C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones

"C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" ('There was a boy who - like me - loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones') is a song composed by Mauro Lusini and Franco Migliacci, and performed by Gianni Morandi. The song premiered at the third Festival delle Rose, in which Morandi presented the song in couple with the author Lusini.^[1] A protest ballad against the Vietnam War, it was censored by RAI television and radio for being polemic towards the policies of an allied state.^[1][2] The B-side of the single is "Se perdo anche te", a cover of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man".^[1] Both songs are arranged by Ennio Morricone.

"C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones"
Single by Gianni Morandi
from the album Gianni quattro
B-side	"Se perdo anche te"
Released	January 1966
Genre	Pop
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Mauro Lusini, Franco Migliacci
Gianni Morandi singles chronology
"Notte di ferragosto" (1966) "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" (1966) "Un mondo d'amore" (1967)

The song was later covered by several artists, including Joan Baez, Lucio Dalla, Fiorello, Os Incríveis, Engenheiros do Hawaii, Poyushchiye Gitary and Yegor Letov.

Song

An Italian boy tells of a friend from the USA, a boy who sang and played the guitar like him, and loved the same kind of music, who was called back to his country to go and fight in the Vietnam War; and who did not come out of the war alive.
In the song, it is highlighted that the instrument that the American boy had to use in Vietnam, unlike his guitar, had only one (horrible) note, the sound of gunfire.

Track listing

• 7" single – PM45 3375

1. "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones" (Mauro Lusini, Franco Migliacci) - 3:05
2. "Se perdo anche te" (Neil Diamond, Franco Migliacci, Loris Bazzocchi) - 2:26

Charts

Chart (1966–67)	Peak position
Brazil (IBOPE)[3]	3
Italy (Musica e dischi)[4]	3

See also

• List of anti-war songs