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C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones

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B-side
  
"Se perdo anche te"

Format
  
45 rpm single

Label
  
RCA

Released
  
January 1966

Genre
  
Pop

Writer(s)
  
Mauro Lusini and Franco Migliacci

"C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" ('There was this guy who, just like me, loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones') is a song composed by Mauro Lusini and Franco Migliacci, and performed by Gianni Morandi. The song premiered at the third Festival delle Rose, in which Morandi presented the song in couple with the author Lusini. A protest ballad against Vietnam war, it was censored by RAI television and radio for being polemic towards politics of a friendly state. The B-side of the single is "Se perdo anche te", a cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man". Both songs are arranged by Ennio Morricone.

The single peaked at first place for three consecutive weeks in February 1967 on the Italian hit parade.

The song was later covered by several artists, including Joan Baez, Lucio Dalla, Fiorello and Engenheiros do Hawaii.

Track listing

  • 7" single – PM45 3375
    1. "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" (Mauro Lusini, Franco Migliacci) - 3:05
    2. "Se perdo anche te" (Neil Diamond, Franco Migliacci, Antonio Bazzocchi) - 2:26

    References

    C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones Wikipedia