Auschwitz (song)

"Auschwitz"
Single by Equipe 84
from the album Io ho in mente te
A-side"Bang bang"
Released1966
GenreFolk
LabelDischi Ricordi
Songwriter(s)Francesco Guccini
Equipe 84 singles chronology
"Io ho in mente te"
(1966) 		"Auschwitz"
(1966) 		"29 settembre"
(1967)

"Auschwitz" is a song composed by Francesco Guccini , and originally performed by Equipe 84.[1][2] It was first released as the B-side of a cover of Sonny & Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", and later included in Equipe 84's album Io ho in mente te.[1] Although the song was written by Guccini it was credited to Lunero and Maurizio Vandelli as the author at the time was not a member of the SIAE.[1][3]

The following year the song was later recorded by Francesco Guccini and included in his debut album Folk beat n. 1, with the title "La canzone del bambino nel vento (Auschwitz)" ('The song of the child in the wind').[1][4]

Guccini's authorship of the song was first acknowledged only in 1967,[1] and officially recognized after a 30 years long trial.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e Pistone, Federico (2020). "Auschwitz (La canzone del bambino nel vento)". Tutto Guccini: il racconto di 161 canzoni (in Italian). Arcana. ISBN 978-88-6231-835-8.
  2. ^ Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana
  3. ^ Francesco Guccini, Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto, Firenze, Giunti Editore, 1999, p. 59, ISBN 88-09-02164-9.
  4. ^ Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana
  5. ^ Bovi, Michele (27 September 2019). "Francesco Guccini". Ladri di canzoni: 200 anni di liti musical-giudiziarie dalla A alla Z (in Italian). Hoepli. ISBN 978-88-203-9194-2.