"Gloria" lyrics
"Gloria"
(originally by Umberto Tozzi)
Gloria, you're always on the run now
Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow
I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it
I think you're headed for a breakdown. So, be careful not to show it
You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Gloria?
Gloria, don't you think you're falling?
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody calling?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line
Oh-oh-oh, calling Gloria
Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got the alias (Gloria) that you've been living under (Gloria)
But you really don't remember, was it something that they said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Gloria?
A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, Gloria, how's it gonna go down?
Will you meet him on the main line, or will you catch him on the rebound?
Will you marry for the money, take a lover in the afternoon?
Feel your innocence slipping away, don't believe it's comin' back soon
And you really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Gloria?
Gloria, don't you think you're falling?
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody calling?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line
Oh-oh-oh, calling Gloria
Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria)
I think they got the alias (Gloria) that you've been living under (Gloria)
But you really don't remember, was it something that they said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Gloria?
(Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, Gloria)
(Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, Gloria)
Writer(s): Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi
In many countries, Laura Branigan's version was even more popular than the Umberto Tozzi's original, e.g. it was number 1 in Germany, while the original Italian version was number 2.
This lyrics are not the direct translation on the original Italian ones. The Canadian songwriter Trevor Veitch worked on Laura Branigan's version. The original keyboardist of Umberto Tozzi, Greg Mathieson, arranged the music for her version.
Laura Branigan told In Newsweekly about this track, "It was the gay audience that first picked it up, and it was playing on clubs all over the country. The gay community took it and ran with it because a lot of radio stations just thought that it was too European."
"Gloria" stayed for 36 weeks in the Top 100.
Laura Branigan also covered another Umberto Tozzi's song, "Ti Amo", on her album "Self Control" (1984).
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album:
"Branigan 2" (1983)