I like Chopin
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"I Like Chopin" was an internationally successful single sung by Gazebo
and produced in Italy in 1983 by Pierluigi Giombini
.
It is generally regarded as one of the most significant Italo disco
tracks of the mid-1980s; it peaked at #1 in several European national charts. The piano motif in the song is not a Chopin
composition; the music was composed by Giombini, the lyrics were written by Gazebo .
It has reached #12 at End-Year Chart 1984.
Paul Mazzolini
Paul Mazzolini , known as Gazebo, is an Italian musician. He has a legend status among the fans of the "Italo disco" music style, a variation of 1980s Eurodisco.-Biography:...
and produced in Italy in 1983 by Pierluigi Giombini
Pierluigi Giombini
Pierluigi Giombini was born in a family of musicians: his father Marcello Giombini was a composer of secular music and film music as well as being interested in electronic music. His grandfather was a music professor specialized in the Oboe who also played in orchestras...
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It is generally regarded as one of the most significant Italo disco
Italo disco
Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...
tracks of the mid-1980s; it peaked at #1 in several European national charts. The piano motif in the song is not a Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
composition; the music was composed by Giombini, the lyrics were written by Gazebo .
Chart positions
- Italy: #1
- Germany: #1
- Switzerland: #1
- Austria: #1
- Netherlands: #7
- USA: #1
- Japan: #9
Cover versions
- Asami Kobayashi - 雨音はショパンの調べ(Ama oto ha Shopan no shirabe), a Japanese-language cover of the song, reaching #1 in the Japan charts in July 1984.
It has reached #12 at End-Year Chart 1984.
- Alan TamAlan TamWing Lun Alan Tam, MH is an award-winning Hong Kong Cantopop and English pop singer and actor. During the early 1980s he played a major role in developing the cantopop scene as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. As of 2008, he is still active in the music...
- 我愛雀斑(Ngor Oi Jeuk Ban) in 1984, a Cantonese-language cover of the song, He also covered Japanese-language version. - Faye WongFaye WongFaye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
- 我愛雀斑 in 1999. - Ryuichi KawamuraRyuichi Kawamurais a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and record producer. He is best known as lead singer of the rock band Luna Sea. After the group disbanded in 2000, Ryuichi went on to a successful solo career. In 2005 he formed Tourbillon with, fellow Luna Sea member, Inoran and Hiroaki Hayama...
- The Voice in 2011, Japanese-language cover.