Cocktail d'amore (Stefania Rotolo song)

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"Cocktail d'amore"
Stefania Rotolo - Cocktail d'amore.jpg
Official cover
Single by Stefania Rotolo
ReleasedOctober 1979
Length3:41
Label EMI
Songwriter(s)
Stefania Rotolo singles chronology
"Spaccotutto"
(1978)		"Cocktail d'amore"
(1979)		"Marameo"
(1979)

"Cocktail d'amore" is a song written by Cristiano Malgioglio, Corrado Castellari and Marcello Mancini, and performed by Italian singer Stefania Rotolo. [1]

The song was the ending theme of the television program Tilt, broadcast by Rai 1 and hosted by Rotolo herself. [1] [2] "Cocktail d'amore" was released as a single together with the show's opening theme "Disco tic" by EMI and peaked at number 2 of the Italian hit parade. [1] [3]

"Cocktail d'amore" is considered a "cult song" by the Italian LGBT community. [4] [5] In 2002, Amanda Lear hosted a television program named Cocktail d'amore and released a cover version of the song as the show's opening theme. [1] The Cocktail d'Amore queer party in Berlin was named after the song. [4] [6]

Charts

Chart performance of "Cocktail d'amore"
Chart (1979)Peak
position
Italy [7] 2

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cocktail d'amore". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Ernesto Assante (31 July 2021). "40 anni senza Stefania Rotolo, la "ragazza uragano"". la Repubblica . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cocktail d'amore/Disco tic". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 Mandalina Di Biase (30 October 2023). "Mahmood e quel "Cocktail d'amore" a Berlino, ecco perché quel titolo". Gay.it. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sexplosion: Cocktail D'amore" . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Liam Cagney (10 December 2019). "'The vibe was sex, sex, sex': Cocktail D'Amore, Berlin's free-love club night". the Guardian.
  7. ↑ "Indice per Titolo: C". Hit Parade Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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