I Like Chopin

"I Like Chopin"
"I Like Chopin"
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Single by Gazebo
from the album Gazebo
Released	1983
Recorded	Titania (Rome, Italy)
Genre	Italo disco
Length	4:08 (7" short version), 1983; 7:48 (12" long and album), 1983; 8:58 (12" long version), 1991;
Label	Baby
Composer(s)	Pierluigi Giombini
Lyricist(s)	Paolo Mazzolini
Producer(s)	Pierluigi Giombini
Gazebo singles chronology

"I Like Chopin" is a song by Italian singer Gazebo. It was 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
France (IFOP)^[5]	2
Germany (GfK)^[6]	1
Italy (FIMI)^[7]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[8]	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9]	7
Spain (AFYVE)^[10]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Rank
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[12]	5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[13]	41
France (IFOP)^[14]	31
Germany (Official German Charts)^[15]	13
Italy (FIMI)^[7]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[16]	38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[17]	52
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[18]	3

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France	—	614,000^[19]
Germany (BVMI)^[20]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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.
^ "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Gazebo" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "I singoli più venduti del 1983" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gazebo - I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "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.
^ "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 20 May 2016.
^ "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "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 / Téléchargement" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gazebo; 'I Like Chopin')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

External links

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[1] Eddy, Chuck (8 July 2013). "Disco 101: Real '80S Italo". Rhapsody. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[2] Forsberg, Niklas (13 January 2010). "I VENTI D'AZZURO – making italo popular again". Release Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[sc_Austria_Gazebo-3] "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Flanders_Gazebo-4] "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[5] "Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Gazebo" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[sc_Germany_Gazebo-6] "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[IT-7] "I singoli più venduti del 1983" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Dutch40_Gazebo_-_I_Like_Chopin-8] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gazebo - I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[sc_Dutch100_Gazebo-9] "Gazebo – I Like Chopin" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[10] Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

[sc_Switzerland_Gazebo-11] "Gazebo – I Like Chopin". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[12] "Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[13] "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[14] "TOP – 1983" (in French). Top-france.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[15] "Jahrescharts – 1983". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[16] "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[17] "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[18] "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[19] "Les Meilleures Ventes "Tout Temps" de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[GermanyGazeboI_Like_ChopinsingleCertRef-20] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gazebo; 'I Like Chopin')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

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