Una donna per amico (song)

"Una donna per amico"
Single by Lucio Battisti
from the album 'Una donna per amico'
B-side "Nessun dolore"
Released October 1978
Format 45 rpm single
Genre Pop
Label Numero Uno
Lucio Battisti singles chronology
"Amarsi un po'"
(1977)		 "Una donna per amico"
(1978)		 "Una giornata uggiosa"
(1980)
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"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]

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

Track listing

  1. "Una donna per amico'" (Lucio Battisti, Mogol) – 4:21
  2. "Nessun dolore" (Lucio Battisti, Mogol) – 4:23

References

  1. ↑ Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  2. ↑ Dario Salvatori. 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.