Dolce Vita (song)

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"Dolce Vita"
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita2.jpg
Single by Ryan Paris
from the album Ryan Paris
B-side "Dolce Vita" (Instrumental)
Released1983
Genre
Length
  • 3:48 (album version)
  • 4:28 (single version)
Label Discomagic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Pierluigi Giombini
Ryan Paris singles chronology
"Dolce Vita"
(1983)		"Fall in Love"
(1984)
Music video
"Dolce Vita" on YouTube

"Dolce Vita" is the debut single by Italian singer Ryan Paris, released in 1983, on the Discomagic Records label.

Contents

Background

Interviewed for the book Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop Vol. 2, composer Pierluigi Giombini explained the evolution of the song:

It was Gazebo who suggested I should write a song inspired by the title of the famous film. [...] So I began to work on it right away, starting with the bass line on the Minimoog, and then I wrote the melody on top of that. Later, Gazebo wrote the lyrics. [...] I did the arrangement in a couple of days and did the vocals and mix-down in another three days. The synths were basically the same - Minimoog, OB-8, ARP Odyssey and the Oberheim DMX drum machine. We also used our real hands over the snare. [3]

Interviewed in 2007, Paris described the background to the recording of the song:

I remained folgorated by the sounds and the melodies of Giombini and I said to him: "I will bring you one of my English songs". That night I composed a new song and three days later I presented it to Giombini who loved the song. We worked on my song two times and one day Giombini told me: "I wrote a song for you but it is not a rock song". When I heard the song I really made a big jump because it was very nice. [4]

Music video

The music video was filmed on-location in Paris. [5]

Track listing and formats

A. "Dolce Vita" (vocal) – 4:28
B. "Dolce Vita" (instrumental) – 4:09
A. "Dolce Vita" (vocal) – 7:33
B. "Dolce Vita" (instrumental) – 7:55
A. "Dolce Vita, Part I" (vocal) – 3:59
B. "Dolce Vita, Part II" (instrumental) – 2:48
A. "Dolce Vita, Part I" (vocal) – 7:33
B. "Dolce Vita, Part II" (instrumental) – 8:37

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from the Ryan Paris album and 7-inch single liner notes. [10] [6]

Charts

See also

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