Diamante (Zucchero Fornaciari song) explained

Diamante
Cover:Diamante (song)_resize.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Zucchero Fornaciari
B-Side:Il mare (impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle...)
Released:6 April 1990
Genre:Pop, Blues
Label:Polydor/PolyGram
Prev Title:A Wonderful World
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Madre dolcissima
Next Year:1990

"Diamante " is a 1989 song composed by Francesco De Gregori (lyrics), Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi and (music) and performed by Zucchero Fornaciari.

Background

The song, a portrait of the Italian post-war and of the ordinary life in the Po Valley countryside of the time, is dedicated to Diamante Arduini Fornaciari, the grandmother of the singer.[1] [2] Zucchero asked his friend De Gregori to write the lyrics as he feared to be overly involved, and to compose something corny.[3]

A track of the 1989 album Oro Incenso & Birra, the song was first released as a single in 1990, and was re-released in 1991 in an English-language duet version with Randy Crawford,[4] which was included on Crawford's 1992 album Through the Eyes of Love. In 1994, Zucchero recorded a Spanish-language version of the song, with lyrics translated and adapted by Fito Páez. Artists who covered the song include Mia Martini, Anna Oxa and Fabio Concato.

Track listing

  1. "Diamante" (Francesco De Gregori, Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi, Matteo Saggese) - 4:25
  2. "Il mare (impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle...)" (Zucchero Fornaciari) - 3:57

Charts

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Peak
position
Belgium[5] 9
Europe[6] 46
France[7] 39
Germany20
Norway[8] 7
Netherlands[9] 18
UK[10] 44
Switzerland[11] 11

Notes and References

  1. News: Zucchero si racconta: «Mia nonna Diamante salvata da una udinese» . 21 July 2023 . . 21 April 2019 . it.
  2. News: Diamante, la canzone di Zucchero contro la guerra . 21 July 2023 . Libreriamo . 25 September 2021 . it-IT.
  3. News: Buson . Luca . Una canzone per te: dentro il testo di "Diamante" di Zucchero . 21 July 2023 . Recensiamo Musica . 6 August 2019 . it-IT.
  4. Book: Deregibus . Enrico . Dizionario completo della canzone italiana . 2006 . Giunti . 978-88-09-04602-3 . 477 . it.
  5. Web site: 15 August 2019. Ultratop.be/nl. Zucchero - Diamante.
  6. Web site: 15 August 2019. en. Music & Media (Pag.17). European top 100.
  7. Web site: 15 August 2019. Lescharts.com. Zucchero - Diamante.
  8. Web site: 15 August 2019. Norwegiancharts.com. Zucchero - Diamante.
  9. Web site: 15 August 2019. dutchcharts.nl. Zucchero - Diamante.
  10. Web site: 15 August 2019. Officialchart.com. Zucchero - Diamante.
  11. Web site: 15 August 2019. Hitparade.ch. Zucchero - Diamante.