Vedo nero is a single by the Reggio Emilia singer Zucchero Fornaciari, published on 22 April 2011 by the Polydor record label, belonging to the concept album Chocabeck.
The song, written by the singer together with Mimmo Cavallo and produced by Zucchero himself together with Don Was, was extracted as the third single (fourth international) from the album Chocabeck. The text praises the theme of sex, as in other songs by the bluesman, also quoting the song Jamín-a by Fabrizio De André in the expression “where there is hair, there is love”.
On the song, Zucchero stated:
«Vedo nero is irony, joy, rhythm… All on an overwhelming carpet of strings, created with the collaboration of Davide Rossi, who had already collaborated with Brian Eno, Coldplay and Verve. If you say “I see black” you think of a depressed person who sees everything black but, in this case, it’s the opposite.»
(Sugar)
The song, which became a summer hit in 2011,has a Spanish version, published only in 2017 in the Wanted (The Best Collection) collection, entitled Veo negro. It also has an English version titled Devil in My Mirror contained in the English version of Chocabeck.
