I Like Chopin

"I Like Chopin"
Single by Gazebo
from the album Gazebo
Released	1983
Recorded	Titania (Rome, Italy)
Genre	Italo disco[1][2]
Length	4:08 (7" short version) 1983 7:48 (12" long version & album version) 1983 8:58 (12" long version) 1991
Label	Baby
Writer(s)	Pierluigi Giombini (music) Gazebo (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Pierluigi Giombini
Gazebo singles chronology
"Masterpiece" (1982) "I Like Chopin" (1983) "Lunatic" (1983)

"I Like Chopin" was an internationally successful single sung by Gazebo and produced in Italy in 1983 by Pierluigi Giombini. It is generally regarded as one of the most significant Italo disco tracks of the mid-1980s. It peaked at number one in several European national charts. The music was composed by Giombini (contrary to popular belief without themes from Chopin), the lyrics were written by Gazebo.

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1983) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 3 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 4 France (IFOP)[6] 2 Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 1 Italy (FIMI)[8] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 7 Spain (AFYVE)[11] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 1 Year-end charts Chart (1983) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 5 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 41 France (IFOP)[15] 28 Italy (FIMI)[8] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] 38 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 52 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 3 Certifications and sales Region Certification Sales/shipments France 614,000[19] Germany (BVMI)[20] Gold 250,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone Cover versions Asami Kobayashi – 雨音はショパンの調べ(Ama oto ha Shopan no shirabe), a Japanese language cover of the song, reaching no. 1 in the Japan charts in July 1984. It reached no. 12 at the year-end charts of the same year. Alan Tam – 我愛雀斑 (Ngo Ngoi Jeuk Ban) in 1984, a Cantonese-language cover of the song, He also covered Japanese-language version. Grasshopper – 再見Rainy Days in 1992, another Cantonese-language cover of the song. Faye Wong – 我愛雀斑 in 1999, a re-cover of Alan Tam's version. Atsushi Sakurai – 雨音はショパンの調べ -I like Chopin- (Ameon wa Chopin no Shirabe -I like Chopin-) in 2004, Japanese singer cover the song in his single Taiji/Smell and sings it in his live concert "Explosion- Ai no Wakusei Live 2004". Ryuichi Kawamura – The Voice in 2011, Japanese-language cover. Ámokfutók – Meghalok egy csókodért, from the album "Van valami" (1997) in Hungarian.[21] Clémentine – "Chopin et Toi" (Made in France-2005): a French version of "I Like Chopin". Nathalie - J'aime Chopin: Another French version. Kra – 雨音はショパンの調べ(Ama oto ha Shopan no shirabe), a Japanese-language rock cover of the song in 2008. Jerzy Różycki – W cieniu wierzb – Polish language cover from late 1980s, later recorded by disco polo group Beat Magic in 2013. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics References Eddy, Chuck (8 July 2013). "Disco 101: Real '80S Italo". Rhapsody. Retrieved 1 May 2015. Forsberg, Niklas (13 January 2010). "I VENTI D'AZZURO – making italo popular again". Release Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2015. "Austriancharts.at – Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Ultratop.be – Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "26 november 1983" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Gazebo" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Offiziellecharts.de – Gazebo – I Like Chopin". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "I singoli più venduti del 1983" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gazebo - I Like Chopin search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Dutchcharts.nl – Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 January 2014. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. "Swisscharts.com – Gazebo – I Like Chopin". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "TOP – 1983" (in French). Top-france.fr. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "Les Meilleures Ventes Tout Temps de 45 T. / Singles" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 29 May 2014. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gazebo; 'I Like Chopin')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. "Ámokfutók's Meghalok 1 Csókodért cover of Gazebo's I Like Chopin". WhoSampled. Retrieved 18 January 2014.