Bella senz'anima

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"Bella senz'anima"
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Single by Riccardo Cocciante
from the album Anima
B-side "Qui"
Released1974
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)

"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]

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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

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

Covers

Charts

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

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  2. 1 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.
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