B-side "Cammina cammina" Format 45 rpm single Label Come Il Vento | Released 1983 Genre Pop | |
Writer(s) Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti, Nini Giacomelli | ||
"Amico è" is a 1983 song composed by Dario Baldan Bembo (music), Nini Giacomelli and Sergio Bardotti (lyrics), and performed by Baldan Bembo and Caterina Caselli.
A hymn to friendship, "Amico è" was the ending theme song of the Mike Bongiorno's quiz show SuperFlash. The song was also linked to a contest organized by the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, in which the readers should had identified four popular singers hidden among the choirs; in the last episode of the television show it was revealed they were Pupo, Ornella Vanoni, Giuni Russo and Gigliola Cinquetti.
Outside its immediate success, later the song became a widely spread football chant.
In the 1982 album Spirito della Terra, Baldan Bembo included a different version of the song titled "Falò" and featuring Riccardo Fogli and Marcella Bella. The song was also covered by numerous artists, including Kikki Danielsson and Kjell Roos in a Swedish version titled "Vem går med dig hem" and Celine Dion in a French version titled "Hymne à l'amitié".
Track listing
- "Amico è" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti, Nini Giacomelli)
- "Cammina cammina" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti, Nini Giacomelli)