Linda (Pooh song)

"Linda" (Beautiful) is a song by Italian rock band, Pooh. It was composed by Roby Facchinetti and Valerio Negrini some time before, but was released in 1976, and became the lead single on the album, Poohlover.

It seems that the song is inspired by the American model Linda Larsen, who appeared in I Pooh's television special filmed in Sperlonga in 1975, on the occasion of the album Un po' del nostra tempo and broadcast by RAI on 3 October of that year.

The song was presented at Festivalbar 1976, and was the group's first recording after the breakup with their producer, Giancarlo Lucariello, who generally opposed the development of rock arrangements.

Miguel Bosé version
Translated into Spanish, Linda also achieved widespread popularity in Spain and South America thanks to the version by Miguel Bosé, who was a little-known singer at the time, but who would soon make headlines.

Linda is the title-track to Bosé's debut album, a record in which other Italian songs translated into Spanish were featured. Pooh also recorded a Spanish version, still titled "Linda", but with different lyrics than Bosé's version.

Miguel Bosé and Malú version
In 2012 a version featuring Malú, a Spanish multi-selling singer, was released as the first single from his second duets album Papitwo (2012). The song was released for digital download on September 3, 2012.