Il cielo in una stanza - The Sky in a Room

Quando sei qui con me, questa stanza non ha più pareti ma alberi, alberi infiniti quando tu sei vicino a me questo soffitto viola no, non esiste più io vedo il cielo sopra noi che restiamo qui abbandonati come se non ci fosse più, niente più niente al mondo suona un’armonica, mi sembra un organo che vibra per te per me, su nell’immensità del cielo per te e per me nel cielo suona un’armonica, mi sembra un organo che vibra per te per me, su nell’immensità del cielo per te e per me nel cielo Il cielo in una stanza © 1960, Gino Paoli Paoli was inspired to write "Il cielo in una stanza" to describe his feelings after an encounter with a prostitute in Genoa. It was a most unconventional song in 1960 and signaled the change towards realism that was just beginning to take place in Italian pop music.

When you’re here with me, this room has walls no more, but trees, infinite trees when you are near to me this purple ceiling, no, it exists no more. I see the sky above us who rest here, abandoned as if there was no more, nothing more, nothing in the world A harmonica plays, it seems to me an organ that vibrates for you, for me, up in the immensity of the sky, for you, for me, in the sky a harmonica plays, it seems to me an organ that vibrates for you, for me, up in the immensity of the sky, for you and for me, in the sky. English translation © 2023 Dennis Criteser "Il cielo in una stanza" was first released by Mina in June of 1960. Later in the year, Paoli released his own single and then included it on his eponymous first album in 1961. Mina's version was wildly successful, reaching #1 in October and becoming the highest selling single of Mina's entire career. Mina was reluctant to record the song and only did so under pressure from her label. Interestingly, even though her cover single-handedly launched Paoli's career into another level, he was not fond of her rendition of the song, much preferring that of Carla Bruni.