Ma quale idea

"Ma quale idea"
Single by Pino D'Angiò
from the album ...Balla!
B-side"Lezione d'amore"
Released1980
GenreItalo disco
Length
  • 4:25 (album version)
  • 4:20 (single version)
LabelRi-Fi
Songwriter(s)Pino D'Angiò
Pino D'Angiò singles chronology
"E' libero, scusi?"
(1979) 		"Ma quale idea"
(1980) 		"Un concerto da strapazzo (Scusate sono impazzito)"
(1981)

"Ma quale idea" ("But What Idea") is a song written and performed by Italian singer Pino D'Angiò from his debut studio album, ...Balla! (1981). The song was arranged by jazz musician Enrico Intra.[1][2] The single was an international success, selling over 2 million copies.[1] Despite the common belief that the bassline of the track was taken from "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead,[3] D'Angiò claimed that he composed it independently along with the bassist Stefano Cerri.[4] The song was later sampled in Madison Avenue's 1999 hit "Don't Call Me Baby".[5]

  1. ^ a b Bassignano, Ernesto (1990). "D'Angiò, Pino". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp. 478-9.
  2. ^ Deregibus, Enrico (2010). "Pino D'Angiò". Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. p. 140. ISBN 8809756258.
  3. ^ Vacalebre, Federico (15 November 2020). "Pino D'Angiò dopo i tumori: "Jazz, donne e altre storie"". Il Mattino. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Marzi, Mattia. "Nel vuoto pneumatico del pop, Pino D'Angiò è una boccata d'aria". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ Copsey, Rob (12 November 2019). "Madison Avenue's Don't Call Me Baby has been remixed for its 20th anniversary". The Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2021.