Che sarà (What it will be) is an Italian song, written by Italian authors Jimmy Fontana and Franco Migliacci and interpreted by José Feliciano and the Ricchi e Poveri group, which was played at the 1971 edition of Festival di Sanremo where it scored the second place. In the version of José Feliciano it was successful both in Italy and in some countries of the Center and Eastern Europe and it became very popular in other countries of the Middle East up to Japan.[1] It became even more of success in the version that José Feliciano himself recorded in Spanish with the title Que serà for Spain and the whole Center and South America. It also reached the classifications of Scandinavian countries under the English version Shake a Hand which however missed the top 10 American classification where it was launched at the same time in 1971.[2]
The text of the song, which tells the sadness of a man who has been forced to leave his native village (Paese mio che stai sulla collina disteso come un vecchio addormentato, Oh my village staying on the hill laid down like an old sleeping man, has been inspired by Cortona, a Tuscanian town which was very dear to the text author Franco Migliacci, who has spent there many years of his life.[3] Instead, for the song composer Jimmy Fontana the song is devoted to Bernalda[4] However, it is just curious that the reported story corresponds a lot to the personal history of José Feliciano, who was born in the hilly village of Lares in Porto Rico, and who left it for New York just like many other Latin American and Portorican people to seek fortune in the USA. In fact the song in the Spanish version is considered as a "hymn to the immigration" of the Latin population[5]
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_sar%C3%A0