"Zuppa Romana" is a song by the German band , released as a single in November 1983. The song was written by Rainer Pietsch and Anthony Monn, with Monn also serving as producer. The single was released by Ariola as catalogue number 105 817, with "Das Elefantenlied" on the B-side. It reached 27 on the German singles chart and spent ten weeks on the chart.
Description The song is a light-hearted Schlager built around an intentionally nonsensical list of Italian food and restaurant-related expressions. The lyrics combine names of dishes and drinks such as , , , , , and with Italian words and phrases, some of them distorted or incorrectly formed.
The deliberate mixture of food names, Italian expressions and nonsense gives the song its comic character.
Title The title is shared with Zuppa Romana, a dessert documented in the 1987 German edition of Il grande libro della cucina italiana.
Cover versions In 1984, the Italian comedian and singer Lino Toffolo recorded an Italian adaptation entitled . The adaptation reverses the comic perspective of the original, presenting Italian stereotypes about Germans on holiday in Italy.
The song was also adapted in Finnish under the title "Nakit ja muusi" by and in English under the title "I Speaka Da Lingo" by Black Lace. A Polish version entitled "Zuppa Romana" was recorded by in 1996. In 2009, German comedian and presenter released , another adaptation of the song whose lyrics celebrated the footballer Luca Toni, at the time a Bayern Munich player.
References
External links Schrott Nach 8 – Zuppa Romana (1983, 7″)