Il ragazzo della via Gluck
| "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" | |
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| Single by Adriano Celentano | |
| A-side | "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" |
| B-side | "Chi era lui" |
| Released | February 1966 |
| Format | Grammophone record |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Clan Celentano |
| Writer(s) |
Miki Del Prete Adriano Celentano Luciano Beretta |
"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street") is an Italian pop song by Adriano Celentano, covered by artists from many other countries.
The music of the song is by Adriano Celentano and the lyrics by Luciano Beretta and Miki Del Prete. It was released in 1966 as a double A-side single by Celentano, with "Chi era lui" on the flipside, composed by Paolo Conte with lyrics by Mogol and Miki Del Prete. Both tracks were arranged by Detto Mariano. The tracks' duration was 4:17 for "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" and 2:49 for "Chi era lui".
The song originally appeared in March 1966 in Celentano's album La festa and in the follow-up Celentano album Il ragazzo della via Gluck, released in November 1966.
The song launched at the Sanremo Festival in 1966 where it competed with little success. It was eliminated from competition after the first night. But eventually it gained great favour with fans making it the best-known and most representative song of Celentano, with many autobiographical references; Via Gluck was the street of Milan where he lived as a boy with the family, and "eight years" ("...passano gli anni, ma 8 son lunghi...." meaning "the years go by ... 8 long years....") is a reference to the top of Celentano's recording career from 1958 to 1966.
In the same year of its original release, Giorgio Gaber recorded a cover version, that was published twice as an attachment to the Italian music magazine Pop. The first time, in March 1966, as a single containing "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"/"Dio, come ti amo" ("God, how I love you"), and the second, in June 1966, containing "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"/"Una casa in cima al mondo" ("A house on top of the world"). Giorgio Gaber also released a response to the song named "La risposta al ragazzo della Via Gluck" ("The response of the boy from Gluck Street").
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