"Napule è" | ||||
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Single by Pino Daniele | ||||
from the album Terra mia | ||||
B-side | "'Na tazzulella 'e cafè" | |||
Released | 1977 | |||
Genre | Blues, jazz, canzone napoletana [1] | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | EMI Italiana | |||
Songwriter(s) | Pino Daniele | |||
Pino Daniele singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Napule è" on YouTube |
"Napule è" (' Naples is') is an Italian song composed and performed by Pino Daniele. It is considered the signature song of Daniele. [2] [3]
The song was composed by Daniele in 1973, when he was 18 years old. [1] [4] Daniele initially considered to have it performed by Peppino di Capri. [2] Along with its B-side "'Na tazzulella 'e cafè" and "Cammina Cammina", the song was a last-minute addition to his debut album Terra mia. [2]
After listening to the song's audition, producers and label decided the song deserved a more rich, orchestral arrangement than the lo-fi arrangements of the other songs of the album, and the task was entrusted to Antonio Sinagra, a Naples Conservatory professor who was fresh from the arrangements for Roberto De Simone's musical La Gatta Cenerentola. [2] Sinagra also composed the oboes and mandolins intro. [2] [4] Jazz musician Amedeo Tommasi played the piano, but asked to be credited as Amedeo Forte. [2] The single was eventually chosen as leading song of the album, and premiered in a show of the private radio Capitale Eurosound. [4] Daniele performed it in an episode of the RAI musical show Senza Rete. [2]
The song has been described as a 'jewel [...], one of the most striking, poetic and realistic portraits of Naples', [5] and as 'regenerating lymph for the new Neapolitan song, the manifesto of a generation's hopes and disillusions'. [4]
Artists who recorded the song include Mina, Luciano Pavarotti, Gino Paoli, Laura Pausini, Drupi, Teresa De Sio, Fiordaliso, Roberto Murolo, Mario Trevi. [4] [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Napule è" | Pino Daniele | 3:47 |
2. | "'Na tazzulella 'e cafè" | Pino Daniele | 3:22 |
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Italy ( FIMI) [6] | 5 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (
FIMI)
[7] Sales since 2009 |
Platinum | 50,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |