Together with Eros Ramazzotti, Adriano Celentano sings the ballad about the street in the outskirts of Milan where Celentano grew up. The street once abutted fields, but over time all the green was built on or paved over. The Via Gluck is named after the 18th century composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Legendary Genoese musician Fabrizio De André sings a ballad about a fisherman who shares his bread and wine with a murderer.

Roman singer-songwriter Mirkoeilcane sings about migration, from the point of view of a seven-year old kid who just wants to play ball.

Mudimbi is an Italian-Congolese rapper. “Il Mago” [The Wizard] is the song he sang at the 2018 Sanremo Festival.

Here are some great lyrics for learning Italian. The video clip is actually a song within a short, inane, comedy. Just about every Italian knows the name Gianni Morandi. He's a very famous and well-loved singer-songwriter and entertainer, and even starred in a TV series called Voglia di Volare (the desire to fly), so the song may very well be a thinly veiled reference to that show. The original song Volare is one of the most famous Italian pop songs of all time.

Lorenzo Baglioni, a Tuscan pop star, sings a tune on il congiuntivo (the subjunctive). He remarks that the subjunctive is particularly useful for lovers. Note that the Italian subjunctive, out of context, can have various different solutions in English, and sometimes doesn't correspond at all.

"One Step Away from Me" was written by Fabio Ilacqua and arranged by Adriano Celentano and Celso Valli. Celentano and Mina sing about two lovers trapped between reason and emotion.

The song dates to 1991, when Lorenzo Jovannoti was still working as a deejay.

As you can see from the video, Max Gazzè seems to be singing to a mannequin. The song is from the album Maximilian, and was published in 2016.

The Piccolo Coro Antoniano sing a Christmas song with quotes from English and German favorites.

Paola Turci first sang "Bambini" at the 1989 Sanremo Festival. The song is an indictment of child exploitation and an atypical song for Sanremo. She's joined by Marina Rei in this video.

Jovanotti sings about an eternal Saturday night, where people dance and have fun. When you think it's over, it starts up again... What he's really trying to say is open to interpretation.

Alex Britti is a very well-known Italian guitarist and singer. Here, he sings a very personal song, Oggi sono io (Today I'm me). The lyrics are straightforward and easy to grasp.

Cesare Cremonini sings about his Vespa (one of the earliest and best loved motor scooters).

Laura presents her single Non ho mai smesso (I never stopped) in the middle of the Piazza Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Milan.

This was Gianna Nannini's first hit song in 1979. The popular song with its provocative lyrics is aimed at an adult audience.

"Rosso Relativo" ("Relative Red") is one of Tiziano Ferro's greatest hits, and is the title song from his 2002 album. He uses an interesting series of verbs in the imperfetto, a tense that doesn't always match up with one tense in English. It's all relative!

Alice's winning entry in the 1981 Sanremo Music Festival, "Per Elisa, (for Elisa)" is performed live in concert in this video. You may even want to sing along with these clear, easy lyrics and catchy tune. The title refers to the name of a woman, but also to the famous piano piece by Beethoven, known as "Für Elise," whose theme can be discerned from time to time in the song.

In Italia (In Italy) is a single by Italian rapper Fabri Fibra, from the album Bugiardo (Liar), released in 2007, and features special guest artist, Gianna Nannini. This piece highlights many of the problems of contemporary Italy, such as unemployment and corruption.

Jovanotti's message couldn't be clearer in this video of "Penso Positivo" (I think positive).

Carmen Consoli performs one of her hit songs, Amore di Plastica (Love made of plastic) live, for an audience of fans.

Great and easy-to-understand lyrics in this romantic hit song by cantautore (singer-songwriter) Eros Ramazzotti

You'll want to sing along with Nina Zulli as she cries her heart out in "Cinquantamila lacrime" ("Fifty-Thousand Tears"), a hit song from 2009, made even more famous as the theme song from a 2010 film by Ferzan Özpetek, Mine vaganti (English title, Loose Cannons). Great lyrics, great melody, great rhythm!

Cos'è normale (What's normal?) is a song by Danilo Pao and Enrico Sognato, that questions what "normal" means in terms of how people live their lives. It's presented here in a music video where the camera, placed on the dashboard of different cars, captures the faces of the drivers and passengers, some of whom are members of the group Zero Assoluto, Salvatore Gioia, and the composers, who are singing the song.