“Diamante ” is a 1989 song composed by Francesco De Gregori (lyrics), Zucchero Fornaciari, Mino Vergnaghi and Matteo Saggese [it] (music) and performed by Zucchero Fornaciari.
The song, a portrait of the Italian post-war and of the ordinary life in the Po Valley countryside of the time, is dedicated to Diamante Arduini Fornaciari, the grandmother of the singer. Zucchero asked his friend De Gregori to write the lyrics as he feared to be overly involved, and to compose something corny.
A track of the 1989 album Oro Incenso & Birra, the song was first released as a single in 1990, and was re-released in 1991 in an English-language duet version with Randy Crawford, which was included on Crawford’s 1992 album Through the Eyes of Love. In 1994, Zucchero recorded a Spanish-language version of the song, with lyrics translated and adapted by Fito Páez.
Artists who covered the song include Mia Martini, Anna Oxa and Fabio Concato.
