Shpalman®

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| name = Shpalman®

| cover = Shpalman_cover.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Elio e le Storie Tese

| album = Cicciput

| released = {{start date|2003|05|9}}

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| genre = Comedy rock

| length = {{Duration|m=12|s=56}}

| label = Aspirine

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| prev_title = 'Fave strapazzate'

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = 'Fossi figo'

| next_year = 2003

}}

"Shpalman®"{{cite web|title=Shpalman®|url=http://elioelestorietese.it/dettaglio-prodotto/?product_id=121|website=ElioeleStorieTese.it|accessdate=5 September 2015|language=it|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905152051/http://elioelestorietese.it/dettaglio-prodotto/?product_id=121|archivedate=5 September 2015}} is a 2003 single by Elio e le Storie Tese featuring Max Pezzali, anticipating the album Cicciput.{{cite web|title=Shpalman (2003)|url=http://marok.org/Elio/Discog/shpalman.htm|website=Marok|date=9 May 2003 |accessdate=5 September 2015|language=it}}

In 2003, Elio e le Storie Tese won the Best Italian Videoclip award at the Italian Music Awards of Federation of the Italian Music Industry for the videoclip of the song.{{cite web|last1=Amore|first1=Maurizio|title=Elio e Le Storie Tese|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2013/01/15/spettacoli/festival-di-sanremo/2013/artisti-in-gara/artisti-big/elio-e-le-storie-tese-fm1mhID8fy6000ULqce23M/pagina.html|website=La Stampa|accessdate=22 August 2015|language=it|date=15 January 2013}}

In the same year, the band released a remixed vinyl record of the single titled "Shpalman® RMX", which sees the collaboration, among others, of Gabry Ponte.{{cite web|title=Shpalman RMX|url=http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=831|website=Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana|accessdate=5 September 2015|language=it}}

The song tells the story of a superhero that, to defeat evil people, douses their faces with excrement. It is written by the band's keyboard player Rocco Tanica, along with Italian singer Max Pezzali as a guest.{{Cite web |date=13 October 2018 |title=Un disco per il week end: "Cicciput" di Elio e le Storie Tese |url=https://www.ondamusicale.it/oggi-in-primo-piano/15392-un-disco-per-il-week-end-cicciput-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326101841/https://www.ondamusicale.it/oggi-in-primo-piano/15392-un-disco-per-il-week-end-cicciput-di-elio-e-le-storie-tese/ |archive-date=26 March 2022 |access-date=26 March 2022 |website=Onda Musicale |language=it-IT}} The music video is a parody of the Le Vibrazioni's "Dedicato a te" video.{{cite news |last1=Vincenti |first1=Laura |title=Le Vibrazioni, dopo 20 anni il remake di «Dedicato a te»: luoghi e personaggi lungo il Naviglio Pavese |url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/23_giugno_11/le-vibrazioni-dopo-20-anni-il-remake-di-dedicato-a-te-luoghi-e-personaggi-lungo-il-naviglio-pavese-39717054-bb22-4f2a-ab88-291e6189fxlk.shtml |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=11 June 2023 |language=it-IT}}