| "I Belong to You (Il Ritmo della Passione)" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Eros Ramazzotti and Anastacia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Calma apparente and Pieces of a Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 19 January 2006 (see release history) |
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| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | Medastudios (Milan, Italy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:27 (Italian/Spanish version) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Sony BMG, Ariola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti, Anastacia, Kara DioGuardi, Kaballà | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Eros Ramazzotti, Claudio Guidetti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"I Belong to You (Il Ritmo della Passione)" (English: "I Belong to You (The Rhythm of Passion)") is a duet by Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti and American singer Anastacia, released as the second single from Ramazzotti's eleventh studio album, Calma apparente (2005), and the third from Anastacia's first greatest hits album, Pieces of a Dream (2005). It was a hit in mainland Europe, topping the singles charts in Germany, Italy and Switzerland and charting inside the top ten in several other countries.
The song is a ballad in which Anastacia sings in English and Ramazzotti in Italian or Spanish. As Ramazzotti records his songs in both Italian and Spanish, there are two versions of this song as well: the original one with Italian lyrics and the other with Spanish lyrics, entitled "I Belong to You (El ritmo de la pasión)", which is available on the Spanish versions of both Ramazzotti's and Anastacia's albums.
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While reviewing Anastacia's Pieces of a Dream compilation, Lisa Haines of BBC Music referred to the song as "a gorgeous duet with Eros Ramazzotti which reveals a silkier side to the hard edge normally so distinctive in her voice, and ends with the kind of lung excess that would put Celine Dion to shame."[1]
The music video was filmed in Rome, Italy, on 21–22 November 2005. In the video, Ramazzotti and Anastacia play a romantic couple.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[2] | 2 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[2] | 2 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[3] | 5 |
| Dutch Top 40[2] | 7 |
| European Hot 100 Singles[4] | 3 |
| German Singles Chart[2] | 1 |
| Hungarian Singles Chart[5] | 5 |
| Italian Singles Chart[3] | 1 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart[6] | 5 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[2] | 1 |
| End of year chart (2006) | Position |
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| German Singles Chart [7] | 9 |
| (2000–2009) | Position |
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| German Singles Chart[8] | 92 |
| Country | Certification (sales thresholds) |
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| Austria | Gold[9] |
| Belgium | Gold[10] |
| Germany | Gold[11] |
| Switzerland | Gold[12] |
| Preceded by "Big City Life" by Mattafix "Love Generation" by Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine |
German Singles Chart number-one single 10 February 2006 (first run) 24 February 2006 (second run) |
Succeeded by "Love Generation" by Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine |
| Preceded by "Big City Life" by Mattafix |
Swiss Singles Chart number-one single 12 February 2006 – 19 March 2006 |
Succeeded by "Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson |
| Preceded by "Sorry" by Madonna |
Italian Singles Chart number-one single 10 March 2006 |
Succeeded by "Svegliarsi la mattina" by Zero Assoluto |
| Preceded by "La Camisa Negra" by Juanes |
Hungarian Airplay Chart number-one single 27 March 2006 |
Succeeded by "Sorry" by Madonna |
| Region | Release date |
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| Worldwide | 19 January 2006 |
| Europe | 27 January 2006 |
| Germany | |
| Poland | 2 February 2006 |
| United States |
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