"Stella stai" () is a 1980 song composed by
Umberto Tozzi and
Giancarlo Bigazzi and performed by Umberto Tozzi.
Background
The song is the leading single of the 1980 album ''Tozzi''. It is characterised by the frenetic series of
on-beat
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a pi ...
cadences and by the use of truncated rhymes.
Its style has been described as heavily influenced by disco, with strong rock overtones. Its ambiguous lyrics have been described as a "linguistic delirium"
and have been variously interpreted.
The song has been included in the soundtrack of several films, notably ''
Spider-Man: Far From Home'' and ''
The Guest Room''.
Other versions
The boy band
Menudo and later
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
covered the song in Spanish-language, with the title "Claridad" and with lyrics adapted by Óscar Gómez Díaz.
Thelma Houston recorded an English-language version of the song with the title "Shining Star". The song was also covered in Czech by
Michal David
Michal David (born name Vladimír Štancl, 14 July 1960, Prague) is a Czech pop-singer, songwriter and producer.
Biography and career
He started his music career during his studies in Prague Conservatory in the 1970s where he created a jazz b ...
with the title "Třetí Galaxie".
In 2019-20
Mina performed the song for a series of
TIM commercials.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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1980 singles
Italian songs
1980 songs
Songs written by Umberto Tozzi
Songs written by Giancarlo Bigazzi
Umberto Tozzi songs
Compagnia Generale del Disco singles