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It is characterised by the frenetic series of on-beat cadences and by the use of truncated rhymes. [1] Its style has been described as heavily influenced by disco, with strong rock overtones. [ 2 ] Its ambiguous lyrics have been described as a "linguistic delirium" [ 1 ] and have been variously interpreted.
"Gloria" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔːrja]) is a 1979 song written and composed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, and first translated to English by Jonathan King. A 1982 cover version by American singer Laura Branigan , with different English lyrics, peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified ...
Branigan is the debut studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released on March 8, 1982 by Atlantic Records.The album's lead single, "All Night with Me", reached number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the second single, an English version of Italian singer Umberto Tozzi's song "Gloria", was a commercial success, propelling Branigan to international prominence.
The "Gloria" video, written and directed by Meiert Avis, was filmed in October 1981 on a barge in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin near Windmill Lane. "Gloria" was the first U2 music video that received heavy airplay on MTV. The video featured U2 playing on a barge while a crowd of onlookers danced.
1 13 April "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson: 7 1 June "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones: 1 8 June "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"† [8] Middle of the Road: 9 10 August "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" Creedence Clearwater Revival: 3 31 August "Co-Co" Sweet: 6 12 October "Mamy Blue" Pop Tops: 10 21 December "Akropolis adieu" Mireille Mathieu ...
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Amor y Suerte: Éxitos Romanticos is the fourth compilation album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the twenty-fifth album overall. It released in 2004. It released in 2004. The album was released in some European countries with the alternate title Amor y Suerte: The Spanish Love Songs . [ 1 ]
The Knoxville News Sentinel ' s Chuck Campbell was unimpressed with the track, calling it and "Hablas de Mi" "the most saccharine of the lot". [11] It was acknowledged as an award-winning song at the 1995 BMI Latin Awards. [12] Commercially, the single topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the US, making it her fourth number one on the ...