⚠️Alert= Zingara is the song that won the 1969 edition of the Sanremo Festival. It was presented at the Festival in a double performance by Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi. The latter version is the best known, even though Bobby Solo's version topped the charts in Italy for a fortnight. Zingara, written by Enrico Riccardi and Luigi Albertelli, had been proposed to Gianni Morandi, who turned it down but nevertheless wanted to participate in the making of the record by playing guitar in the arrangement for Bobby Solo. The lyrics revolve around the character of a gypsy woman who is asked, with the famous opening imperative Prendi questa mano zingara (Take this gypsy hand), to read in her hand the fate of a love. Zingara / Io sogno published in 1969 is a 45 rpm by the Italian singer Iva Zanicchi. Both tracks were later included in the album Iva senza tempo released in May 1970. This was Iva Zanicchi's second victory at the Sanremo Festival, the first having been won in 1967 with the song Non pensare a me. This victory at Sanremo allowed her to represent Italy at the Eurofestival in Madrid with the song Due grosse lacrime bianche where she placed thirteenth. As he himself declared, for the lyrics of Zingara the author Luigi Albertelli was inspired by a novel by David Herbert Lawrence, The Virgin and the Gypsy, which he read in 1967. Zingara / Io sogno released in 1969 is a 45 rpm single by Italian singer Iva Zanicchi. Both tracks were later included in the album Iva senza tempo released in May 1970. This was Iva Zanicchi's second victory at the Sanremo Festival, the first having been won in 1967 with the song Non pensare a me. This victory at Sanremo allowed her to represent Italy at the Eurofestival in Madrid with the song Due grosse lacrime bianche where she placed thirteenth.
The lyrics of the song:
Take this hand, gypsy
Tell me what fate I shall have
Speak of my love
I am not afraid
Because I know now
It does not belong to me
Look into my eyes, gypsy
See the gold in his hair
Tell me if he loves me back
Part of my love
You must say this
It's your turn
But if it is written
I will lose her
Like snow in the sun
A love will melt
Take this hand, gypsy
But if it is written that
I will lose her
Like snow in the sun
A love will melt away
Take this hand, gypsy
Read what my fate will be
Tell me that you love me
Give me hope
That's all that matters to me now
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My vote:
The grade I would give this song is 10/10. Listen to it at least once to understand why I gave it this rating it is beautiful in my opinion. There are no words to describe the beauty of the song even though I have to admit it's not a genre I listen to very often. This coming from someone who is an avid AC/DC fan.
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The text you find here above⬆️ is the version translated into English by me, if you want to read the original text you can find it in the previous chapter⬆️.
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