Vita spericolata explained

Vita spericolata
Cover:Vita Spericolata_resize.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Vasco Rossi
Album:Bollicine
B-Side:Mi piaci perché
Released:24 January 1983
Label:Carosello Records
Prev Title:Una splendida giornata
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Brava Giulia
Next Year:1987

"Vita spericolata" (transl. "Reckless life") is a 1983 song composed by Vasco Rossi (lyrics) and (music) and performed by Vasco Rossi.

Background

The song had a gestation of about an year; it was initially presented by composer Ferro with English lyrics, and in an early draft it was a love song about a girl named Licia. Eventually, Rossi chose to reprise the same theme already explored in previous singles "Siamo solo noi" and "Vado al massimo", namely a celebration of anticonformism and of freedom from all schemes and conventions.

The song premiered at the 33rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it ranked penultimate.[1] It eventually turned out to be a long-selling hit and Rossi's consacration.[2] [1] [3] It has been described as a "manifesto of human individualism taken to the extreme between transgression, boredom, melancholy and the determination to live without limits or schedules".[1]

Cover versions of the song include those recorded by Francesco De Gregori, Massimo Ranieri and Thelma Houston with an English-language version titled "My Life is Mine", lyrics by Jean Rich in the 1994 album Thelma Houston (Fonit Cetra - CDL 378). Gino Paoli reprised its refrain in his hit "Quattro amici".[1] [3]

Track listing

  1. "Vita spericolata" (Vasco Rossi, Tullio Ferro) - 4:40
  2. "Mi piaci perché" (Vasco Rossi) - 3:17

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anselmi, Eddy . Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Vita spericolata. . 2009. 978-8863462296. 339.
  2. Book: Ezio Guaitamacchi. 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita. Rizzoli. 2009. 978-8858617427. Vita spericolata.
  3. Book: Dario Salvatori. Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. 8888169016. 215. Vita spericolata. 2001.
  4. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. 29 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Vita spericolata".