Un buco nella sabbia

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"Un buco nella sabbia"
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One of the variants of the Japanese edition
Single by Mina
from the album Studio Uno
LanguageItalian
B-side "Se mi compri un gelato"
ReleasedMay 1964 (1964-05) [1]
Genre Pop
Length2:18
Label Ri-Fi
Composer(s) Piero Soffici
Lyricist(s) Alberto Testa
Mina singles chronology
"Fremdes Land"
(1964)		"Un buco nella sabbia"
(1964)		"Rapsodie"
(1964)

"Un buco nella sabbia" (English: "A hole in the sand") is a song by Italian singer Mina, written by Piero Soffici and Alberto Testa. The song was released as a single, reaching number 7 on the Italian chart, [2] and was later included in the album Studio Uno (1965). [3]

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There is also a Spanish-language version titled "Un Hoyo en la Arena", released in Spain in 1964 on the EP Mina Canta en Español. [4]

In 1965, a Japanese version of the song with lyrics by Kenji Sazanami was released in Japan. [5] The song achieved extraordinary success, taking the second position on the chart, and sales exceeded 400,000 copies; [6] at the end of the year, Mina was also recognized as the best international artist. [7] [8]

Track listing

7" single (Italy) [9]
A. "Un buco nella sabbia" – 2:18
B. "Se mi compri un gelato" (Vito Pallavicini, Italo Terzoli, Bernardino Zapponi, Gorni Kramer) – 1:58
7" single (Japan) [10]
A. "砂にきえた涙の歌詞 (Suna ni kieta namida)" – 2:22
B. "Un buco nella sabbia" – 2:18

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for "Un buco nella sabbia"
Chart (1964–1965)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [2] 7
Japan (Oricon) [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart performance for "Un buco nella sabbia"
Chart (1965)Peak
position
Japan (Oricon) [11] 10

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References

  1. ↑ "Un buco nella sabbia/Se mi compri un gelato". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
  3. ↑ "Studio Uno". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Mina Canta en Español (liner notes) (in Spanish). Mina. Spain: Belter. 1964. 51.410. Retrieved 20 June 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Un buco nella sabbia / Mina". 1955-64年編: 名曲184決定盤CD776 (in Japanese). Ongakushuppanshaco., Ltd. 2005. p. 164. ISBN   9784861710049.
  6. 1 2 Ruscitto, Germano (20 May 1967). "From the Musical Capitals of the World: Milan". Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 20. p. 56. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. ↑ Ruggeri, Roberto (1990). "Mina". In Castaldo, Gino [in Italian] (ed.). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana L-Z (in Italian). Armando Curcio Editore. pp. 1090–1091. ISBN   88-97508-77-4.
  8. ↑ Fratarcangeli, Fernando [in Italian] (2005). "Mina". Mina talk. Vent'anni di interviste. 1959-1979 (in Italian). Coniglio. pp. 1090–1091. ISBN   978-88-88833-24-8.
  9. ↑ Un buco nella sabbia (liner notes) (in Italian). Mina. Italy: Ri-Fi. 1964. RFN NP 16061. Retrieved 20 June 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Un buco nella sabbia (liner notes) (in Japanese). Mina. Japan: Fontana, Ri-Fi. 1964. FON-1041. Retrieved 20 June 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Fukunishi, J. (15 January 1966). "Japan '65: Electric Guitars Twang, the Ventures Clang". Billboard . Vol. 78, no. 3. p. 8. ISSN   0006-2510.
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