Via con me
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| name = Via con me
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| type = song
| artist = Paolo Conte
| album = Paris milonga
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| released = 1981
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| genre = Jazz
| length =3:15
| label = RCA Italiana
| writer = Paolo Conte
| producer = Lilli Greco
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"Via con me" ({{Translation|Away with me}}), also known as "Via con me (It's wonderful)", is a 1981 Italian song composed and performed by Paolo Conte.
Background
The song is considered one of Conte's signature songs.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Dizionario delle canzoni italiane|publisher=Elle U|isbn=8888169016|chapter=Via con me
}} Although the album which included it, Paris milonga, did not sell very well at the time of its release, it later became a long-seller thanks to the song's popularity. The song's lyrics include some of Conte's major themes, such as life in a small town, existentialism, and desire to escape into the unknown.
Cover versions of the song were recorded among others by Neri per Caso and Roberto Benigni, which included his version in his directorial debut film Tu mi turbi.{{cite news |last1=Micucci |first1=Matt |title=A Short History of … "Via Con Me" |url=https://www.jazziz.com/a-short-history-of-via-con-me/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=JAZZIZ Magazine |date=23 January 2019}} The song was included in many other film soundtracks, notably Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants (1989),{{cite news |last1=Bonnaud |first1=Frédéric |title=Selection. Vacances heureuses. "Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants".Pascal Thomas. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/medias/1996/07/16/selection-vacances-heureuses-les-maris-les-femmes-les-amantspascal-thomas_177035/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Libération |date=16 July 1996 |language=fr}} French Kiss (1995), A Couch in New York (1996),{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Adrian |title=Reviews: A Couch in New York |url=https://www.filmcritic.com.au/reviews/c/couch_new_york.html |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=FilmCritic.com.au |date=December 1997}} Mostly Martha (2001),{{cite book |last1=Sommers |first1=Cecily |title=Think Like a Futurist: Know What Changes, What Doesn't, and What's Next |date=2012 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-23917-9 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4r0kDWKv0nUC&dq=Via+con+me+++%22paolo+conte%22+%22Bella+Martha%22&pg=PA130 |language=en}} Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Marie and Bruce (2004),{{cite web |title=Marie e Bruce - Finchè divorzio non vi separi (2004) Colonna sonora |url=https://banda-sonora.com/it/movie/marie-e-bruce-finch%C3%A8-divorzio-non-vi-separi/11646 |website=Banda Sonora |access-date=15 January 2023 |language=it}} No Reservations (2007),{{cite journal |title=Films: No Reservations |journal=Sight and Sound |date=2007 |volume=17 |publisher=British Film Institute |language=en}} Elvis and Anabelle (2007),{{cite news |last1=Brunette |first1=Peter |title=Elvis And Anabelle |url=https://www.screendaily.com/elvis-and-anabelle/4031594.article |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Screen Daily|date=22 March 2007 |language=en}} SMS für Dich (2016){{cite news |last1=Kraft |first1=Katja |title="SMS für dich": Noch ein Märchen vom Prenzlberg |url=https://www.hna.de/kultur/tv-kino/sms-dich-noch-maerchen-prenzlberg-zr-6748728.html |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=HNA |date=15 September 2016 |language=de}} and Deep Water (2022), in which was performed on the piano by Ana de Armas.{{cite news |last1=Di Niola |first1=Gabriele |title=Acque profonde: vieni per Ana de Armas, rimani (ahimé) per le risate |url=https://www.esquire.com/it/cultura/film/a39460231/acque-profonde-ana-de-armas/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Esquire |date=19 March 2022 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Jordan |title=Deep Water Soundtrack: Every Song In The Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/deep-water-movie-soundtrack-songs/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Screen Rant |date=18 March 2022 |language=en}} The Rai 3 television show Vieni via con me was named after it, and had "Via con me" as opening song.{{cite news |title=Vieni via con me |url=https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/vieni-via-con-me.aspx |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Famiglia Cristiana|language=it-IT |date=8 November 2010}}{{cite news |title=Sulle Note Di Paolo Conte…"Vieni Via Con Me" Di Fabio Fazio E Roberto Saviano |url=https://www.corrieresalentino.it/2010/11/sulle-note-di-paolo-conteportami-via-con-te-di-fabio-fazio-e-roberto-saviano/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Corriere Salentino |date=8 November 2010 |language=it-IT}}
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