Vent'anni (Massimo Ranieri song)

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"Vent'anni"
Vent'anni (song).jpg
Single by Massimo Ranieri
from the album Vent'anni...
B-side "Io non avrò"
Released1970
Genre Pop
Label CGD
Songwriter(s) Giancarlo Bigazzi, Enrico Polito, Totò Savio
Massimo Ranieri singles chronology
"Sogno d'amore"
(1970)
"Vent'anni"
(1970)
"L'amore è un attimo"
(1971)

"Vent'anni" (transl."Twenty years old") is a 1970 Italian song composed by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Enrico Polito and Totò Savio and performed by Massimo Ranieri. The song won the eighth edition of Canzonissima, beating Gianni Morandi's "Capriccio" and establishing Ranieri as the new favorite of the Italian younger audience. [1]

Contents

The song also got an immediate commercial success, with the single ranking #1 on the Italian hit parade. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Vent'anni" (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Enrico Polito, Totò Savio)
  2. "Io non avrò" (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Enrico Polito, Totò Savio)

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Italy [1] 1

Sales

Sales for Vent'anni
RegionSales
Italy350,000 [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dario Salvatori (2001). "Vent'anni". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle u, 2001. ISBN   8888169016.
  2. "Come vanno le vendite". Corriere Della Sera. 9 January 1971. Retrieved 30 August 2023. Ecco come vanno le vendite dei dischi di Canzonissima: "Vent'anni" di Ranieri e a quota 350 mila dischi venduti in una settimana, "Fiume amaro" cantata da Iva Znnichi ha venduto oltre 300 mila copie, e Morandi con "Capriccio' e piu o meno allo stesso livello, Benissimo vanno anche Ornella Vanoni con "L'appuntamento" e patty Praco con "Tutt'al piu" Senza dimenticare che "Ma che musica maestro" nella interpretazione di Raffaella Carra e sulle 250 mila copie.