Global InformationIl Pulcino Pio information
| "Il pulcino Pio" | |
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| Single by Pulcino Pio | |
| from the album Il Pulcino Pio & Friends | |
| Language | Italian |
| Released | July 18, 2012 |
| Genre | Children's song |
| Length | 2:40 |
| Label | Globo Records |
| Composer(s) | uncertain (by SIAE is ascribed to Pedro Alberto Farías Gómez, But the music video to the revenge version says it's Erisvaldo Da Silvia) |
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| "Il Pulcino Pio" on YouTube | |
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| "Il Pulcino Pio" (alternative video) on YouTube | |
"Il Pulcino Pio" (in English version titled as "The Little Chick Cheep") is an Italian song released as a single on 18 July 2012 on Globo Records by the Rome radio station Radio Globo. The song was interpreted by Morgana Giovannetti, an actress and host of the station.
The song became a hit single in Italy topping the FIMI Singles Chart and staying at top for 8 consecutive weeks (2012 August–October). It also became a hit in France, Spain, the Netherlands, and other European countries in their respective local language versions.
It is a remake of a Brazilian children's song from the 1950s post-war period, known by various names, including "Na Minha Casa Tem...", "A Minha Velha (Tem um Pintinho)", "O Pintinho Piu."[1][2][3]
- ^ Jorge Luiz de Souza (June 4, 2016). "Nairzinha: O Pintinho Piu". avosidade.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2021. Nairzinha Spinelli Lauria study for forty years the traditions that are handed down with children's songs and games, and states that "O Pintinho Piu" and its variants as title and incipit ("A Mina Velha" and "Na minha casa") have deep historical roots.
- ^ María Evangelina Cobo Zaballa (January 6, 2013). "Pulcino Twitter and Its Brazilian Copy". Blogger. Retrieved November 6, 2021. The author states that in the 1950s the song "A minha velha tem" was popular in Brazil (especially in São Paulo) and served as riddle: children used to play "Ring Around the Rosie" by guessing the name of the animal chosen, its natural sound and its aspect described.
- ^ "A minha velha (1950 Partitura Braille)". Repositório de Informação Acessível. Retrieved November 6, 2021. The electronic catalog of materials accessible to the disabled people (established in 1970) confirms that the score of "A minha velha" in Braille dates back to 1950 and is part of the Brazilian folklore, i.e. there's no recognized author.