Brava (song)

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"Brava"
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Single by Mina
LanguageItalian
B-side "E se domani" / "Più di te"
ReleasedMay 1965 (1965-05)
Genre Pop
Length1:48
Label Ri-Fi
Songwriter(s) Bruno Canfora
Mina singles chronology
"Soli"
(1965)		"Brava"
(1965)		"L'ultima occasione"
(1965)

"Brava" is a song written by Bruno Canfora and performed by Italian singer Mina. [1] The song was first performed byMina on the air of the Studio Uno program in March 1965 and released as a single at the request of the audience. In May, "Brava" was released with the song "E se domani" on the back (but differs from the 1964 Mina album version). [2] In November of the same year, an additional edition was released, but the B-side was the song "Più di te (I Won't Tell)". [3] Despite the fact that the work was released on two singles, none of them received quantitative commercial success in the sales charts.

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Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock  [ it ] noted that the work, written by Maestro Bruno Canfora, is a pure exercise in style, although it is performed in an exemplary manner, both in composition for orchestra and in vocal interpretation, which, to put it mildly, is dizzying. [4]

Track listing

7" single [2]
A. "Brava" – 1:48
B. "E se domani" (Carlo Alberto Rossi, Giorgio Calabrese) – 3:04
7" single [3]
A. "Brava" – 1:48
B. "Più di te (I Won't Tell)" (Antonietta De Simone, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 2:47

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References

  1. ↑ Castaldo, Gino [in Italian], ed. (2003). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 68. ISBN   978-88-97508-31-1.
  2. 1 2 Mina (1965). Brava / E se domani (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: Ri-Fi. RFN 16101. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 Mina (1965). Brava / Più di te (I Won't Tell) (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: Ri-Fi. RFN 16106. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Milano, Claudio. "Mina: Sessant'anni di storia in una voce". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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