Gente (song)

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"Gente"
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Single by Laura Pausini
from the album Laura
ReleasedFebruary 1994
Genre Pop
Length4:25
Label CGD
Songwriter(s) Cheope, Marco Marati, Angelo Valsiglio
Producer(s) Angelo Valsiglio
Laura Pausini singles chronology
"Strani amori"
(1994)
"Gente"
(1994)
"Lettera"
(1994)

Gente (English: People) is an Italian-language song recorded by Laura Pausini and written by Cheope, Marco Marati and Angelo Valsiglio. [1] It was released in 1994 as the second single from Pausini's second album, Laura . The song bears a striking resemblance to the Marco Ferradini song "Teorema."

Contents

A Spanish-language version of the song was published by Pausini in her 1994's album Laura Pausini . Both versions of the song were re-recorded with a new arrangement by Celso Valli for Pausini's first greatest hits album, The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te / Lo mejor de Laura Pausini: Volveré junto a ti [2] and later would be re-recordered with a new arrangement for Pausini's second greatest hits album, 20 - The Greatest Hits / 20 - Grandes Éxitos .

Track listings

CD Single (CGD – 4509 97101 2) [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gente" (Italian Version)Cheope, Marco Marati, Angelo Valsiglio4:30
2."La soledad"Valsiglio, Pietro Cremonesi, Federico Cavalli, J. Badia4:04
CD Single (CGD – 4509 96127-2) [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gente" (Italian Version)Cheope, Marco Marati, Angelo Valsiglio4:30
2."La soledad"Valsiglio, Cremonesi, Cavalli, Badia4:04
3."Il cuore non si arrende"Valsiglio, Cremonesi, Cavalli4:40
Maxi-Single (CGD – 0630 1111 9-2) [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gente" (Italian Version)Cheope, Marco Marati, Angelo Valsiglio4:30
2."La soledad"Valsiglio, Cremonesi, Cavalli, Badia4:04
3."Se fue"Valsiglio, Cremonesi, Cavalli4:40

Covers

The Italian-language version of the song was covered in 1995 by Brazilian singer Renato Russo and included in his album Equilíbrio distante. [6]

Charts

See also

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