Comincia tu

"Comincia tu"
Single by Mina
from the album Catene
Language	Italian
B-side	"La nave" / "Brigitte Bardot"
Released	19 October 1984 (1984-10-19) [1]
Recorded	1984
Studio	Studi PDU, Lugano
Genre	Pop
Length	4:11
Label	PDU
Songwriter(s)	Massimiliano Pani Piero Cassano
Mina singles chronology
"Rose su rose" (1984) "Comincia tu" (1984) "Questione di feeling" (1985)
Alternative cover
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.

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"

• Mina – vocals
• Celso Valli – arrangement, piano
• Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
• Flaviano Cuffari – drums
• Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
• Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"La nave"

• Mina – vocals, backing vocals
• Paolo Gianolio – arrangement, backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
• Massimiliano Pani – backing vocals
• Flaviano Cuffari – drums
• Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
• Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"Brigitte Bardot"

• Mina – vocals, backing vocals
• Victor Bach – arrangement, backing vocals
• Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar
• D. Cremonesi – backing vocals
• Mauro Balletti – backing vocals
• Stefano Anselmo – backing vocals
• Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

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

References

1. "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.

External links

• " Comincia tu " at Discogs (list of releases)