Piccolo's lyrics immediately set the stage for a story given further illumination via William Friedkin's evocative music video. (It was one of two songs on Self Control from Bigazzi.) Unlike the exultant "Gloria," though, "Self Control" was much darker in hue. The title track was crafted by Steve Piccolo and Raffaele Riefoli with "Gloria" composer Giancarlo Bigazzi. "The Lucky One" played to her strengths, from a sensual whisper to a theatrical belt. For this drama, Roberts (who had already written songs for Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer and collaborated with Bette Midler and Burt Bacharach) crafted an uncommon story of a girl whose "soul was strong, her heart was tough." The lyrics could have been describing Branigan, for whom he tailored it. Songwriter Bruce Roberts penned its opening track "The Lucky One" for the television film An Uncommon Love, in which a college professor begins a relationship with a student earning tuition money by working as a prostitute. Self Control, arranged by Robbie Buchanan and Harold Faltermeyer and co-produced by Buchanan and Jack White, remains one of the most potent examples of the late vocalist's art. It's now been remastered and expanded as a 2-CD set from Cherry Pop in association with Other Half Entertainment, due on July 10. It set the stage for Branigan 2, another Gold record which spun off the enduring singles "Solitaire" and "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You." But it was Laura's third LP, 1984's Self Control, which became her most successful and earned her a Platinum certification. A dance party anthem for a post-disco age, "Gloria" helped propel the singer's debut album, Branigan, to top 40 status and a Gold sales certification. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (held from the top spot by Lionel Richie's "Truly") but spent 36 weeks on the chart, establishing a new record for a solo female artist. But the tune is identical.Laura Branigan became an overnight sensation with the release of 1982's "Gloria." Her throbbing adaptation of Umberto Tozzi's Italian hit not only reached No. Three years later, Brainagan rewrote the lyrics in English, changing the story from a woman that Tozzi is dreaming of meeting one day to a girl who’s running faster than her dreams can keep up with her. Tozzi is a huge star in Italy and ‘Gloria’ has been a hit there since release. Ok I’m going to give it to you with no sugar coating – Laura’s version is an almost exact cover of Umberto Tozzi’s ‘Gloria’ from 1979. It’s about a woman pulled into the ‘night world’ of S&M and orgies and losing her self-control…not something that MTV could play until 11pm at night! The video for Laura’s version was scandalous and was played on MTV only after cuts were agreed. That summer, the original by Raf and the cover by Branigan fought each other across Europe for top honours, but Laura won out in the UK & US. Her’s is a kick-ass dance floor filler and immediately went ballistic. Sadly, the original ‘Self Control’ is an ItalDisco English ballad, by an Italian singer called Raf, released in early ’84, three months before Laura’s cover version. My memory is like an elephant’s, I tell you! …….now, if I only could remember why I came into this room…. I remember my friend saying, “hey you have to listen to this new song, killer hai”. I first heard it in a car in May ‘85, enroute to Vasant Vihar from Kashmere Gate, while canvassing for the DCE college elections. Self-Control is one of the most remembered songs of my late college years in Delhi. I am devastated and am off to re-examine all the things I’ve held to be true in my life, like May 29th is “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge” day……whaddya mean its not… ‘All India Radio’ hid this information from us. Only to discover recently that it was yet another one of life’s illusions – both are covers of very popular Italian songs. Like you, I’ve grown up believing that both these were Branigan originals.
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We all know the lyrics & I bet we’ve sung them at full volume at some time in our youth. Two of these – ‘Self-Control’ & ‘Gloria’ – were huge in India. Laura Branigan had four spectacular hits in her short life.
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