| Confusa e felice | |
| Cover: | Confusa e felice (song)resize.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Carmen Consoli |
| Album: | Confusa e felice |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Polydor Records |
| Prev Title: | Lingua a sonagli |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Venere |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Confusa e felice" is a 1997 song composed and performed by Carmen Consoli.
The song was Consoli's entry in Sanremo Music Festival 1997; the initial choice for the festival was "Diversi", but eventually Consoli preferred to enter the competition with a less traditional and more corageous song.[1] The song was eliminated from the competition after the first night.[2] In the following weeks, it became a surprise hit, also thanks to its being chosen as the soundtrack for a commercial for the Rocco Barocco's Piazza di Spagna perfume.[3]
The style of the song has been paired to Irish rock, goth rock and to Janis Joplin's existentialist ballads. It has been described as a song where 'rock lunges and oblique melodies alternate, supported by a voice that is sometimes confidential and sometimes high-pitched'. In 2012, Francesca Michielin covered the song in her EP Distratto.[4]