Renato (song)

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"Renato"
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Single by Mina
from the album Renato
LanguageItalian
B-side "Eclisse twist"
Released12 April 1962 (1962-04-12) [1]
Genre Rock and roll [2]
Length2:10
Label Italdisc
Composer(s) Alberto Cortez
Lyricist(s)
Mina singles chronology
"Le tue mani"
(1962)		"Renato"
(1962)		"Chihuahua"
(1962)

"Renato" is an Italian version of the 1961 Spanish song "Renata" by Alberto Cortez, recorded in 1962 by Italian singer Mina. Adapted lyrics was written by Alberto Testa. The song was released as a single in April 1962, eventually reaching number four on the Italian chart and becoming one of the biggest hits of the summer. [3] Sales of the single exceeded 190 thousand copies. [4]

Contents

The B-side was the song "Eclisse twist", written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Giovanni Fusco for the film L'Eclisse . [5] [6]

Critical reception

Fernando Fratarcangeli  [ it ], in the accompanying article for the reissue of the album, noted that it was "Renato" that became the flagship of the album, partly due to the fact that the text traces the turning point of the role of a woman: she provokes, seduces, jokes and even scolds a man. [3]

Track listing

7" single
A. "Renato" – 2:10
B. "Eclisse twist" (Michelangelo Antonioni, Giovanni Fusco) – 2:50

Charts

Chart performance for "Renato"
Chart (1962)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [7] 4

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References

  1. ↑ "Renato/Eclisse twist". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Castaldo, Gino, ed. (2003). "Le Canzoni". Dizionario della Canzone Italiana (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 357. ISBN   9788897508311.
  3. 1 2 Fratarcangeli, Fernando [in Italian] (1998). Renato (liner notes) (in Italian). Mina. Italy: Raro! Records. 528 619-2.
  4. ↑ "RiceverÀ' 300 Milioni Dalla Sus Nuova Casa". La Stampa (in Italian). 22 September 1970. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Chatman, Seymour Benjamin (1985). "Filmography". Antonioni, Or, The Surface of the World. University of California Press. p. 268. ISBN   9780520052055.
  6. ↑ Picchietti, Virginia; Salsini, Laura A., eds. (2017). "Mina: Narrative and Cinematic Spectacle of the Italian Woman...". Writing and Performing Female Identity in Italian Culture. Springer. p. 93. ISBN   9783319408354.
  7. ↑ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
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