Bella senz'anima

"Bella senz'anima"
Single by Riccardo Cocciante
from the album Anima
B-side	"Qui"
Released	1974
Genre	Pop
Label	RCA Italiana
Songwriter(s)	Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella, Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante singles chronology
"Decisamente tu" (1973) "Bella senz'anima" (1974) "L'alba" (1975)
Audio
"Bella senz'anima" on YouTube

"Bella senz'anima" is an Italian ballad song written by Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella and Riccardo Cocciante, arranged by Franco Pisano and performed by Riccardo Cocciante. It was the first single from the Cocciante's 1974 album Anima. ^[1]

The song was launched by Cocciante during a tour ("Racconto") he made in 1973 together with Antonello Venditti and Francesco De Gregori. ^[2] The single peaked at the first place on the Italian singles chart, and it was the seventh most sold single of the year in Italy. ^[1]

The lyrics, and particularly the verse "E adesso spogliati come sai fare tu" (i.e. "And now strip as you know") led to harsh criticism from several feminist organizations and to television censorship. ^[2]

In 2006, Cocciante performed the song out of competition at the Sanremo Music Festival. ^[3]

Track listing

• 7-inch single – AN 4155

A. "Bella senz'anima" (Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella, Riccardo Cocciante)

B. "Qui" (Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella, Riccardo Cocciante)

Covers

• 1975 - The Midnight Guitars Staff records the cover for the album Un pugno di successi (A handful of hits) (Variety, RLV ST 90503).
• 1994 - Oliver Dragojević records the cover for the album Neka nova svitanja (Some new dawns) (Croatia Records, CD 5814221).
• 2010 - Linda Valori records the cover for the album Tutti quelli (All those) (NAR International, NAR 110102).

Charts

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [4]	1
Spain (AFYVE) [5]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [6] Sales since 2009	Platinum	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Ezio Guaitamacchi (2009). 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita. Rizzoli. ISBN   978-8858617427.
2. Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8809756250.
3. "Sanremo, fuori Oxa e Grignani". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
4. Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN   8876054391.
5. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
6. "Italian single certifications" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 13 May 2025.