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"Confusa e felice"
Single by Carmen Consoli
from the album Confusa e felice
Released	1997
Genre	Rock
Label	Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)	Carmen Consoli
Carmen Consoli singles chronology
"Lingua a sonagli" (1996) "Confusa e felice" (1997) "Venere" (1997)
Audio
"Confusa e felice" on YouTube

"Confusa e felice" (lit. 'Confused and happy') is a 1997 song composed and performed by Carmen Consoli.

Background

The song was Consoli's entry in Sanremo Music Festival 1997; the initial choice for the festival was "Diversi", but eventually Consoli preferred to enter the competition with a less traditional and more corageous song. The song was eliminated from the competition after the first night. In the following weeks, it became a surprise hit, also thanks to its being chosen as the soundtrack for a commercial for the Rocco Barocco's Piazza di Spagna perfume.

The style of the song has been paired to Irish rock, goth rock and to Janis Joplin's existentialist ballads. It has been described as a song where 'rock lunges and oblique melodies alternate, supported by a voice that is sometimes confidential and sometimes high-pitched'.

In 2012, Francesca Michielin covered the song in her EP Distratto.

Track listing

Charts

References

1. ^ Raugei, Elena (21 January 2010). "La luce di un brivido". Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa (in Italian). Arcana. ISBN 978-88-6231-614-9. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics. pp. 460, 464. ISBN 978-8863462296.
3. ^ Salvatori, Dario (2001). "Confusa e felice". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 109. ISBN 8888169016.
4. Tarullo, Maria Giovanna (6 February 2012). "'Distratto': buon esordio per Francesca Michielin, ora aspettiamo il cd di inediti". Notizie Nazionali (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
5. "Singoli: Classifica settimanale WK 11 (dal 07.03.1997 al 13.03.1997)". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

External links

• Confusa e felice at Discogs (list of releases)

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