Portami a ballare

"Portami a ballare"
"Portami a ballare"
Single by Luca Barbarossa
from the album Cuore d'acciaio
B-side	"Ho fatto l'eroe"
Released	February 1992
Genre	Pop
Length	3:44
Label	CBS / Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Luca Barbarossa
Luca Barbarossa singles chronology
Audio
	"Portami a ballare" on YouTube

Last updated July 28, 2024

Portami a ballare (lit. 'Take me to dance') is a 1992 Italian song written and performed by singer-songwriter Luca Barbarossa.

This song won the 42nd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.^[1]^[2] It deal with a common theme of the Sanremo Festival, especially in its 1950s editions, i.e. the love for the mothers, but the ambiguous lyrics initially suggest it being a classic love song, and only slowly and gradually show the true subject of the song.^[1]^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Portami a ballare"	3:44
2.	"Ho fatto l'eroe"	4:38

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[3]	81
Italy ( Musica e dischi )^[4]	4

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References

1 2 Salvatori, Dario (2001). "Portami a ballare". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 265. ISBN 8888169016.
1 2 Anselmi, Eddy (2009). "Portami a ballare". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics. p. 421. ISBN 8863462291.
↑ DS (21 March 1992). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 9 (12): 27. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
↑ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2023. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Portami a ballare".

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[dizcanzone-1] 1 2 Salvatori, Dario (2001). "Portami a ballare". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 265. ISBN 8888169016.

[music-2] 1 2 Anselmi, Eddy (2009). "Portami a ballare". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics. p. 421. ISBN 8863462291.

[mec-3] DS (21 March 1992). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 9 (12): 27. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[4] "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2023. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Portami a ballare".

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Discography
1950s	Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") Franca Raimondi (" Aprite le finestre ") Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo (" Corde della mia chitarra ") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli (" Nel blu, dipinto di blu ") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli (" Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) ")
1960s	Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel (" Romantica ") Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli (" Al di là ") Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa (" Addio, addio ") Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli (" Uno per tutte ") Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli (" Non ho l'età ") Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels (" Se piangi, se ridi ") Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti (" Dio, come ti amo ") Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos (" Canzone per te ") Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi (" Zingara ")
1970s	Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") Nada / Nicola Di Bari (" Il cuore è uno zingaro ") Nicola Di Bari (" I giorni dell'arcobaleno ") Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") Homo Sapiens (" Bella da morire ") Matia Bazar (" ...e dirsi ciao ") Mino Vergnaghi (" Amare ")
1980s	Toto Cutugno (" Solo noi ") Alice (" Per Elisa ") Riccardo Fogli (" Storie di tutti i giorni ") Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") Al Bano and Romina Power (" Ci sarà ") Ricchi e Poveri (" Se m'innamoro ") Eros Ramazzotti (" Adesso tu ") Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri (" Si può dare di più ") Massimo Ranieri (" Perdere l'amore ") Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali (" Ti lascerò ")
1990s	Pooh (" Uomini soli ") Riccardo Cocciante (" Se stiamo insieme ") Luca Barbarossa (" Portami a ballare ") Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") Giorgia (" Come saprei ") Ron and Tosca (" Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni ") Jalisse (" Fiumi di parole ") Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") Anna Oxa (" Senza pietà ")
2000s	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel (" Sentimento ") Elisa (" Luce (Tramonti a nord est) ") Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") Alexia (" Per dire di no ") Marco Masini (" L'uomo volante ") Francesco Renga (" Angelo ") Povia (" Vorrei avere il becco ") Simone Cristicchi (" Ti regalerò una rosa ") Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce (" Colpo di fulmine ") Marco Carta ("La forza mia")
2010s	Valerio Scanu (" Per tutte le volte che... ") Roberto Vecchioni (" Chiamami ancora amore ") Emma Marrone (" Non è l'inferno ") Marco Mengoni (" L'essenziale ") Arisa (" Controvento ") Il Volo (" Grande amore ") Stadio (" Un giorno mi dirai ") Francesco Gabbani (" Occidentali's Karma ") Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro (" Non mi avete fatto niente ") Mahmood (" Soldi ")
2020s	Diodato (" Fai rumore ") Måneskin (" Zitti e buoni ") Mahmood and Blanco (" Brividi ") Marco Mengoni (" Due vite ") Angelina Mango (" La noia ")