Linda (Pooh song)

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"Linda"
Single by I Pooh
from the album Poohlover
B-side "Donna davvero"
Released21 July 1976
Length3:42
Label CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Roby Facchinetti
Valerio Negrini
Music video
"Linda" on YouTube

"Linda" (Beautiful) is a song by Italian rock band, Pooh. It was composed by Roby Facchinetti and Valerio Negrini some time before, but was released in 1976, and became the lead single on the album, Poohlover. [1]

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It seems that the song is inspired by the American model Linda Larsen, who appeared in I Pooh's television special filmed in Sperlonga in 1975, on the occasion of the album Un po' del nostra tempo and broadcast by RAI on 3 October of that year.

The song was presented at Festivalbar 1976, and was the group's first recording after the breakup with their producer, Giancarlo Lucariello, who generally opposed the development of rock arrangements. [1]

Miguel Bosé version

"Linda"
Single by Miguel Bosé
from the album Linda
ReleasedApril 1977
RecordedFebruary – March 1977 [2]
Studio Studi GRS, Milan
Studi CBS, Milan
Estudios Sonoland, Madrid [3]
Length3:42
Label CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Roby Facchinetti
Valerio Negrini
Luis Gómez Escolar
Music video
"Linda" on YouTube

Translated into Spanish, Linda also achieved widespread popularity in Spain and South America thanks to the version by Miguel Bosé, who was a little-known singer at the time, but who would soon make headlines. [1]

Linda is the title-track to Bosé's debut album, a record in which other Italian songs translated into Spanish were featured. [4] Pooh also recorded a Spanish version, still titled "Linda", but with different lyrics than Bosé's version.

Miguel Bosé and Malú version

"Linda"
Linda cover art.jpg
Single by Miguel Bosé featuring Malú
from the album Papitwo
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Latin pop
Length3:53
Label WEA Latina
Songwriter(s) Roby Facchinetti, Victor Millrose, Valerio Negrini, Lenore Rosenblatt [5]
Music video
"Linda" on YouTube

In 2012 a version featuring Malú, a Spanish multi-selling singer, was released as the first single from his second duets album Papitwo (2012). [1] The song was released for digital download on September 3, 2012. [6]

Charts

I Pooh version
Chart (1976–77)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [7] 1
Miguel Bosé version
Chart (1977–78)Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF) [8] 7
Spain (AFYVE) [9] 1
Miguel Bosé and Malú version
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [10] 18

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References

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