L'Italiano
| "L'Italiano" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Toto Cutugno | |
| from the album L'italiano | |
| Released | 1983 |
| Format | Vinyl record (7") |
| Recorded | 1983 |
| Genre | Pop |
"L'Italiano (Lasciatemi Cantare)" (commonly known as "L'Italiano") is an Italian pop song by Toto Cutugno released in 1983. It was his biggest international hit and is his best-known composition. The song was forgotten during the 1990s and was re-discovered when Toto Cutugno performed it live at a charity concert in Rome commemorating Italy's victory at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, creating a new wave of popularity for this song.[1]
Recordings
On the year Cutugno released his hit, Kari Tapio, a Finnish singer, recorded a Finnish cover with the title "Olen suomalainen" (I'm a Finn), published on an album with the same name.
This song was copied by Indian music duo Sanjeev-Darshan for the movie "Mann".
In 1984, Doron Mazar, an Israeli singer recorded a cover to this song, titled "Ani Hozer HaBayta" ("I am returning home").[2]
In 2011, the song was released on the famous party band The Gypsy Queens eponymous album The Gypsy Queens. The song became a successful cover for the band when they released a video clip of the song (produced by Didier Casnati) featuring Italian actress Caterina Murino, and reached several million views on YouTube in only a couple of weeks.
Brazilian singer José Augusto recorded the song in Portuguese as Faz de Conta.
Austrian-Italian singer Patrizio Buanne recorded his version in album "The Italian" in 2005.
References
- ↑ San Remo Song Festival 1983 (Italian)
- ↑ shironet.mako.co.il