Diamante (Zucchero Fornaciari song)

"Diamante"
Single by Zucchero Fornaciari
from the album Oro Incenso & Birra
B-side"Il mare (impetuoso al tramonto salì sulla luna e dietro una tendina di stelle...)"
Released6 April 1990
GenrePop, Blues
LabelPolydor/PolyGram
Songwriter(s)Francesco De Gregori, Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi, Matteo Saggese
Producer(s)Corrado Rustici
Zucchero Fornaciari singles chronology
"A Wonderful World"
(1989) 		"Diamante"
(1990) 		"Madre dolcissima"
(1990)
Music video
"Diamante" on YouTube

"Diamante" is a 1989 song composed by Francesco De Gregori (lyrics), Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi and Matteo Saggese [it] (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][3] 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.[4] Artists who covered the song include Mia Martini, Anna Oxa and Fabio Concato.[2]

Track listing

  • 7" single - Polydor – 873 850-7
  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

Weekly chart performance for "Diamante"
Chart Peak
position
Belgium[5] 9
Europe[6] 46
France[7] 39
Germany[8] 20
Norway[9] 7
Netherlands[10] 18
UK[11] 44
Switzerland[8] 11

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[12]
certification for sales occurred since January 2009 alone 		Platinum 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Zucchero si racconta: «Mia nonna Diamante salvata da una udinese»". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Diamante, la canzone di Zucchero contro la guerra". Libreriamo (in Italian). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b Buson, Luca (6 August 2019). "Una canzone per te: dentro il testo di "Diamante" di Zucchero". Recensiamo Musica (in Italian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Deregibus, Enrico (2006). Dizionario completo della canzone italiana (in Italian). Giunti. p. 477. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3.
  5. ^ "Zucchero - Diamante". Ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ "European top 100" (PDF). Music & Media (Pag.17). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Zucchero - Diamante". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Zucchero - Diamante". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Zucchero - Diamante". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Zucchero - Diamante". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Zucchero - Diamante". Officialchart.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Italian single certifications – Zucchero – Diamante" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Select "2024" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Diamante" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".

Diamante at Discogs (list of releases)