You Wanna Be An Italiano

by Sonamó

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Something super special for Sonamo’s new single!

We present to you our funky fresh version of the 1956 classic Tu vuò fà l'americano (You Want To Be American)…but with a TWIST! We flipped the script and replaced the lyrics, so our version is called….”You Wanna Be an ITALIANO.”

Enjoy the fierce funk and the (we think LOL) clever wordplay… you’ll dance and laugh at the same time!

lyrics

VERSE ONE
With greasy hair, strolling like a guido
Showing off your face like an italiano
Swinging like a boss full of his ego,
Playing as you’re the “orgoglio di mammá”

CHORUS
You wanna be an Italiano, Italiano, Italiano
Were you born in Brooklyn?
Eating crostini and tortellini
Drive a rented Lamborghini
You feel royal like a king

But you don’t have the Naples soul
You merely play the role
And just like Vesuvius
Your cover’s soon to blow
Are you saying that is true?

You wanna be an italiano, italiano, italiano
One day you visit Italy
then you’ll truly see Neapolitans, Sicilians, Romans too

VERSE TWO
Learned all the lines from La Dolce Vita
You moved to a città cosmopolita
Listen to Dean Martin "That’s amore"
Dreaming of spaghetti with ragú

CHORUS
You wanna be an Italiano, Italiano, Italiano
Were you born in Brooklyn?
Eating crostini and tortellini
In a rented Lamborghini
You feel royal like a king

But you don’t have the Naples soul
You merely play the role
And just like Vesuvius
Your cover’s soon to blow
Are you saying that is true?

You wanna be an italiano, italiano, italiano
One day you visit Italy
then you’ll truly see Neapolitans, Sicilians, Romans too

INSTRUMENTAL

HALF CHORUS
But you don’t have the Naples soul
You merely play the role
And just like Vesuvius
Your cover’s soon to blow
Are you saying that is true?

You wanna be an italiano, italiano, italiano
One day you visit Italy
then you’ll truly see Neapolitans, Sicilians, Romans too

END

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released August 21, 2019

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Sonamó San Francisco, California

An eclectic funk band with a dynamic, passionate blend of Italian melodies shot through with hefty doses of American funk and acid jazz, Sonamó makes a both danceable yet introspective, at once familiar yet exotic, intense yet energetic, romantic and yet somehow carefree. One of the strongest characteristics of Sonamó is their high energy that’s well expressed in their memorable live performances. ... more