Cocktail d'amore (Stefania Rotolo song) explained

Cocktail d'amore
Cover:	Stefania Rotolo - Cocktail d'amore.jpg
Caption:	Official cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Stefania Rotolo
Released:	October 1979
Label:	EMI
Prev Title:	Spaccotutto
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Marameo
Next Year:	1979

"Cocktail d'amore" is a song written by Cristiano Malgioglio, Corrado Castellari and Marcello Mancini, and performed by Italian singer Stefania Rotolo.^[1]

The song was the ending theme of the television program Tilt, broadcast by Rai 1 and hosted by Rotolo herself.^{[1] [2]} "Cocktail d'amore" was released as a single together with the show's opening theme "Disco tic" by EMI and peaked at number 2 of the Italian hit parade.^{[1] [3]}

"Cocktail d'amore" is considered a "cult song" by the Italian LGBT community.^{[4] [5]} In 2002, Amanda Lear hosted a television program named Cocktail d'amore and released a cover version of the song as the show's opening theme.^[1] The Cocktail d'Amore queer party in Berlin was named after the song.^{[4] [6]}

Charts

Chart (1979)! scope="col"

Peak position
Italy^[7]	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cocktail d'amore. Hit Parade Italia. 30 December 2023.
2. News: 40 anni senza Stefania Rotolo, la "ragazza uragano". Ernesto Assante. 31 July 2021. la Repubblica. 30 December 2023.
3. Web site: Cocktail d'amore/Disco tic. Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. 30 December 2023.
4. Web site: Mahmood e quel "Cocktail d'amore" a Berlino, ecco perché quel titolo. Mandalina Di Biase. 30 October 2023. Gay.it. 30 December 2023.
5. Web site: Sexplosion: Cocktail D'amore. 30 December 2023.
6. Web site: 'The vibe was sex, sex, sex': Cocktail D'Amore, Berlin's free-love club night. Liam Cagney. the Guardian. 10 December 2019.
7. Web site: Indice per Titolo: C. Hit Parade Italia. it. 30 December 2023.