Occidentali's Karma (English: Westerners' karma) was the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev performed by Francesco Gabbani. It won the 2017 Sanremo Music Festival, and became the Italian Eurovision entry after Gabbani accepted the invitation to participate.
Going into the contest, it was deemed the hottest of hot favorites, winning many online fan polls in dominant fashion and topping the odds with bookmakers for many months.
As Italy is a member of the Big Five, it was already qualified for the final, and Francesco previewed his song in the first semifinal along with those from Spain and United Kingdom. In the final, it was performed 9th following Hungary and preceding Denmark. At the close of voting, it finished in 6th place with 334 points.
Lyrics[]
Essere o dover essere
Il dubbio amletico
Contemporaneo come l'uomo del neolitico
L'intelligenza è démodé
Risposte facili
Dilemmi inutili
Ah-Ah-Ah cercasi (cerca sì)
Storie dal gran finale
Sperasi (spera sì)
Comunque vada panta rei
And singing in the rain
Lezioni di Nirvana
C'è il Buddha in fila indiana
Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria.
La folla grida un mantra
L'evoluzione inciampa
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma
Occidentali's Karma
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma
Ah-Ah-Ah cercasi (cerca sì)
Umanità virtuale
Sex appeal (sex appeal)
Comunque vada panta rei
And singing in the rain
Lezioni di Nirvana
C'è il Buddha in fila indiana
Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria
La folla grida un mantra
L'evoluzione inciampa
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma
Occidentali's Karma
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma.
Quando la vita si distrae cadono gli uomini.
Occidentali's Karma
Occidentali's Karma
La scimmia si rialza
Namasté... Alé!
Lezioni di Nirvana
C'è il Buddha in fila indiana
Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria.
La folla grida un mantra
L'evoluzione inciampa
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma.
Occidentali's Karma
La scimmia nuda balla
Occidentali's Karma
Om...
To be or have to be
The amletic doubt
Contemporary as the Neolithic man
Intelligence is bygone
Easy answers
Useless dilemmas
Ah-Ah-Ah wanted (wanted)
Stories with a happy ending
Hope to (hope yes)
Whatever happens, panta rei
And singing in the rain
Lessons of Nirvana
There's Buddha in single file
For everyone an hour of hair, of glory.
The crowd shouts a mantra
The evolution stumbles
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
Occidentals' Karma
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
Ah-Ah-Ah wanted (wanted)
Virtual humanity
Sex appeal (sex appeal)
Whatever happens, panta rei
And singing in the rain
Lessons of Nirvana
There's Buddha in single file
For everyone an hour of hair, of glory.
The crowd shouts a mantra
The evolution stumbles
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
Occidentals' Karma
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
When life gets distracted, men fall.
Occidentals' Karma
Occidentals' Karma
The monkey gets up
Namasté... Alé!
Lessons of Nirvana
There's Buddha in single file
For everyone an hour of hair, of glory.
The crowd shouts a mantra
The evolution stumbles
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
Occidentals' Karma
The naked monkey dances
Occidentals' Karma
Om...
Trivia[]
- The entire second verse was eliminated from the song for two reasons: to shorten the song to fit the Eurovision standard of three minutes, as well as a reference to Chanel, which would have been a violation of the rules regarding the use of brand names.
- Fatih Melek did a parody of the song called "Grande Cinque's Karma", a story about the struggles of the Big Five, with reference to Lena being the group's only winner, Molly's shocking placement in 2014 and France's recent change of fortune.
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