# The best Franco Battiato songs

From Centro di gravità permanente to La cura: the Battiato songs most voted by fans and most cited by magazines.

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- Jun 4, 2026 · showrunner_little
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## Top 15

1. **La cura** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997. From L'imboscata; perhaps his best-loved song.
2. **Centro di gravità permanente** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. From La voce del padrone, the first Italian album to sell a million copies.
3. **Povera patria** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1991. An invective against Italian politics; Tenco Prize.
4. **La stagione dell'amore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1983. From Orizzonti perduti.
5. **E ti vengo a cercare** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988. A song of love and spiritual search.
6. **Cuccurucucù** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Quotations and rhythm from La voce del padrone.
7. **Voglio vederti danzare** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1982. From L'arca di Noè.
8. **Bandiera bianca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Irony against consumer society.
9. **La canzone dell'amore perduto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A cover of Fabrizio De André, sung unforgettably.
10. **Prospettiva Nevski** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1980. A journey into Stravinsky's Russia.
11. **Summer on a Solitary Beach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Summer and solitude.
12. **Gli uccelli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Flight as a metaphor.
13. **Up Patriots to Arms** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1980. Political irony to a new wave beat.
14. **L'era del cinghiale bianco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. His first pop success.
15. **Shock in My Town** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. From Gommalacca.

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