#Money longer lyrics series#

The Professor (Álvaro Morte) and Berlin (Pedro Alonso) sing it together in a flashback in Money Heist season 1's finale, after Oslo (Roberto Garcia) has been hit over the head and left terminally brain-damaged. Though 'Bella Ciao' is used to mark the happiest moment of the Royal Mint heist, it's also used to foreshadow death. 'Bella Ciao' means 'Goodbye, beautiful' in English, and the rest of the lyrics outline the reason for this goodbye. The version of 'Bella Ciao' sung by the Italian anti-fascist partisans in World War II (and by the gang in Money Heist) is actually an acceptance of impending death.

Though it seems like a joyful scene, Italian speakers may pick up on the darkness in the song's lyrics. The first time the gang sing 'Bella Ciao' in Money Heist season 1, it's a moment of victory after Moscow hits soil when digging a tunnel through a vault in the Royal Mint. 'Bella Ciao' has also been translated and recorded by a number of artists from around the world, including in Danish, German, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, and Kurdish, among several others. The songwriter is unknown, 'Bella Ciao' was originally 'Alla mattina appena alzata' and there are actually two versions of the lyrics for 'Bella Ciao.' The song dates back to as early as 1906, but was popularized in the late 19th century and became connected with all forms of protest, including as an anti-fascist theme during World War II. The original lyrics bemoan biting insects, a boss wielding a cane, and the loss of youth. 'Bella Ciao' became cemented as an Italian folk song following the mondina laborers protesting harsh working conditions, turning into a hymn for the exploited and a protest song against various systems, regimes, and power. A field worker was called a mondina, and the mondina version of 'Bella Ciao' is a lament about the back-breaking labor, terrible conditions and low pay that the mondine suffered through. Money Heist's 'Bella Ciao' song originated among the women who worked Italy's rice paddy fields in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Money Heist song embodies the show's theme of resistance, but its lyrics also serve as an omen of death - which the gang have encountered several times throughout their two major heists.

#Money longer lyrics series#

In Netflix's gripping Spanish crime series Money Heist, the central gang of daring robbers sing the Italian song 'Bella Ciao' to embolden themselves for the heist, and to celebrate victories. Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Money Heist season 1 and 2.