"Tutta la Vita" ("All Life Long") is a song written and first performed by Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla. It was released in 1984 as the first single from his studio album Viaggi Organizzati, produced by Mauro Malavasi. This song is about a man searching for freedom all his life, trying not to fall in love, only to have a good time. For the Spanish-language market, two cover versions were released, and both peaked at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, the first by Cuban singer Franco and another by Mexican performer Emmanuel, spending three weeks each at the top position, being the first time (and only) in the Hot Latin Tracks chart history that two versions of the same song succeeded one another at the top. To date, it is uncertain who released the first cover version of the single.
Franco's version of "Toda La Vida" was included on his first album titled Yo Canto (I Sing). According to his official website he released the first version of "Toda La Vida", peaking at number-one in United States, for three weeks, and in México for 30 weeks, selling in both countries and in the rest of Latin America one million copies. The music video for the single was directed by Rodrigo García. This version spent 22 weeks in the American charts. It replaced Juan Gabriel's "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" at the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, being succeeded by another version of the same song, by Mexican singer Emmanuel. This version ranked at number 32 in the recap made by VH1 Latin America for the 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish.
Toda la vida
coleccionando mil amores
haciendo juegos malabares
para no amarte en exclusiva
Toda la vida
poniendo trampas al orgullo
tantas historias como estrellas
para no ser esclavo tuyo
para obtener mi propia música
Toda la vida
descubriendo puertas a escondidas
para escapar de tus heridas
para buscar las aventuras
Que me liberen de tus besos
sólo por eso, sólo por eso
toda la vida para olvidarte
para perderte y recuperarte
Y no dormirme en tus sentidos
como un idiota enamorado
desmadejado, aburrido
qué se conforma
Toda la vida
marcando números secretos
mandando cartas a escondidas
haciendo citas indiscretas
como un romántico suicida...un suicida
Toda la vida
sabiendo siempre que me esperas
siempre segura de ti misma
siempre mujer siempre perfecta
y yo buscando mi otra música
mi propia música...en mi música...
Toda la vida
pensando siempre en tu egoísmo
y por no ser esclavo tuyo
soy el esclavo de mi mismo
Toda la vida
tirando amor por todos lados
dejando besos enganchados
en cada nueva despedida
y tú al final la más querida
toda la vida, toda la vida
Toda la vida...