Rita Pavone, "My Name is Potato," 1977

I think it has something to do with America.

[@ciberaljaz]

I'll go to my grave claiming that this is the greatest song in the history of mankind!

[@savioursammut8334]

Whoever loses the innocence of childhood has lost a big part of oneself. Thank you Rita Pavone for this song. You prove to be versatile besides being a great singer with an energy that many envy.

[@cuckooclocker]

This is an italian saturday night variety show from 1977 Rai 1, "Rita ed io", she's one of the most popular italian pop stars ever, Rita Pavone, and the cartoon was from Bruno Bozzetto animator.

[@edwardmarker4371]

Thank you Alamo Drafthouse for bringing this song to my attention.

[@monotheistic]

Amen

[@stevejakab274]

The pre-show at the Drafthouse is always great. It's a damn shame other theaters don't emulate it, instead of showing ads.

[@sfrenato]

How the hell they dared to combine such a catchy jewel with the lyrics *_my name is potato_* is beyond imagination

[@boredcrab2]

i love how she SCREAMS the first line of the chorus

[@Beermensch]

I don’t know what she’s singing about but she sure as hell means it.

[@soficrece6401]

Praticamente Adriano Celentano l'ha copiato

[@OneWeirdDude]

Living proof that just about anything sounds cool with enough energy to it.

[@violentinstincts]

predicting the internet, 40 years before its time.

[@Deadjuice360]

This is pretty epic for a song about a potato.

[@HoopDeeDawg1990]

The world needs more potato songs...

[@jontyone]

Never heard of Rita before until I saw this clip on EXP TV...... Quite enjoyable, great for kids.

[@KoryGilesYT]

I really love her movie “Little Rita in the West”, which she also sung the title song for.

[@stefyghila6331]

Quanti ricordi questa canzone.Avevo il 45 giri

[@Uyarasuk]

Parole:
Ehi tu
(Who me?)
Sì sì sì tu
(Well, what do you wanna know? )
Tu sei la patata
(No, I'm not a patata, I'm a potato)
Oggi rinomata
(Rinomata? Hey that sounds good)
L’accento un pò straniero
(Yeah, yeah that’s true )
Dell’ americano impero
(Sure I’m an American potato)
Tu, woo- oo- tu
(That's me)
Tu sei un animale
( No…no… un animaleee)
Non mangi la carne, né erba , né uova
Ti nutri soltanto di terra sola
Tu… woo- oo -tu
Tu sei la patata
Se ti parlo la tua voce
Mi risponde stranamente con accento straniero:
My name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
[×4]
Hey tu …
(Me?)
Sì che tu
(What do you wanna know now?)
Tu sei la patata
(No, I’m not a patata! I’m a potato!)
Oggi rinomata
(You've told me that before)
L’accento un pò straniero
(Yeah, yeah, that's true)
Dell’ americano impero
(Because I'm from America, I'm American potato!)
Tu…wo-oo- tu
Tu sei un animale
Non mangi la carne, né erba, né uova
Ti nutri soltanto di terra sola
Tu…wo-oo- tu
Tu sei la patata
Se ti parlo la tua voce
Mi risponde stranamente con accento straniero:
My name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
Oh my name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
My name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
Tu…wo-oo- tu
Tu sei la patata
Se ti parlo la tua voce
Mi risponde stranamente con accento straniero:
(Here we go again)
My name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
Oh my name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
My name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato
Oh my name is Potato
Potato Potato Potato

[@marlucandixital9582]

Thanks to share the lyrics.

[@TheTurkaderr]

If my parents named me potato, they wouldn't live much longer once I became of age.

[@patavinity1262]

The most punk song of 1977

[@JonCallan1]

I've literally watched this like five times. I'm going to pitch it as a new Adult Swim show.

[@fogelogel8642]

Urbaniak might have already tried.

[@KittyAKitty]

Bellissima, avevo la cassettina...quanti ricordi.

[@Sternchen-nm4tv]

Rita ist so hübsch, mein Idol u ihre Stimme einzigartig 😘

[@nc7486]

"I need something to do..." *types 'my name is potato' into the youtube search bar* "omg... it's a thing..."

[@lemonscourge27]

Potatoes will rule the world and make us sing this song!

[@jamesdantzer8739]

All-time RUclips hall of fame.

[@prinitykat]

I saw this when i was little and i missed it to much thanks for posting this!

[@prinitykat]

+Princess Craft5 ok im weird

[@justinturner4681]

And how do you feel about it now?

[@andreagrandi03it]

Bellissima Rita... la guardavo sempre era la sigla del suo programma verso fine '70. Thank for posting!!!

[@ethanradd]

I was bored and just searched "What is potato" ...and here I am

[@FanFicnic]

Here because of Todd in the Shadows. Stayed because now I'm obsessed with all things Rita Pavone. Go watch "Palla Pallina" next.

[@tracypaxton1054]

That's the song I was going click on next, too. BTW, her version of Volare is the best.

[@dinosaurkt5857]

I think I'm a potato, looking for a Italian tomato

[@guillermovargas4020]

I don't know why but every time I hear this song it makes me smile

[@aldiakaroofus]

I met Mr. Manuli in person once, very nice man! I grew up watching his series of shorts Tofffsy!

[@stellamarisargento1690]

Magnifica y simpatiquisima RITA PAVONE !!!

[@Stonepanda1]

One of the best vids ever while stoned.

[@alex_roivas333]

look up a song called "Prisencolinensinainciusol' ... it's just gibberish that intentionally sounds like english. the italian guy who wrote it said that italians would listen to anything that sounds like its in english 😂

[@nellobronchi2077]

Un video molto carino ed insolito!

[@clownymoosebean]

I fuckin love this.

[@GeekwithaJewfro]

This looks like a rejected School House Rock video. Thanks for the link Yogscast.

[@Styxhexenhammer666]

Have you ever been so drunk you became a potato?

[@QoVoCGaming]

I saw it happen to someone once. But never myself.

[@joaquinsalgado4843]

No, just a glass of milk

[@iiii2993]

im potato morty

[@latinhero1818]

Ask Joe Biden

[@gsmontag]

Aren't you a lose r natzi?

[@tulioDshiroi]

She is beautier in this video than any photo I found on Google

[@maestro4music]

2012 and i still love my potato >=]

[@screamingfox5666]

Sonhei q tinha broxado, então a Rita veio e cantou pra ele e então 'ele' ficou todo alegrinho e pulante =3

[@carlotasso6324]

Favolosi anni '70!

[@jojonoir]

Anytime i cook potatoes i gotta sing!

[@Eddvard90]

MY NAME IS POTATO!!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

For me, it was "Incubus" that said everything I felt I needed to know about what a s--t life I may live! His works surely hits you in different ways.

[@LadyVeritas]

I can't stop watching...

[@moicano64]

this is an old italian song (very famous in late "70) about america power and potatoes......

[@70midatanto]

E' la sigla di un vecchio programma italiano intitolato Io e Rita". anno 1977

[@abstractturing751]

Manu Dolcenera confirmed.

[@orihoola]

@urbaniak , thank you for uploading. Where did you find it?

[@LucaPaguro2004]

💖💖💖💖

[@pluribus_unum]

Surely, #ColbertLateShow has been tipped to this. #ispotato

[@bradleyverkaik]

hell yeah.

[@cutiepuppy4427]

Thanks Todd

[@winonadamian8746]

This thing is so... Catchy......

[@veesonnets9457]

Love!

[@ryanwbourquin]

My brain is struggle long to process what my eyes and ears just experienced…what?????

[@jenmontalvo5425]

Day 6 of quarentine😐
I AM POTATO!!!

[@sandrogiambalvo5658]

just for as botanical accuracy potatoes are not from North America , but from the Andes region of South America. your welcome!!!

[@KittyAKitty]

Ma vai a cagare, enjoy the song and shut up.

[@luiseduardojardoncubos8874]

Rita is a little cute. I'm just realizing. She got, like, a Emma Stone thing.

[@flyingmobias]

This is what RUclips should have been

[@13Xerro]

Urbaniak is gonna be all like. "Why on earth is this video suddenly getting a huge amount of hits?!"

[@yousguys00]

sounds reasonable

[@CaptainGigawatts]

She kinda scared me when she first screamed her name

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

"Thank You Baked Potato: The Early Years."

[@veesonnets9457]

Amor!

[@specsocelot]

Wow, where did you find this gem of potato praising?

[@rochefort]

I'd love to see a My Name Is Potato mash up..

[@gsmontag]

Timmy boo sent me.

[@cute9470]

So goos

[@oro45]

I'm laughing as I read some of your opinions. It 's just a simple surreal song. You have no imagination. And without imagination we are all dead !

[@datasilv]

questa canzone piace molto me !

[@porcalorca]

ahaha la cosa che preferisco è la patata quando parla...con quella vociaccia : "..nooo..i'm no a patata i'm a potero !!

[@luckyseer]

When I grow up I want to be a potato!
-Honeydew

[@celiapinto9548]

Magnifica!

[@datasilv]

Rita, sei molto dolce...!

[@LondonMoscowwashington]

como es posible que del 65 al 77 haya envejecido tanto?????

[@oasisblues]

Noel Gallagher took me here

[@antoninovital696]

2012 Rita pavone

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

that's right, i'm an American potato!

[@marlucandixital9582]

Maybe from Idaho.

[@danwoodward23]

distorted view thanks

[@OSTkid]

At least it's better than the shit nowadays on MTV

[@1TAlien]

They got Americans pegged in this video.

[@christopherderrah3294]

sounds like a little song to help kids learn English

[@lexakoszegi3764]

yeah but I'm an old gal using it to learn Italian :-)

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Bravo!

[@pinkumiilku]

it's Italian…

[@xsonaonesta]

adoro!

[@whitedemai]

yesss!

[@celiapinto9548]

Bravíssima,Rita

[@nocturnGER]

... this is way to catchy for a song about potatos, it's scary D:

[@stevenfischer8447]

who wrote this song?

[@mirkorosset3510]

delirante

[@allanm93]

say that yet you've liked their hunger games highlights

[@yesbruvsistrasnonbinary]

About 1 hour after taking LSD this sort of thing happens

[@ACURAOCULTA]

Muito bom

[@Hrcak1]

Great song.

[@MorganLaVigne]

Anybody else think James ripped this off for Laid?

[@alexswifter4243]

Come ci sono finita qui?

[@ronl7131]

Lovely vid

[@deborahsuewho]

Hey Potato!

[@petercornswalled911]

This is one reason why drugs are a bad thing kids.

[@RaeGirlYeah]

MY NAME IS POTATOOOOO
Seriously though someone put an animation of Derby Squid to go with this song. Like, please.

[@Gdvolpi99]

Whats here name again??