Le mille bolle blu

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"Le mille bolle blu"
Le mille bolle blu Mina.jpg
Single by Mina
from the album Due note
B-side "Che freddo"
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (1961-01) [1]
Label Italdisc
Songwriter(s)
Mina singles chronology
"Io amo tu ami"
(1961)		"Le mille bolle blu"
(1961)		"La fine del mondo"
(1961)

"Le mille bolle blu" ("A Thousand Blue Bubbles") is a 1961 Italian song composed by Vito Pallavicini and Carlo Alberto Rossi. Together with "Io amo, tu ami", the song was the Mina's entry at the eleventh edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was presented in a double performance with Jenny Luna. [2] [3] It replaced "Come sinfonia", which originally was meant to be performed by Mina together with its composer Pino Donaggio. [4] In spite of being the favorite, it only placed at the fifth place. [3] Despite its initial tepid response, it eventually became one of Mina's signature songs, and during the years has been used in films, television themes, and commercials. [3]

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Artists who covered the song include Dalida, Lodovica Comello, Violeta Rivas, Germana Caroli, and the Flippers  [ it ]. [3] [5]

The B-side was another song from the Sanremo Festival, "Che freddo", which had been originally performed by Edoardo Vianello and Luciano Rondinella.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Le mille bolle blu"
3:35
2."Che freddo"
2:40

Charts

Chart performance for "Le mille bolle blu"
Chart (1961)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [6] 5
Spain (GEFIIF) [7] 6

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References

  1. ↑ "Le mille bolle blu/Che freddo". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Salvatori, Dario (2001). "Le mille bolle blu". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. ISBN   8888169016.
  4. ↑ Cerchiari, Luca (25 August 2020). "Essere Pop: la voce melodica, l'ascesa discografica, il successo televisivo". Mina. Una voce universale (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN   978-88-357-0096-8.
  5. ↑ "Le mille bolle blu by Mina". SecondHandSongs . Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Le mille bolle blu".
  7. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
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