-lingual adaptation (in English, Portuguese and Spanish) titled "La nova alegría" for their arena show Delirium. This new adaptation was written by René Dupéré, Robert Dillon, Franco Dragone, Paolo Ramos and Manuel Tadros.^[7]

Adaptations

"Alegría" was adapted in Hungarian by Ibolya Oláh under the title "Magyarország" ("Hungary") and in Finnish by Katri Helena under the title "Minä toivon" ("I Hope").

References

1. "Alegria". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Alegria". last.fm. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "Alegría Cirque du Soleil". amazon.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
4. "Algeria". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
5. "Alegría(1999)". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
6. "Cirque-du-Soleil-Alegria-An-Enchanting-Fable". nytimes.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
7. "La Nova Alegria". youtube.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.