Ciao! (song)
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| "Ciao!" | |
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| Song by Lush featuring Jarvis Cocker | |
| from the album Lovelife | |
| Released | 5 March 1996 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:31 |
| Label | 4AD |
| Songwriter(s) | Miki Berenyi |
| Producer(s) |
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"Ciao!" is a song by English alternative rock band Lush from their 1996 album, Lovelife. Written as a duet sung from the perspective of a breakup, the song was written by Miki Berenyi with Jarvis Cocker of Pulp making a guest appearance to sing the male vocals.
"Ciao!" was never released as a single, but saw positive critical reception and has been performed live, with one performance featuring Ian Astbury of the Cult as the male vocalist.
"Ciao!" notably features Jarvis Cocker of Pulp dueting with Lush vocalist Miki Berenyi. According to Berenyi, she first met Cocker and Pulp in 1991, when the then-obscure Pulp performed as Lush's support act. Berenyi recalled, "[Pulp] absolutely blew me away and I became a regular at their gigs over the next several years."[1]
Berenyi had written the song as a duet after Lush drummer Chris Acland jokingly asked to sing a song on the new album.[2] Ultimately, Acland declined and Cocker provided guest vocals, possibly because, according to Berenyi, he was amused by the demo of the song, which featured Berenyi singing the male part in a low voice.[3]
Cocker did two takes of the vocals after calming his nerves with brandy, contributing his spoken word part in the song's middle section.[3]