Talk:Son of My Father

Wasn't this song in the British Hit Singles in the 1970s? Couldn't this information (including its highest chart position) go here? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:42, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Original Versions
the original english language version of "Son of My Father" was recorded by Giorgio himself, long before Chicory Tip's cover, released on Hansa single (cat# 10403 AT) summer 1971 in Germany. It was chosen only as the b-side of "I'm Free", because the song should be the next hit record for Michael Holm, with whom Moroder worked at that time as composer and producer, and they already had several Top 10 Hits in Germany. Michael Holm's version, "Nachts scheint die Sonne" (german lyrics by Holm, produced by Moroder), released on Ariola (cat# 10411 AT) at the same time as Giorgio's single, reached only no. 29 in the german charts in September 1971.

"Son of My Father" by Giorgio however was also issued in Spain (Ariola, cat# 14.983-A) in 1971, this time as a-side with a mainly instrumental version (Part 2) on side B. --92.224.85.56 (talk) 11:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)


 * When his song, made internationally popular by Chicory Tip, became a success, Moroder also released an Italian version as "Tu sei mio padre" (coupled with "Non ci sto", a version of his "Underdog") on Dischi Ricordi sir-hs 20164.

--78.54.50.236 (talk) 05:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Misheard lyrics
At the moment, the article says the following: "The Chicory Tip version includes audibly different lyrics to those written by Bellotte and recorded by Moroder, although it is unclear why, but it may be down to misheard lyrics on the part of vocalist Peter Hewson."

I'm not sure how to properly reference CD liner notes for Wikipedia articles, but this is confirmed to be the case according to producer Roger Easterby in the liner notes for the 1997 CD compilation "The Very Best of Chicory Tip" (Summit SUMCD 4099). Here is the relevant quote: "The other interesting fact about Chicory Tip's version of "Son of My Father" occurs in the song itself. As we had to produce the record as quickly and as secretly as possible we could not ask Eddie Levy for the written lyrics. So lead singer Peter Hewson had to learn the words from the Moroder record. And as they were not too clear certain passages were actually made up and vary a great deal from the original!"

Note: The 'secrecy' thing he mentions in the above quote is referring to the song being recorded and released quickly to get ahead of Giorgio Moroder's version in the UK charts, which Eddie Levy was representing. This is something Roger Easterby goes in detail about in the rest of the liner notes. On a side note, the correct lyrics (i.e. the ones Giorgio Moroder sang) were printed in the sheet music that was published at the time. 82.44.192.75 (talk) 19:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)