Italian Love Song

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“Italian Love Song”
“Italian Love Song” cover
Single by Tina Arena
from the album Greatest Hits 1994-2004
Released November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05) (Australia)
Format CD
Recorded April 2004 at Falcon Valley, Italy
Genre Pop
Length 3:51
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Tina Arena, Francesco De Benedittis, Davide Esposito, Paul Manners
Producer Paul Manners
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Never (Past Tense)"
(2003)
"Italian Love Song"
(2004)
"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible"
(2005)

"Italian Love Song" is a pop song written by Tina Arena, Francesco De Benedittis, Davide Esposito and Paul Manners, produced by Manners for Arena's sixth album Greatest Hits 1994-2004 (2004). The song was released as a single in Australia on November 5, 2004 but failed to make a major impact on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart peaking at number thirty-three and spending two weeks in the top fifty.[1]

Included on the single is "Take Me Apart" which is the only other new track featred on her greatest hits album and a previously unreleased remix of "Dare You to Be Happy", a single from her album Just Me (2001). The song also features a music video clip shot by Australian director Anthony Rose in a small fishing village in Southern France, the breathtakingly beautiful backdrop reflecting the incredibly romantic sentiment of the song and Tina's affinity with the country that she called home for years and that made her a bonafide international superstar.

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[edit] Writing

In the inside cover of her 2004 greatest hits album, Arena states:

Italians are a breed unto themselves: humorous, passionate and wildy romantic. This song was written in the hills of Emilia Romagna region, the land of Fellini, in May 2004. It was written in the springtime by Italians with a beautiful sence of melody and metaphor... need I say more.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Italian Love Song" – 3:51
  2. "Take Me Apart" (Fiona Kernaghan) – 4:02
  3. "Dare You to Be Happy" (remix) (Arena, Peter-John Vettese) – 4:34

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 33

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Singes Chart - chart run. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved January 20, 2008.