Comincia tu

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"Comincia tu"
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Single by Mina
from the album Catene
Language Italian
B-side "La nave" / "Brigitte Bardot"
Released19 October 1984 (1984-10-19) [1]
Recorded1984
Studio Studi PDU, Lugano
Genre Pop
Length4:11
Label PDU
Songwriter(s)
Mina singles chronology
"Rose su rose"
(1984)		"Comincia tu"
(1984)		"Questione di feeling"
(1985)
Alternative cover
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Artwork for the re-release

"Comincia tu" (English: "You start") is a song written by Massimiliano Pani and Piero Cassano for Italian singer Mina. The song was released as a single from the album Catene with "La nave" on the back in October 1984. [1] The single was later re-released with a disco mix of "Comincia tu" and the song "Brigitte Bardot" as the b-side. [2] Nevertheless, the single performed modestly on the charts.

Contents

The song "Comincia tu" was the main theme of the second cycle of the television program Trent'anni della nostra storia  [ it ], broadcast from mid-February to mid-April 1985, [3] which tells the second decade of Italian history from 1956 to 1965, through the most significant and salient facts of the period. [4]

Track listing

7" single [5]
A. "Comincia tu" – 4:11
B. "La nave" (Guido Guglielminetti) – 4:53
12" single [6]
A. "Comincia tu" (Disco Mix) – 4:11
B. "Brigitte Bardot" (Miguel Gustavo) – 4:02

Personnel

"Comincia tu"
"La nave"
"Brigitte Bardot"

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Comincia tu"
Chart (1984)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [8] 35

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References

  1. 1 2 "Comincia tu/La nave". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Very Hot Hot Hot New Releases!". Billboard . Vol. 96, no. 51. 22 December 1984. p. I-6. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "Varietà 1985 - 1986". Rai Teche (in Italian). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Regina lontana". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 40. ISBN   9788893720885.
  5. ↑ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/La nave (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. 1151. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/Brigitte Bardot (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. Mix 156. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Mina (1984). Catene (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 7043/44. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
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