| "Gloria" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Umberto-tozzi-gloria.jpg) Picture sleeve (including the Italian release) | ||||
| Single by Umberto Tozzi | ||||
| from the album Gloria | ||||
| B-side | "Aria di lei" | |||
| Released | June 1979 | |||
| Studio | Union Studios Munich | |||
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| Length | 4:25 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Umberto Tozzi | |||
| Umberto Tozzi singles chronology | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| Gloria on YouTube by Umberto Tozzi (official audio). Warner Music Italy (5:05 minutes) | ||||
| Gloria on YouTube by Umberto Tozzi, in English. 12-inch single (stereo). Vanguard Records (7:11 minutes) | ||||
"Gloria" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔːrja]) is a 1979 love song written and composed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, and first translated to English by Jonathan King. A 1982 cover version by American singer Laura Branigan, with different English lyrics, peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
- ^ "The 1980s Singer With a Voice That Rivalled Celine Dion's". AnOther. 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Chilean film 'Gloria' celebrates power of vibrant woman in midlife". The Columbus Dispatch. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
He came upon Umberto Tozzi's original Italian Euro-disco version of the song Gloria, known to many Americans through Laura Branigan's 1982 hit cover.