Besides giving the name to the 1975 album and single, Yuppi du is also an Italian comedy-drama directed by Adriano Celentano who not only played the lead role, but wrote it, produced it, and scored it as well. The ambitious project paid off when the movie was accepted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and and it has since then become a cult classic in Italy. The album was successful as well, and its title track was a n.1 hit. It has never been cleared what Celentano meant with the two made-up words “Yuppi Du”.



Lyrics

Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du
Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du

There’s a fragrance of love in the air
It’s penetrating far deep in my heart
And the star it was reborn in the sky
And it died the day she went away

Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du
Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du

I feel the sound of a thousand colours
Which paints this scene this act of love
I hear the music that comes from the water
That rises from bowels of the earth

Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du
Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du

Now before me a cemetery do I see
Where all the arms of war are buried deep
And from the heavens descends a grand feast
Where all the nations of the world are united

Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du
Yuppi du yuppi du yuppi du
Yuppi du-i-du yuppi du…