"I Like Chopin" | ||||
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Single by Gazebo | ||||
from the album Gazebo | ||||
B-side | "I Like Chopin (Instrumental)" | |||
Released | 4 September 1983 | |||
Genre | Italo disco [1] [2] | |||
Length |
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Label | Baby | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Pierluigi Giombini | |||
Gazebo singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Like Chopin" on YouTube |
"I Like Chopin" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Gazebo from his debut studio album, Gazebo (1983). It peaked at number one in several European national charts. The music was composed by Pierluigi Giombini (contrary to what the title implies, without themes from Chopin) and the lyrics were written by Gazebo.
Credits and personnel adapted from the Gazebo album and 7-inch single liner notes. [5] [3]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI) [29] | Gold | 500,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [30] since 2009 | Gold | 35,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
In 1984, Japanese singer and actress Asami Kobayashi recorded a Japanese-language cover of the song titled "Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe" (Japanese : 雨音はショパンの調べ; "The Sound of Rain is Chopin's Music"), with lyrics by Yumi Matsutoya. [31] [32] The song peaked at the top of the Oricon Singles Chart for three weeks. [33]
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