You Owe Me Satisfaction is an unidentified Italo Disco song recorded in 1985 from Nuova Televisione (NTV) in Bologna, Italy, by YouTube user Marco Soverini.
Search History
2019
On March 5th, Marco Soverini published a YouTube video titled "Bloopers, litigi televisivi vintage quelli della notte 1986". The video is a compilation of recorded clips from multiple Italian TV channels, with the last one being the unidentified Italo Disco song. In the description, he wrote (translated from Italian):
"[...] sorry but the two guys dancing at the end (from NTV Bologna of 1985) made me laugh TOO MUCH...and I left them,,who knows what they were....”.
Nuova Televisione (NTV) was a local Bolognese television station that operated from 1982 to 1985. On April 26th, 2019, Soverini re-uploaded the clip to YouTube titled "DISCO ITALIA ANNI....DISCO RUIN italodisco anni 80 90 1994". In the description, he wrote (translated from Italian):
"I don't know who they are...but they made me laugh a little too much... from VideoBologna 1984 ([later] called NTV)".
2021
On April 8th, Soverini re-uploaded the same footage with yet another title: "DISCOTECOMANI BOLOGNESI 1985 IGNOTI DA NTV Nuova televisione". In the description, he wrote (translated from Italian):
"FROM NTV New television..I honestly find them quite funny"
On December 3rd, Soverini uploaded an extended version of the recording titled "ITALO DISCO 1985 DISCO MUSIC Bologna 1985 unknow duo NTV nuovatelevisione Bologna". In the description, Soverini tagged the performing duo as "Le Giacchette Volanti" ("The Flying Jackets").
Responding to viewer interest, Soverini explained in a YouTube comment that the footage was captured during his early experiments with VHS recording. While channel-surfing, he tested one of his first VHS cassettes by recording a brief segment from a music broadcast. Due to the high cost of tapes at that time, he only preserved a short clip, with no intention of archiving it for the future.
Additionally, Soverini stated in response to a YouTube comment that he is certain the recording is from 1985, as his VHS tape has the year 1985 labeled on it.[1]
Early 2025
Over time, the song was reuploaded to YouTube by several users, such as S2h, AlianTheObscure, Q, LostwaveFinder, and multiple others, amassing over 17k views.
In April, a commenter named SlipKinny suggested that the footage likely originated from "Scala a Chiocciola" ("Spiral Staircase"), a program that aired on NTV from November 1st, 1983, to March 31st, 1985.[2] The show was hosted by Gilberto Rivelli and Marco Macchiavelli.
The identification was supported by the visible spiral staircase set design in the recording. Soverini corroborated this identification, recalling Rivelli's shows from that period.[3]
However, this was debunked on September 11th, 2025, when recordings of that show in a documentary about the history of TV in Emilia-Romagna were found that did not match the set of this song's recording.[4] Additionally, Scala a Chiocciola was described as a commercial teleshopping program, making it unlikely to have featured a duo performing a dance on their show.
On May 14th, In response to YouTube user EierkuchenHD, Soverini provided additional insights:
- He still possesses the original tape and plans to attempt a new digital transfer.
- He cannot recall whether it was a morning or afternoon broadcast.
- He has other NTV recordings, though only fragmentary clips.
- The "Flying Jackets" designation was described as "poetic", apparently his own creative naming for the duo.[5]
On May 21st, further information was discovered by Discord user some random account regarding the archives of NTV. According to records hosted by the Città degli Archivi project, in 2007, as part of the municipal archival initiative Una città per gli archivi, an effort led by the Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, the PCI's provincial federation records (1943–1991) underwent reorganization and cataloging.[6]
This archival work was carried out by Sara Verrini and Federica Cavina. Cavina appeared to have been affiliated with the Ministry of Culture's archival administration in Bologna, as indicated by a profile on the Ministry's transparency portal.[7]
A day later, some random account contacted Federica Cavina, who responded the same day explaining that while she had worked as an archivist on the PCI Archive project, she no longer had any role in archive management. She directed inquiries to the Gramsci Foundation of Emilia-Romagna, which currently maintains the archive.[8]
Subsequently, on May 26th, some random account contacted Enrico Pontieri, the manager of the Gramsci Foundation archives. Pontieri confirmed that they possess the NTV archive, though individual program lineups are not easily identifiable within the 24 folders of documentation. He noted that while daily schedules might exist, finding specific song information would be challenging and potentially fruitless.
Late 2025
On July 8th, some random account found out that the Gramsci Foundation owns an audiovisual archive at the Cineteca di Bologna, including VHS tapes of NTV. On the same day, he emailed a representative of the Cineteca.
On July 17th, the person specifically managing the NTV archives informed some random account that they are at an early stage of analyzing the NTV fund, and they are unsure whether they can find the information that he is seeking. She additionally provided a detailed history of the TV station, mostly copied directly from Massimo Emanuelli's 2017 article on NTV.[9]
On August 24th, Marco Soverini published a restored version of the recording titled "ITALO DISCO 1985 DISCO MUSIC Bologna 1985 unknow duo NTV nuovatelevisione Bologna ( restored)". In the description, he writes, translated into English;
"The intro to the Arabic video is slightly longer, which remains a recording much earlier than that of the Flying Jackets (I left the VCR on pause—it was a mechanical pause device, you turned off the VCR but the tape remained wound on the drum, so there was almost no interruption between recordings, so it may be that DAYS passed between the two recordings... Arabic video and Flying Jackets).
On August 26th, Soverini confirmed that his VHS tapes are arranged in chronological order, and the one following this recording is dated March 1985. Based on this, he estimates that the recording took place sometime between February and March 1985.[10]
On September 9th, three days after the formerly unidentified song Cast Away From Here was identified, a channel for the song was made on the FMM Discord Server, being placed in Other Unknowns (2) category.
On September 11th, Discord users EierkuchenHD and some random account discovered a two-hour documentary on YouTube titled Quelle Antenne Sui Tetti ("These Antennas on the Roofs"), produced in 2015 by Filandolarete and Squeezezoom. The film explores the history of television in the Emilia-Romagna region and includes interviews with several former NTV collaborators and journalists.
It also presents two NTV program recordings, one from "Scala a Chiocciola" and another from "Taxi". Both feature the rarely seen colorless NTV screenbug in the lower right corner, thereby confirming that OP's recording did indeed originate from Nuova Televisione.[11]
On October 10th, Discord user slothereen visited the Gramsci Foundation and the Cineteca di Bologna. At the Gramsci Foundation, they examined four out of the 24 folders from the NTV archive, photographing approximately 200 pages of potentially relevant material.
The archive contains daily programming schedules, though these are not detailed enough to identify specific show guests. No mention of the song or artists was found. Fortunately, slothereen compiled a list of 60 former NTV employees who could be contacted for more information, and a list of the most likely programs where the duo could have appeared on.
At the Cineteca di Bologna, it was confirmed that NTV tapes exist in U-MATIC format, some of which have been digitized. Access to these tapes may be possible pending contact with the archive manager.[12][13]
On October 20th, the FMM channel for the song was promoted to the "Other Unknown Songs (1)" category along with Bitter Tears, due to multiple other songs being demoted.
Between November 16th and 17th, Facebook user PaoloViper Ferri reported in the TV LIBERE 7080 group that, during the first part of 1985, once LegaCoop Emilia-Romagna got involved with NTV, the TV station no longer used its colored on-air logo. Instead, the station employed a simple title card produced with a titling machine (titolatrice) using half-height characters, which is what is seen in the recording.[14]
Theories
The most popular theory suggests that the duo is a parody of (or highly inspired by) Righeira, an Italo Disco group formed in 1983. This is supported by the low production value and the popularity of Righeira's music during that era.
It is widely believed that the recording was originally produced by a private production studio. During its operation, NTV maintained collaborations with several independent studios, and its most popular program, Scala a Chiocciola, was in fact originally created by one of these external producers. By 1985, the network was facing severe financial difficulties, which may have prevented it from generating new content entirely on its own. Furthermore, no current or former NTV employees have ever recognized or claimed involvement with the recording or the set, reinforcing the view that it likely originated outside the network's internal production system. An article also stated that "Self-produced programs are concentrated from 6 p.m. onwards, while externally purchased programs are little more than mere filler, bought with greater attention to cost than quality".[15]
Leads
Due to the high amount of leads, the list of leads is preserved on a Google Spreadsheet, which can be found inside the Lostwave Italia or Fond My Mind Discord Server.
Presumed Lyrics
You can touch me, if you want me
But you'll never get my body close
You can swing me, if you want me
You can touch me, if you want me
But you'll never get my body close
You owe me satisfaction
You owe me satisfaction
You owe me satisfaction
Owe me!
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References
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- ↑ https://www.anacanapana.it/palinstorici/Emilia-Romagna/Bologna/NTV-Nuova%20Televisione.html
- ↑ A link to SlipKinny's comment.
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- ↑ https://www.cittadegliarchivi.it/bluejay-web/sec/11/214002
- ↑ https://trasparenza.cultura.gov.it/archivio3_personale_0_20919_69_1.html
- ↑ https://iger.org/archivio-2/
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- ↑ https://youtu.be/Qmviosac5CA?t=3898
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- ↑ https://cinetecadibologna.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BILANCIO-2022-Fascicolo-consuntivo-1.pdf
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/792525247617637/posts/2764521660417976/?comment_id=2765470823656393&reply_comment_id=2765618710308271
- ↑ http://www.percorsistorici.it/component/content/article/23-numeri-rivista/numero-3/139-fabrizio-colliva-quelle-antenne-sui-tetti.html
