Ma il cielo è sempre più blu

In spite of its length, which led to the then unusual choice of releasing the song cut in two parts as A-side and B-side, the song was the first commercial success of Gaetano;^[1][2] first a radio hit in the emerging Italian private radio stations, the song eventually was certified platinum, selling over 100,000 copies.^[2] The song's lyrics inspired the film Bits and Pieces (Il cielo è sempre più blu in Italian).^[1]

In 2009, Giusy Ferreri released a cover version of the song as lead single of her album Fotografie.^[3]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the song was covered as "Ma il cielo è sempre blu" by the supergroup Italian Allstars 4 Life, as a charity single in support of the Italian Red Cross. The group consisted of Alessandra Amoroso, Annalisa, Arisa, Baby K, Claudio Baglioni, Benji & Fede [it], Loredana Bertè, Boomdabash, Carl Brave, Michele Bravi, Bugo, Luca Carboni, Simone Cristicchi, Gigi D'Alessio, Cristina d'Avena, Fred De Palma, Diodato, Dolcenera, Elodie, Emma Marrone, Fedez, Giusy Ferreri, Fabri Fibra, Fiorello, Francesco Gabbani, Irene Grandi, Il Volo, Izi, Paolo Jannacci, J-Ax, Emis Killa, Levante, Lo Stato Sociale, Fiorella Mannoia, Marracash, Marco Masini, Ermal Meta, Gianni Morandi, Fabrizio Moro, Nek, Noemi, Rita Pavone, Piero Pelù, Max Pezzali, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari, Pupo, Raf, Eros Ramazzotti, Francesco Renga, Samuel, Francesco Sarcina, Saturnino, Umberto Tozzi, Ornella Vanoni and Rino Gaetano's nephew Alessandro.^[4]