Una donna per amico (song)

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"Una donna per amico"
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Single by Lucio Battisti
from the album Una donna per amico
B-side "Nessun dolore"
ReleasedOctober 1978
Genre Pop
Length5:19
Label Numero Uno
Songwriter(s) Lucio Battisti and Mogol
Lucio Battisti singles chronology
"Amarsi un po'"
(1977)		"Una donna per amico"
(1978)		"Una giornata uggiosa"
(1980)
Audio sample

"Una donna per amico" (Italian for "A Woman as a Friend") is a song composed by Lucio Battisti and Mogol, and performed by Lucio Battisti. It was released as a single in October 1978, with "Nessun dolore" as B-side. [1] The single peaked at first place fourteen consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade between November 1978 and February 1979. [2] It was the second most sold single of the year in Italy, behind Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive". [3]

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At the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, "Una donna per amico" was played during the entrance of the Italian home team. Miss Italia, Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, carried the placard wearing a Moschino-designed dress. The Italian flag, called il Tricolore, was carried by then 19-year-old figure skater Carolina Kostner.

"Una donna per amico" was covered by several artists, including Rosario Fiorello and the band Sugarfree. It named a 1998 television series starring Elisabetta Gardini and a 2014 film directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Fabio De Luigi and Laetitia Casta. [4]

Nessun dolore

The B-side "Nessun dolore" (transl. 'No pain (at all)', Italian pronunciation: [nesˈsundoˈloːre] ) was covered by Italian singer Giorgia on her eponymous debut album (1994); it was later also included in her compilation Spirito libero - Viaggi di voce 1992-2008. [5] [6] It was also covered by Italian singer Mina on her 1987 album Rane combattenti; Russian singer Svetlana Tchernykh recorded a Russian language version of the song, titled "Я парня себе выбрала в подруги" (album Черных поёт Баттисти, 2005).

Track listing

  1. "Una donna per amico'" (Lucio Battisti, Mogol) – 5:19
  2. "Nessun dolore" (Lucio Battisti, Mogol) – 6:15

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [7] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [8]
Sales since 2009 		Gold50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8809756250.
  2. ↑ Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN   8876054391.
  3. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1978". Hit PArade Italia. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Chiara Ugolini (24 February 2014). "Laetitia Casta: "Un uomo per amico? Magari"". La Repubblica . Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "*CLASSICO* Giorgia "Nessun Dolore" – 1994 –" (in Italian).
  6. ↑ "Giorgia – Nessun dolore 1994 – (Cover di Battisti 1978)" (in Italian).
  7. ↑ "Cronologia di: Una donna per amico di Lucio Battisti". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Lucio Battisti – Una donna per amico" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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