[3] In a review of the Righeira album, the song was described, along with "Gli parlerò di te" and "Kon Tiki", as a "hidden pearl of dance and pop music".
[6] It premiered on MTV in Italy in 1983 together with the duo's hit single "Vamos a la playa" from the same album, followed by "No Tengo Dinero" in 1984.
[7][8][9] In the music video, Righi and Rota, dressed in pilot uniforms, sings and dance in front of a greenscreen with an image of a biplane as background.
[10] In addition to the song, the editors added sounds of machine guns, aircraft and military trumpet signals.
[11] Rolling Stone's Eric Pfeil described the music video for "Luciano Serra pilota" as "[a] parody of fascist heroes".