Il timido ubriaco
| "Il timido ubriaco" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Max Gazzè | ||||
| from the album Max Gazzè | ||||
| B-side | "Preferisco così" | |||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Songwriters | Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè | |||
| Producers | Max Gazzè, Giorgio Baldi | |||
| Max Gazzè singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Il timido ubriaco" on YouTube | ||||
"Il timido ubriaco" ('The shy drunkard') is a 2000 song by Max Gazzè.
Overview
Composed by Gazzè with his brother Francesco, the song entered the 50th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.[1]
The song is built on a complex structure alternating binary verses, hendecasyllable, and ternary verses,[1] based on "the repetition and variation of hyper-recurrent rhymes and lemmas" with "a plastic geometry that emphasises the idea of circularity and redundancy".[2] The lyrics are inspired by the tradition of courtly love.[1]
The song has been described as "a little masterpiece",[1] and "really absurd, geometric, angular, immediate and inaccessible at the same time".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Il timido ubriaco" | Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Preferisco così" | Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè | 4:32 |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[3] | 13 |
| Italy Airplay (Nielsen Music Control)[4] | 2 |
References
- ^ a b c d Anselmi, Eddy (2009). "Il timido ubriaco". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini. p. 494. ISBN 886-34-62-291.
- ^ a b Rossini, Vincenzo (2019). "Il timido ubriaco". Unadimille: mille canzoni italiane dal 2000 a oggi, raccontate. Arcana. ISBN 978-88-6231-659-0.
- ^ "Il timido ubriaco". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Parecchi avvicendamenti nella classifica dei brani più trasmessi dalle radio italiane negli ultimi sette giorni". Rockol (in Italian). 2 April 2000. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
External links
- Il timido ubriaco at Discogs (list of releases)