![]() The song was covered by the Gisella Cozzo and Ray Gelato Giants in 1998, with their version of the track used for a worldwide television commercial for Levi's.The Brian Setzer Orchestra covered this song with their song, 'Americano.' This song appeared on their album Vavoom!.Lou Bega made a cover of the song entitled 'You Wanna Be Americano'.The song was created in 1957 by Freddy Balta on its humoristic EP Fredo Minablo et sa pizza musicale ( Fredo Minablo and its musical pizza). Boris Vian adapted it in French under the name 'Tout fonctionne à l'italiano' ('Everything goes italiano') to parodize the then French craving for Italian things. ![]() ![]() According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, 'Tu vuò fa l'americano' is the definitive hit single of Carosone's artistic career, as he retired from music in 1960, just four years after releasing the song. The song is generally considered to be a satire of the Americanization that occurred in the early years after World War II, when southern Italy was still a rural, traditional society. The lyrics are about an Italian who affects a contemporary American lifestyle, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock 'n roll, playing baseball and smoking Camel cigarettes, but who still depends on his parents for money.
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