In ginocchio da te

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In ginocchio da te
Cover
Gianni Morandi
publication June 1964
length 3:15
Genre (s) pop
text Franco Migliacci
music Bruno Zambrini
Producer (s) Franco Migliacci
Publisher (s) Edizioni Musicali RCA
Label RCA Italiana
album Ritratto di Gianni
Cover versions
1964 Gianni Morandi - Hoy de rodillas
1964 Dalida - Je n'ai jamais pu t'oublier
1964 Dalida - I'll wait
1966 Akira Fuse - 貴 方 に ひ ざ ま づ い て
1975 Rita Pavone

In ginocchio da te ("On your knees to you") is an Italian song by Gianni Morandi from 1964, written by Franco Migliacci and Bruno Zambrini .

Background and publication

Gianni Morandi (1970)

Gianni Morandi received a recording deal with RCA Italiana in 1962 after being discovered by producer Franco Migliacci . After minor successes with the first singles, he took part in the Cantagiro music competition in 1964 with the song In ginocchio da te and won. The 7 ″ single was released on RCA with the B-side Se puoi uscire una domenica sola con me (text by Giancarlo Guardabassi , music also by Bruno Zambrini ). Migliacci occurred both as a songwriter and as a producer in appearance, the orchestra was by Ennio Morricone conducted and the accompanying song was from the Cantori Moderni by Alessandro Alessandroni (both Morricone and Alessandroni at that time were also on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars involved ). The song was later included in Morandi's second album Ritratto di Gianni .

From 1964 Morandi also received roles in so-called Musicarelli , cheaply produced musical comedies for the cinema, in which he could sing songs from his repertoire. Morandi's first Musicarello (and prelude to a trilogy) was In ginocchio da te , directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti . In it he played a young singer who did his military service in Naples and finally had to choose between a woman from the upper class and the daughter of his colonel. The film (and the whole trilogy in general, which also consisted of Non son degno di te and Se non avessi più te [both 1965]) was a resounding success with the general public and was a high point in the history of the Musicarelli.

Morandi also recorded the song in Spanish under the title Hoy de rodillas , with a text by Amart (Antonio Martínez). It was first released in 1964 as part of an EP with another three songs. He also released the single with the B-side 24 ore al giorno in Japan under the title 貴 方 に ひ ざ ま づ い て ( Anata ni hizamadzuite ) (the text, however, was untranslated).

music

In ginocchio da te musically consists essentially of the refrain (part A) and verse (part B), according to the scheme: AB-B'-A- [B] -B'-A-A '.

The song is in two- half time (sometimes interrupted by two-quarter time at transitions). It begins with a four-bar instrumental introduction, immediately followed by the four-bar refrain (A). The first (B) and the second stanza (B '), each eight bars long, are right behind one another, followed by the refrain again. After a four-bar instrumental solo, the second half of the first verse is repeated again ([B]); This is followed by the third verse (B '), which is slightly melodic, and the last refrain, which is stretched to eight bars with a partial repetition (A'). At the end the orchestra continues to play, although the length varies depending on the version, and is finally faded out ; the aftermath takes up the refrain again.

The key is E flat major throughout . The intro is limited to the dominant (B flat minor); The rhythmic bass line can be heard clearly, while the strings lead to the chorus (A) with ascending glissandi . This builds on the chord progression I -vi-ii 7 - V 7 . In the stanzas (B) there are also the second degree, the major seventh chord on the sixth degree and a minor chord with an added sixth on the fifth degree ([I] -vi-I-vi-VI 7 -v 6 - ii-ii 7 -V 7 -ii-ii 7 -V 7 ). The two variants of the stanza differ in the final turn: In Bb the ending remains on the dominant seventh chord ( half -ending ) , in B ', however, it is traced back to the tonic (complete ending ). The same goes for the last repetition of the refrain (A ', see music quote).

{<< \ new ChordNames {\ chordmode {es2 c: mf: m7 bes: 7 es1}} \ new Staff \ relative b '{\ tempo 4 = 70 \ key es \ major \ time 2/2 es4 \ times 2 / 3 {bes8 es f} g4 \ times 2/3 {f8 es bes} c2 d es1 ~ es4} \ addlyrics {Sì io t'a - mo più del - la mia vi - i - ta} >> }

(Music quotation of the transposed closing bars after the piano reduction in Successi “Morandi” , BMG Gruppo Editoriale, 1988, pp. 10-11.)

text

In the lyrics of the song, the singer profusely professes his love for the person he loves , with the central sentence io t'amo più della mia vita (“I love you more than my life”) in the chorus (see music quote ). In the two stanzas he announces everything he will do to make her forgive his mistakes: he will return to her on his knees (in ginocchio) , kiss her hands (bacerò le tue mani) and seek forgiveness in her eyes (negli occhi tuoi… cercherò il perdono da te) . He had made a mistake (ho sbagliato) and "the other" meant nothing to him (l'altra non è… niente per me) .

Half of the second stanza is taken up again after the instrumental solo, the third stanza is identical to the first. In the last repetition of the refrain, the two lines are swapped, so it already begins with io t'amo più della mia vita ; this sentence is also put at the end one more time (A ').

reception

success

The song was Gianni Morandi's first number one hit and marked his final breakthrough in Italy. It stayed at the top of the M&D single charts for 13 weeks and came in second in the annual charts after Bobby Solo's Una lacrima sul viso . Just a month after this success, Morandi returned to the top of the charts in 1964 with Non son degno di te , the title track of the second film in the trilogy.

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Italy (M&D) Italy (M&D) 1 (29 weeks) 29

Cover versions

While Gianni Morandi recorded the Spanish version in 1964, Dalida also published the French version Je n'ai jamais pu t'oublier (text: Frank Gérald ) and the German version I will wait (text: Joachim Relin ) in the same year . The Spanish version was u. a. covered by the Spanish singer Tito Mora as well as under the different title De rodillas ante ti (but with unchanged text) by the Peruvian singer Elmo Riveros . The Japanese singer Akira Fuse ( 布施 明 ) presented the Japanese version 貴 方 に ひ ざ ま づ い て ( Anata ni hizamadzuite ) in 1966 . The original version was also frequently covered, for example by the Brazilian singer Jerry Adriani in 1964 , by Willy Alberti in 1968 and by Rita Pavone in 1975 . Saxophonist Fausto Papetti also recorded an instrumental version of the title in 1964.

Further use

Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho

In 2019 the song found its way into the soundtrack of the Korean tragic comedy Parasite by Bong Joon-ho . There it can be heard in full in a central scene, "where the grotesque begins to mix with the mad brawl". According to his own statement, Bong was looking for a "relaxing" song reminiscent of the Mediterranean sun to create a clear contrast to the violent scene. He had known Morandi from childhood because his father had a lot of Italian music. It is just a coincidence that the protagonists are literally on their knees at the beginning of the scene. Both Morandi and Bong showed an interest in meeting after the success of the film.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ La storia. In: Il Cantagiro. Retrieved January 21, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Gianni Morandi - In Ginocchio Da Te at Discogs
  3. ^ Gianni Borgna: Storia della canzone italiana . Laterza, Bari and Rom 1992, pp. 313-314 .
  4. ↑ Gianni Morandi - Hoy De Rodillas at Discogs
  5. ↑ ジ ァ ン ニ ・ モ ラ ン デ ィ ー - 貴 方 に ひ ざ ま づ い て at Discogs
  6. ↑ The musical analysis refers to the BMG piano reduction (see music quote), whereby the key (there C major) has been adapted to the original recording.
  7. ↑ a b Valentina Giampieri: Che ci fa un Gianni Morandi d'annata nel film (koreano) del momento? In: GQ Italia. Condé Nast, December 3, 2019, accessed January 8, 2020 (Italian).
  8. ↑ Guido Racca: M&D Top 100 Year-End: Singoli & Album 1960-2018 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-980329-12-1 , pp. 28 .
  9. ↑ Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 19th f .
  10. ↑ Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 314 .
  11. ↑ Dalida - Je n'ai jamais pu t'oublier. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Dalida - When The Soldiers / I Will Wait (In Ginocchio Da Te) at Discogs
  13. ^ Tito Mora - Hoy de rodillas. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Elmo Riveros Con Eulogio Molina Y Su Orquesta - De Rodillas Ante Ti / Verano at Discogs
  15. ↑ 布施明 - お も い で at Discogs
  16. ↑ Tracks on Credi a me - Jerry Adriani (1964). In: SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Willy Alberti - In Ginocchio Da Te / Amore, Susami at Discogs
  18. ↑ Rita Pavone - Rita Per Tutti at Discogs
  19. ↑ Fausto Papetti - In Ginocchio Da Te at Discogs