Italy’s hot singing success Giusy Ferreri is releasing a new album, following her extremely popular first album “Gaetana”. The second album is entitled “Fotografie” and includes a cover of Italy’s rock anthem “Ma il cielo è sempre più blu” (”The sky is always bluer”). If you’ve ever been to a disco in Italy, this is one of those songs where the Italians hit the dance floor to jump up and down like crazed meerkats and sing their heads off.

Meaning that it’s a tall order for any artist wanting to do a cover of one of the most popular songs in the last 30 years of Italian music history. Despite some skepticism, Giusy Ferreri has got the voice for it and pulls it off very well. She said about the song:

“Interpreting this song was not easy by any means. The great Rino Gaetano used to sing this track with extreme truth, mixed with sarcasm and a timbre of voice that seemed like a slap in the face of the society he was recounting. Reinterpreting this song today means understanding that the themes he was singing about are still, unfortunately, current, and I tried to sing his words with all the irony, anger, energy and depth I could muster. I hope I’ve managed that.”

Above is the original videoclip from Rino Gaetano and after the jump, you can hear Giusy Ferreri’s very accomplished interpretation with a few lyrics from the song to give you an idea of its theme. More from her new album, Fotografie, to come.

Ma il cielo è sempre più blu

Chi vive in baracca, chi suda il salario
chi ama l’amore e i sogni di gloria
chi ruba pensioni, chi ha scarsa memoria
Chi mangia una volta, chi tira al bersaglio
chi vuole l’aumento, chi gioca a Sanremo
chi porta gli occhiali, chi va sotto un treno
Chi ama la zia chi va a Porta Pia
chi trova scontato, chi come ha trovato
na na na na na na na na na
Ma il cielo è sempre più blu
ma il cielo è sempre più blu

Who lives in a shack, who sweats their salary
Who loves love and dreams of glory
Who steals their pension, who has memory loss
Who eats once, who aims the tarket
Who wants a rise, who plays at Sanremo
Who wears glasses, who falls under a train
Who loves their aunt, who goes to Porta Pia,
Who takes it for granted, who found it ready
Na nana na na nana na
The sky is always bluer
The sky is always bluer

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