Gente (
English
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Peoples, culture, and language
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: ''People'') is an
Italian-language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...
song recorded by Laura Pausini and written by Cheope, Marco Marati and Angelo Valsiglio. It was released in 1994 as the second single from Pausini's second album, ''
Laura''. The song bears a striking resemblance to the Marco Ferradini song "Teorema."
A
Spanish-language version of the song was published by Pausini in her 1994's album ''
Laura Pausini''. Both versions of the song were re-recorded with a new arrangement by
Celso Valli
Celso Valli (born 14 May 1950) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and record producer.
Born in Bologna, Valli studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. He made his official debut collaborating with Drupi in his 1978 alb ...
for Pausini's first greatest hits album, ''
The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te / Lo mejor de Laura Pausini: Volveré junto a ti'' and later would be re-recordered with a new arrangement for Pausini's second greatest hits album, ''
20 - The Greatest Hits / 20 - Grandes Éxitos''.
Track listings
Covers
The Italian-language version of the song was covered in 1995 by Brazilian singer
Renato Russo and included in his album ''Equilíbrio distante''.
Charts
Weekly charts
Italian version
Spanish version
Year-end charts
Spanish version
See also
*
List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1995
References
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Laura Pausini songs
1994 songs
Italian-language songs
Spanish-language songs
Songs written by Cheope
Songs written by Angelo Valsiglio
Compagnia Generale del Disco singles