Gianluca Zanna’s Rock Inspired Smash Gets a Dance-Infused Makeover, “I Want to Forget You (Dance Remix)”
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When we first covered the “I Want to Forget You – Brian Reeves Mix”, we marveled at Gianluca Zanna’s seamless departure from his slickly produced dance-infused electropop stylings as this song possessed a hard-edged rock sound replete with a barrage of surging electric guitars and bellowing vocals…pure rock energy delivered with a fervent zest.
The kinetic and gritty soundscape of the song also captured the intensity of the wavering emotions and internal conflicts that can ensue from the turbulence of a romance in flux. Let’s revisit what Gianluca revealed about the underlying concept and backstory of the song…
A true love story, as all the songs I write come from real-life experiences and emotional drama. A bitter-sweet love story with the woman who stole my heart and at the same time I was conflicted. It happened 12 years ago and I wrote this song on the road while I was driving from Los Angeles back to Arizona. Simone Sello helped me arrange it and he created a powerful guitar rock sound. Now, 12 years later Brian Reeves just remixed it and I have released it with my new record label Zanna Records. A dance version is coming next month.
Gianluca Zanna
Well! As he promised, Gianluca has dropped the dance remix for this provocatively compelling song…. welcome the “I Want to Forget You (Dance Remix)” and what a gem it is as it maintains the raw, aural rock energy of the original version while also injecting an additional dose of vibrancy with its dance elements, starting with the lively kick and snare pattern and pulsating bass line. It’s an incredible mesh to hear as the guitar sections still stand out prominently layered with the aforementioned elements and a bevy of synthesized, ethereal instrumentation.
Lauding the top-notch production and arrangement on the remix, I’m equally impressed with how the commanding vocal performance still cuts through the wondrous hodgepodge of instruments and sounds….standing prominently in the mix and conveying the emotions of the lyrical content with clarity and an enthralling presence, particularly, in the inflections and emotiveness delivered in the hook. It lends a hand to the already catchy nature of the chorus and remains in your head long after listening.
I want to forget you
Source: Excerpt from the chorus of “I Want to Forget You”: Gianluca Zanna
I know I will regret you
If there is a way, I am going to find it
I want to forget you
I wish I never met you
If there is a way, I am going to find it
As we noted in our original coverage of the original version, the illustrious nature of the lyrics allows you a glimpse into Gianluca’s emotions spurred on by the events and circumstances of this broken romance and enhances the appeal of the song. It makes it extremely relatable and easy to engage with as the words ring out.
“I Want to Forget You (Dance Remix)” is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify and YouTube links below). Stream it on repeat! playlist it and save it to your Favorites Library! You can also check out a host of other tremendous Gianluca Zanna songs and remixes on his Spotify profile.
Scroll further down below to also connect with and learn more about Gianluca Zanna in the Connect and Bio sections, plus check out the full-length lyrics so you can follow along in step with the track. Enjoy!
“I Want to Forget You (Dance Remix)” Credits
- Music & Lyrics by Gianluca Zanna
- Guitars by Simone Sello
- Mixed by Brian Reeves
- Special thanks Marco Zanna
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I Want to Forget You (Dance Remix)
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Connect with Gianluca Zanna
- Website: GianlucaZanna.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zannarecords
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gianlucazanna/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GianlucaZannaMusic
More About Gianluca Zanna
Gianluca Zanna’s own musical journey began in Italy, where he was born in Rome. After what was in many respects an idyllic early childhood near the sea, listening to his grandfather’s serenades, soaking in the cinematic epic musical scores and fantasy in his family’s movie theatre, he went to a much more sterile and even harsh environment–boarding school. From the young age of 10, he grew up in the Italian National Boarding School “Convitto Nazionale,” and then through the elite Military Academy Nunziatella, the oldest Military School in the world. During his Convitto Nazionale boarding school experience, Gianluca discovered the magic of music–he could fly away to another universe. From that point on, instead of playing soccer, he wrote songs–both lyrics and melody. He serendipitously found some old instruments in the attic of the school, and using them, he taught himself how to play a bit of guitar, bass and drum.
At that same time, as a young teenager, Gianluca studied Ancient Latin and Ancient Greek, where he discovered a love for the great Italian poets of the classical past, like Ovid, Catullus, and Petrarch, leading to Dante and then D’Annunzio; he admired their ability to transmit feelings and pictures in a few brief phrases as a way to fight for what they believed in whether it be love, freedom, or another of their humanist values. Every spare moment, inspired, he found happiness writing his own poetry in a special little notebook, filling it with what became lyrics to his songs.
When Luca grew up in Italy in boarding schools and he was dreaming to become a songwriter and emigrate to America, he was listening to the work of Brian Reeves, a world-famous record producer and sound engineer among his credits Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Billy Idol, U2, Simple Minds. Today Brian Reeves has mixed some of his latest songs like “I Want to Know”, “Storm”, “I AM” and “The Other Side of my Heart Remix”
Lyrics for “I Want to Know (Are You the One)”
I want to forget you,
I know I will regret you, if there is a way, I am going to find it…
I want to forget you,
I wish I never met you, if there is a way, I am going to find it…
It’s been so long, since I have felt what you make me feel,
it’ll be too long, before I’ll feel it again…
It’s been so long, since I have found somebody like you,
it’ll be too long, before I’ll love again…
I could just to tell you, that we could just be friends,
I could just tell you, that’s not the end,
I could just say, a simple lie,
but I cannot hurt you, oh baby I’d rather die,
I want to forget you,
I know I will regret you, if there is a way I am going to find it…
I want to forget you,
I wish I never met you, if there is a way I am going to find it…
For a night with you, I’d would give all my life,
For a life with you, I would give my eternity,
I want to forget you,
I know I will regret you, if there is a way I am going to find it…
I want to forget you,
I wish I never met you, if there is a way I am going to find it…
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