"Amico è" is a 1983 song composed by Dario Baldan Bembo (music), Nini Giacomelli and Sergio Bardotti (lyrics), and performed by Baldan Bembo and Caterina Caselli.
A hymn to friendship, "Amico è" was the ending theme song of the Mike Bongiorno's quiz show SuperFlash. The song was also linked to a contest organized by the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, in which the readers should have identified four popular singers hidden among the choirs; in the last episode of the television show it was revealed they were Pupo, Ornella Vanoni, Giuni Russo and Gigliola Cinquetti.
Outside its immediate success, later the song became a widely spread football chant.
In the 1982 album Spirito della Terra, Baldan Bembo included a different version of the song titled "Falò" featuring Riccardo Fogli and Marcella Bella. The song was also covered by numerous artists, including Kikki Danielsson and Kjell Roos in a Swedish version titled "Vem går med dig hem" and Celine Dion in a French version titled "Hymne à l'amitié". Also, the mexican boyband Magneto, made a cover in spanish titled "Un Amigo es" in 1986, included in their album "Tremendo". Next year, in 1987 the singer-songwriter Lorenzo Antonio made a different cover, this version in spanish was interpreted by the famous Mexican singer Joan Sebastian and other singers as Byanka, Los Joao y Lisa Lopez and Lorenzo Antonio too. The song is titled "El amigo es".
Track listing
7" single – ZCVE 50420 "Amico è" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti, Nini Giacomelli) "Cammina cammina" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti, Nini Giacomelli)
Charts Chart Peakposition Italy5
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