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who sings funiculi funicula in the fiat commercial
The Fiat commercial version of Funiculi Funicula was recorded by hired singers. The original song is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco.

Question: why was the song written
Self-contained rewrite: why was the song funiculi funicula written