SLOVENIA – 2005 entrant for Slovenia, Omar Naber released a cover version of MAMMA MARIA, the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest entry from Italy performed by Ricchi e Poveri
SONG INFO
“Mamma Maria” is a song composed by Cristiano Minellono and Dario Farina and performed by the Europop group Ricchi e Poveri. The single was an international hit, which charted in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Belgium.
The song was later covered by several artists, including Marรญa Abradelo, James Last, Franz Lambert, Willy Sommers and Grupa 777. In 2006 the success of the song revamped in Italy as it was used for a series of Parmigiano-Reggiano commercials.
ARTIST INFO
Naber was born on 7 July 1981 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, then still part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His father, Samir Naber originates from Jordan and is a dentist by profession working in Ljubljana. His mother, Alenka Naber, is a Slovenian and works as a piano teacher. Like his parents, he was raised, Christian.
He finished high school diploma as a dental technician and even did six months internship, but soon realized that this is not what he really wants to do in his life. He is actively involved in music since the age of 16 when he joined Veter (Wind), a mixed choir of Ljubljana high schools.
The main inspiration for him becoming a musician was because of Green Day.
LYRICS
Un gatto bianco con gli occhi blu
un vecchio vaso sulla tv.
Nell’aria il fumo delle candele
due cuance rosse rosse come mele.
Ha un filtro contro la gelosia
e una ricetta per l’allegria.
Legge it destino ma nelle stelle
e poi ti dice solo cose belle.
Ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
Ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma.
Nel mio futuro che cosa see’e’
saebbe bello se fossi un re.
Cosi’ la biando americaca
o si innamora o la trasformo in rana.
Io muoio dalla curiosita’
ma dimmi un po’ la verita’.
Voglio sapere se questo amore
sara’ sincero sara’ con tutto il cuore.
Ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
Non ho una lira pero’ vorrei
comprare il cielo per darlo a lei.
Ci devi dare un po’ di fortuna
e insieme al cielo compriamo anche la
luna.
Ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
ma ma ma Mamma Maria ma
