E poi...

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"E poi..."
E poi... (Mina).png
Single by Mina
from the album Frutta e verdura
LanguageItalian
B-side "Non tornare più"
ReleasedOctober 1973 (1973-10) [1]
Genre Pop
Length4:47
Label PDU
Composer(s) Shel Shapiro
Lyricist(s) Andrea Lo Vecchio
Mina singles chronology
"Lamento d'amore"
(1973)		"E poi..."
(1973)		"Non gioco più"
(1974)

"E poi..." (And then...) is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. It was released in October 1973 by PDU as a lead single from her studio album Frutta e verdura (1973). The song was written by Shel Shapiro and Andrea Lo Vecchio, and arranged by Pino Presti. [1]

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The song was a great success in Italy. In its third week on the chart, the song entered the top five. In early January, the song became number one and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. [2]

"E poi..." was recorded in other languages: English ("Runaway", adapted lyrics by Shel Shapiro), Spanish ("¿Y que?", by Caruso Genfingal), French ("Et puis ça sert à quoi", by Pierre Delanoë), and German ("Und dann", by Bert Olden). The English version was released as a single in the United States and Canada, [3] the French version in France, [4] and the German version in West Germany. [5] The Spanish version was not released as a single, but was included in the Spanish-language compilation Mina canta en español (1975). [6] There are also two other Italian versions of the same song: in the live album Mina Live '78 and in 1992 album Sorelle Lumière , in which the song was mixed with Riccardo Cocciante's hit "Un nuovo amico".

The song "Non tornare più" was used as a b-side. It was written by Franco Califano and Dario Baldan Bembo. The French version of the song titled "Les oiseaux revent" has also become a b-side for the single "Et puis ça sert à quoi".

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "E poi..."
Chart (1974)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [2] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "E poi.../Non tornare più". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
  3. ↑ " Runaway " at Discogs (list of releases). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ↑ " Et Puis Ça Sert À Quoi " at Discogs. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. ↑ " Und Dann...i " at Discogs. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Mina Canta En Español at Discogs. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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