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"Tutta la Vita" ("All Life Long") is a song written and first performed by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla. It was released in 1984 as the first single from his studio album Viaggi Organizzati, produced by Mauro Malavasi.[1] This song is about a man searching for freedom all his life, trying not to fall in love, only to have a good time. For the Spanish-language market, two cover versions were released, and both peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, the first by Cuban singer Franco and another by Mexican performer Emmanuel, spending three weeks each at the top position, being the first time (and only) in the Hot Latin Tracks chart history that two versions of the same song succeeded one another at the top.[2][3]^{[failed verification]} To date, it is uncertain who released the first cover version of the single.

"Tutta la vita"
Single by Lucio Dalla
from the album Viaggi organizzati
Released	1984 (1984)
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop
Length	5:02
Label	BMG Italy
Songwriter(s)	Lucio Dalla
Producer(s)	Mauro Malavasi

Franco version

"Toda La Vida"
Single by Franco
from the album Yo Canto
Released	1986 (1986)
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop
Length	3:55
Label	Peerless
Songwriter(s)	Lucio Dalla
Franco singles chronology
"Toda La Vida" (1986) "María" (1987)

Franco's version of "Toda La Vida" was included on his first album titled Yo Canto (I Sing). According to his official website he released the first version of "Toda La Vida", peaking at number-one in United States, for three weeks, and in México for 30 weeks, selling in both countries and in the rest of Latin America one million copies. The music video for the single was directed by Rodrigo García.[4] This version spent 22 weeks in the American charts. It replaced Juan Gabriel's "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" at the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, being succeeded by another version of the same song, by Mexican singer Emmanuel. This version ranked at number 32 in the recap made by VH1 Latin America for the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish.[5]

Track listing

1. Toda La Vida – 3:55
2. Toda La Vida (Extended remix) – 7:53
3. Toda La Vida (Parts I and II) – 7:50

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[6]	1

Emmanuel version

"Toda La Vida"
Single by Emmanuel
from the album Desnudo
Released	1986 (1986)
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop
Length	4:50
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Lucio Dalla, Luis Gómez Escolar[7]
Producer(s)	Juan Carlos Calderón
Emmanuel singles chronology
"Toda La Vida" (1986) "Es Mi Mujer" (1987)

"Toda La Vida" was released as the first single from Emmanuel's studio album Desnudo (released in United States as Solo). Luis Gómez Escolar did the Spanish adaptation of the original track written by Lucio Dalla.[8] According to the Mexican TV host Gloria Calzada, the first VJ of that country, as the host of Video Éxitos, the first television show about music videos, which aired between 1984 and 1986 on Televisa), this version was the first Spanish adaptation of the single. Emmanuel told her that he was the first one to discover Lucio Dalla's music in the 80's. This version, along with Franco's, ranked at number 32 in the recap made by VH1 Latin America for the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish.[5] "Toda La Vida" is a staple in every live performance by Emmanuel.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[9]	1

Other cover versions

• In 1987, Canadian pianist and vocalist Cos Natola wrote and produced an entirely original English version of Tutta la Vita which was subsequently released as a single by RCA Records in Canada. Its flip-side was a Natola composition entitled "Being Free" (the Epilogue from the Cos Natola album entitled The Immigrant).
• In 1987, the Costa Rican team Saprissa released his new anthem "Viva Saprissa" using the melody of this song and changing the letter for the team.
• Also in 1988, Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John recorded a second English version of the song and included it on her album The Rumour, and additionally was used as the opening number to Olivia's musical tour of Australia titled Olivia Down Under.[10]
• In 2008, Mexican singer Edith Márquez included another Spanish version of the song on her album Pasiones de Cabaret.[11]

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs from the 1980s

References

External links

• Toda La Vida – Franco on YouTube.
• Toda La Vida – Emmanuel on YouTube.
• Tutta la Vita – Olivia Newton-John on YouTube.

На других языках

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- [en] Tutta la vita

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[es] Toda la vida

«Toda la Vida» (Tutta la Vita en italiano; All Life Long en inglés). Es una canción escrita y estrenada por el cantautor italiano Lucio Dalla. Fue lanzado en 1984 como el primer sencillo de su álbum de estudio Viaggi Organizzati (Viajes organizados), producido por Mauro Malavasi.[1] Esta canción trata de un hombre que busca la libertad toda su vida, tratando de no enamorarse, solo para pasar un buen rato. Para el mercado de habla española, se lanzaron dos versiones y ambos alcanzaron su punto máximo en el número uno en la lista de Tracks de Billboard Hot Latin, el primero del cantante cubano Franco y otra por el artista mexicano Emmanuel, al pasar tres semanas cada uno en la posición más alta de la lista, siendo la primera vez (y única vez) en la historia que se da este hecho en el Billboard Latino que dos versiones de la misma canción se estableciera en la cima de la lista de éxitos musicales.El Billboard Hot Latin Song de 1986, pues fue la única vez en la historia de ese ranking que dos versiones de una misma canción alcanzaron el primer puesto, como puede verse en las listas del 11 de octubre y del 18 de octubre de 1986.[2] Hasta la fecha, no está claro quién lanzó el primera versión de portada del sencillo musical.

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