Un uomo felice

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Un uomo felice
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Studio album by
Riccardo Cocciante
Released 1994
StudioWolff Studio, Rome, Italy
Genre
Length43:25
Label Virgin Italy
Producer Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante chronology
Il mio nome è Riccardo
(1994)		Un uomo felice
(1994)		Je chante
(1995)

Un uomo felice (A Happy Man) is the twentieth studio album by Riccardo Cocciante, released in 1994 through Virgin Italy. Un uomo felice features Cocciante singing duet performances with Mietta, Mina, Scarlett Von Wollenmann, Tosca, and Francesca Bellenis. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Un uomo felice remained on the Billboard Hits of The World album charts for over ten weeks and reached #95 on the European Top 100 Albums chart. [5] [6]

A Spanish version of Un uomo felice was released by Sony in Spain in 1995 as Un hombre feliz, with most of the same songs sung in Spanish. [7] The singers for the duets were the Spanish artists Monica Naranjo, Montserrat Marti and Mina, who sang on the original Italian album. [8]

Songs

The songs are in Italian except for "I'd Fly", Cocciante's hit song "Per lei" with original English lyrics written by Roxanne Seeman. [9] The title track, "Un uomo felice", is an Italian adaption and cover version of the French song "Un homme heureux", written by William Sheller. [10] The album includes Cocciante's Italian version of the song "L'amour existe encore" recorded by Celine Dion on her French Dion Chante Plamondon album. [11] [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Riccardo Cocciante, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Un uomo felice" 3:31
2."Amore" (feat Mina) 5:15
3."E pensare che pensavo mi pensassi almeno un po'" (feat. Mietta) 3:43
4."Due"Cocciante, Audio 2, Jean-Loup Dabadie 4:18
5."Io vivo per te" (feat. Scarlett Von Wollenmann) 4:29
6."Nel locale di jazz" (feat. Baraonna) 3:46
7."Sulla tua pelle" (feat. Mietta) 4:32
8."I'd Fly (Per lei)" (feat. Francesca Bellenis)Cocciante, Jean-Paul Dreau, Roxanne Seeman 5:12
9."L'amore esiste ancora" (feat. Tosca)Cocciante, Luc Plamondon 4:11
10."Sopra un preludio di Bach"Cocciante, Jean-Claude Vannier 4:28

An Italian version of "I'd Fly" ("Per lei") appears on Riccardo Cocciante's Tutti i miei sogni 3 CD compilation set released in 2006. [13]

The Italian release of Un uomo felice coincided with a series of concerts in Rome, followed by Cocciante's performance at the Zenith (Paris) in Paris in November 1994. [1] [14]

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 "COCCIANTE CANTA LA ' DOPPIA VITA' DI UN UOMO FELICE - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 1994-11-21. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  2. ↑ Luzzatto Fegiz, Mario (1994-12-05). "Duetti felici per un Cocciante in vena". archivio.corriere.it. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Lemon Sole Romano the unforgettable voice of Riccardo Cocciante singing love songs fr Un Uomo Felice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2006-04-03. p. 53. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  4. ↑ Marotta, Tony. "Mietta (A Mediterranean beauty and enchanting vocalist) - La Gazzetta Italiana". www.lagazzettaitaliana.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  5. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 16.
  6. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Riccardo Cocciante - Un uomo felice". charts.nz. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  7. ↑ "Un Uomo Felice - Riccardo Cocciante | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  8. ↑ "Riccardo Cocciante". progettococciante.altervista.org. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  9. ↑ Bessman, Jim (2002-03-16). Turning Foreign Verse Into English Prose. Billboard.
  10. ↑ "William Sheller - Un homme heureux (Live)". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  11. ↑ "Un Uomo Felice". Legacy Recordings.
  12. ↑ Beauregard, Sylvain (2002). Passion Celine Dion: The Ultimate Reference for the Fan. Trafford Publishing. ISBN   9781553692126.
  13. ↑ s.r.l, Rockol com. "√ Recensioni | Dischi | Riccardo Cocciante - TUTTI I MIEI SOGNI su Rockol". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  14. ↑ "RFI Musique - - Richard COCCIANTE". 2006-07-19. Archived from the original on 19 July 2006. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  15. ↑ "European top 100 albums" (PDF). Music & Media (Pag. 16). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "Top 10 sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media (Pag. 26). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "I più venduti del 1994". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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