Cervo a primavera

"Cervo a primavera"
Single by Riccardo Cocciante
from the album Cervo a primavera
B-side	"Il sufflé con le banane"
Released	1980
Length	4:10
Label	RCA Italiana
Songwriter(s)	Riccardo Cocciante Mogol
Riccardo Cocciante singles chronology
"Io canto" (1979) "Cervo a primavera" (1980) "Tu sei il mio amico carissimo" (1980)
Audio
"Cervo a primavera" on YouTube

"Cervo a primavera" ('Deer in the spring') is a 1980 Italian song by Riccardo Cocciante (music) and Mogol (lyrics) and performed by Riccardo Cocciante.

Overview

The leading single of the 1980 eponymous album Cervo a primavera, the song marked the beginning of the long professional association of Cocciante, who was coming off a long collaboration with Marco Luberti, and Mogol, who had just interrupted a successful partnership with Lucio Battisti. ^[1] The lyrics are a hymn to the springtime meant as a season of rebirth and change and represent a sort of manifesto of the two authors' artistic status at the time. ^[1] The song has been described as "a full-fledged krautpop [...], a hymn to reincarnation in the secular sense of the term". ^[2]

Cocciante recorded the song in Spanish as "Yo Renacerè". ^[1] Artists who covered the song include Marco Borsato and José Luis Rodríguez. ^{[1] [3]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cervo a primavera"	Cocciante, Mogol	4:10
2.	"Il sufflé con le banane"	Cocciante, Mogol	3:18

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [4]	4

References

1. Asinari, Pierguido (2007). Riccardo Cocciante: 1971-2007, dalla forma canzone al melodramma. Editori riuniti. pp. 83–6. ISBN   978-88-359-5944-1.
2. Burrocacao, Demented (27 April 2018). "Il miracolo di "Cervo a Primavera" di Riccardo Cocciante". Vice (in Italian). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. "Cover versions of Cervo a primavera". SecondHandSongs . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
4. "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 11 May 2025. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". In the "Titolo" field, search "Cervo a primavera".

External links

• Cervo a primavera at Discogs (list of releases)