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| Canzonissima '68 | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | at PDU studios in Lugano | |||
| Length | 36:24 | |||
| Label | PDU | |||
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Canzonissima '68 is an album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1968.
The album is a collection of songs previously published on 45rpm records (except for "E sono ancora qui"), all of which were performed during the TV show Canzonissima 1968. The tracks "Zum zum zum" and "Vorrei che fosse amore" were the show's theme songs.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Zum zum zum" | Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Io innamorata" | Giorgio Calabrese, Augusto Martelli | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Sacumdì, sacumdà (Nem vem que não tem)" | Carlos Imperial, Paolo Limiti | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Né come né perché" | Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Un colpo al cuore" | Giancarlo Bigazzi, Mario Capuano | 3:19 |
| 6. | "La voce del silenzio" | Mogol, Paolo Limiti, Elio Isola | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 19:16 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vorrei che fosse amore" | Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora | 2:31 |
| 2. | "Quand'ero piccola" | Franco Migliacci, Bruno Zambrini, Luis Enrique Bacalov | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Deborah" | Paolo Conte, Vito Pallavicini | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Fantasia (Fantasy)" | Geoff Stephens, Giorgio Calabrese | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Niente di niente (Break Your Promise)" | Thom Bell, William Hart, Giorgio Calabrese | 3:14 |
| 6. | "E sono ancora qui" | Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora | 2:29 |
| Total length: | 17:08 | ||
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