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It went on to reach No.
1 in Austria and has since become an Italo-disco playlist staple around the world.
We were just writing music, he recalls of La Biondas studio heyday.
We never meant to be too deep.
It was a fun surprise to hear One for You, One for Me inThe Brutalist.
I think his name is James Taylor.
Of course, the musician James Taylor is one of my idols.
I understood this was a different person.
But I would have preferred James Taylor, the musician.
Have you seen the final cut yet?Not yet.
I hear people are jumping and dancing at the end of the movie.
So Im very curious to watch it and get that same feeling.
And Im trying to imagine what it is.
Im curious to know.
But let me tell you something funny.
My very first office in Milan was a brutalist building, theTorre Velasca.
Its a fantastic building, but it breaks the rules.
Thats a wild coincidence.And there are other coincidences.
Thats funny, right?
Because now the movie has won a Golden Globe award.
Even Lady Gaga came in for a short time.
They just wanted Italian bel canto music.
Dance music is mainly bass and drums.
But the bassline is very important.
In our song, I found that I was singing along to the bassline.
I said, it sounds like the words, one for you, one for me.
The lyrics writer, Richard William Palmer-James, who was a former member of Supertramp, didnt like it.
He said, No, it doesnt mean anything!
I said, I dont care that it doesnt mean anything.
People dont need to understand.
Hes got a bachelors of English literature, so, you know.
But this song was just a way to reach all the people who are sitting around in a crowd.
And when the song comes on, they all come up and dance.
Its really does make you want to move.
I hear that its played in clubs, I hear its playing on summer vacations.
But to clear up one point, La Bionda werent the ones who started Italo-disco.
The scene started after us.
But not Italo-disco, that was something where they needed afterwards to put a label on the shelves.
Where should we put these records?
We always paid attention to our productions.
We had another world-famous hit called Vamos a la playa.
We produced it in Spanish, because the Spanish language is spoken all around the world.
So we had a couple of Italian guys singing in Spanish and it was a huge hit single.
We like to appeal to the world.
With the cost of production, why not attempt to get the world, and not just Italy?
Your brother passed away in 2022.
What do you think he would have thought of all this?Its a very nice question.
I know my brother would be happy.
Ive experienced so much in my life.
But Im so happy now that my music is part of such an important film.
Life might get crazier this weekend if your song ends up in an Oscar-winning movie.Im sure it will.
I thank God, I thank everybody.
