Un anno d'amore

"Un anno d'amore"
Single by Mina
from the album Studio Uno
LanguageItalian
B-side"E se domani"
ReleasedNovember 1964 (1964-11)
Recorded1964
GenrePop
Length3:10
LabelRi-Fi
Composer(s)Nino Ferrer
Lyricist(s)
Mina singles chronology
"Io sono quel che sono"
(1964)
"Un anno d'amore"
(1964)
"Se piangi se ridi"
(1965)
Music video
"Un anno d'amore" on YouTube

"Un anno d'amore" (English: A year of love) is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. The song is a cover version of the French song "C'est irréparable", originally written and recorded by Nino Ferrer. The Italian lyrics were written by Mogol and Alberto Testa.[1] The song is arranged by Augusto Martelli.[2]

In November 1964, the song was released as a single.[2] It became number one on the Italian singles chart and spent a total of eleven consecutive weeks in the top three.[3] Also, the song receive gold certification.[1] The B-side was the song "E se domani", which was previously included in the album Mina (1964), but in a different version. In 1965, it was reissued with the song "Era vivere" as a B-side.[4] The song "Un anno d'amore" was included in the album Studio Uno (1965).

Among other things, Mina recorded "Un anno d'amore" in Spanish ("Un año de amor"), Japanese ("Wakare") and Turkish ("Dön bana").[5] In 2007, for her album Todavía, Mina re-recorded the song in Spanish in a duet with Diego el Cigala.[6] She also recorded the song "E se domani" in Spanish ("Y si mañana"), and in 1988 she re-recorded an acoustic version in Italian for the compilation Oggi ti amo di più.

  1. ^ a b Ruggeri, Roberto (1990). "Un anno d'amore". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana L-Z (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 470. ISBN 88-9750-877-4.
  2. ^ a b "Un anno d'amore/E se domani". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Musica e dischi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Un Anno D'Amore / Era Vivere" at Discogs. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. ^ Rustico, Germano (13 November 1965). "Music Capitals of the World: Milan" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 22. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ Salas, Hugo (25 November 2007). "Una Mina y siete adanes". Яadar (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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