An Italian singer decided to troll music fans in the 1970s by releasing a track which sounded English, but was actually complete gibberish.
We all love a good, upbeat song.
Even if you claim you don't, I bet there's been some occasion where you caught yourself shimmying your shoulders to Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off', or accidentally singing along to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso'.
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The tracks are catchy and easy to fall in love with, and Italian singer Adriano Celentano knew it.
Back in the early 1970s, Celentano decided to capitalize on his country's love of English-speaking music by creating a track with lyrics which sounded like they could be English.
He sang with an American English accent and occasionally called out the phrase 'all right', but the rest of the lyrics were entirely nonsensical.
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Celentano had already gained a strong fanbase with his musical releases, but he became recognized internationally after releasing his track, titled 'Prisencolinensinainciusol', as a single in 1972.
Shortly after its release, the song actually proved Celentano's point by becoming popular.
It peaked at Number 2 in the charts in Belgium and Number 5 in Italy, rivalling other pop artists like Elvis Presley and John Lennon, whose music was also in the charts at the time.
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Prisencolinensinainciusol has remained popular ever since, and currently holds millions of views on YouTube, as well as being available to stream on Spotify.
Listeners have heaped praise on the track, with one person writing this month: "STILL A BANGER TODAY!"
Another commented: "This song still goes hard."
"I have to confess that not only do I really like this song, but yesterday I found a copy of the original 45 rpm single here in Rome!," added a third.
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Listen to the track yourself here:
In 2012, Celentano spoke to NPR about his decision to create the song, and admitted that he was inspired by his own love for American rock music.
He explained: “I like American slang — which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian — I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate.
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"And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn’t mean anything.”
Needless to say, Celentano succeeded in proving his point that music fans will love anything with a good tune, even if it doesn't actually make sense.
Emily Brown