"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" is a famous Italian song by artist Adriano Celentano. The lyrics meaning "The boy from Gluck Street" were by Luciano Beretta and Miki Del Prete and music by Celentano himself. It was released in 1966 as a double-A side single by Celentano alongside "Chi era lui". The lyrics for the latter were by Mogol and Miki Del Prete and music by Paolo Conte. "Il ragazzo della via Gluck/Chi era lui" single was arranged by Detto Mariano.
It became a favourite song in France when covered by Eddy Marnay with French lyrics as "La maison où j'ai grandi". Marnay translated the lyrics from Italian to French.
"La maison où j'ai grandi" was also performed more famously by Françoise Hardy and it appears on her album La maison où j'ai grandi. The album was released without title and is identified chiefly by the song it carries, its major success. Hardy had admired Celentano's autobiographical song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" having seen him perform it at San Remo in January 1966.
Looking back at the song in 2004, she said she felt an emotion of sadness at the time she heard the song for her mother (an accountant's assistant), who had raised Françoise and her younger sister alone. The lyrics in French were reflection of her life she admitted: "Quand je me tourne vers mes souvenirs/ je revois la maison ou j'ai grandi./ Il me revient des tas de choses..."
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