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"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" is a famous Italian song by artist Adriano Celentano. The lyrics were by Luciano Beretta and Miki Del Prete and music by Celentano himself. It was released in 1966 as a double-A side single by Celentano alongside "Chi era lui". Il ragazzo della via Gluck/Chi era lui was arranged by Detto Mariano.
The song originally appeared in March 1966 in Celentano's album La festa and in the follow-up Celentano album Il ragazzo della via Gluck released in November 1966.
The song was launched at the Sanremo Festival in 1966 with little success and was eliminated from competition after the first night. But it gained great favour with fans making it the best-known and most representative song of Celentano, with many autobiographical; via Gluck was the street where he lived as a boy singer with the family, and eight years (...passano gli anni, ma 8 son lunghi.... meaning the years go by ... 8 long years....) is a reference to the top of Celentano's recording career from 1958 to 1966.
In 2004 the singer rerecorded it with new lyrics as "Quel Casinha" in his album C'è sempre un motivo (meaning There's always a reason in English). The new text was sung in Creole with Cesaria Evora in a mix of pop/jazz and rock.
Covers
In the same year of release, Giorgio Gaber recorded a cover version, that was published as an attachment to the Italian music magazine Pop. The first was 45 rpm in March 1966 containing "Il ragazzo della via Gluck/Dio come ti amo", and the second in June 1966 containing "Il ragazzo della via Gluck/Una casa in cima al mondo".
Tar and Cement
In 1966, the American singer Verdelle Smith sang an English version titled "Tar and Cement". The song was recorded in 1966 and was released in the United Kingdom. It was a one hit wonder for the artist. The song "Tar and Cement" was also recorded by Caroline Munro.
"La maison où j'ai grandi"
It became a favourite song in France when covered by Eddy Marnay with French lyrics as "La maison où j'ai grandi" and then more famously by Françoise Hardy included in Hardy's album of the same name released in October 1966.
Lyckliga gatan
The song enjoyed very similar popularity in Sweden, when in 1967, the singer Anna-Lena Löfgren sang it with Swedish language lyrics as "Lyckliga gatan".