Comincia tu explained

Comincia tu
Cover:	Comincia tu.png
Border:	yes
Type:	Single
Artist:	Mina
Album:	Catene
Language:	Italian
B-Side:	"La nave" / "Brigitte Bardot"
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	1984
Studio:	Studi PDU, Lugano
Genre:	Pop
Length:	4:11
Label:	PDU
Prev Title:	Rose su rose
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Questione di feeling
Next Year:	1985

"Comincia tu" (English: "You start") is a song written by Massimiliano Pani and Piero Cassano for Italian singer Mina. The song was released as a single from the album Catene with "La nave" on the back in October 1984. The single was later re-released with a disco mix of "Comincia tu" and the song "Brigitte Bardot" as the b-side.^[2] Nevertheless, the single performed modestly on the charts.

The song "Comincia tu" was the main theme of the second cycle of the television program , broadcast from mid-February to mid-April 1985,^[3] which tells the second decade of Italian history from 1956 to 1965, through the most significant and salient facts of the period.^[4]

Track listing

7" single^[5]

A. "Comincia tu" – 4:11

B. "La nave" (Guido Guglielminetti) – 4:53

12" single^[6]

A. "Comincia tu" (Disco Mix) – 4:11

B. "Brigitte Bardot" (Miguel Gustavo) – 4:02

Personnel

"Comincia tu"

Mina – vocals
Celso Valli – arrangement, piano
Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
Flaviano Cuffari – drums
Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"La nave"

Mina – vocals, backing vocals
Paolo Gianolio – arrangement, backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
Massimiliano Pani – backing vocals
Flaviano Cuffari – drums
Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"Brigitte Bardot"

Mina – vocals, backing vocals
Victor Bach – arrangement, backing vocals
Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar
D. Cremonesi – backing vocals
Mauro Balletti – backing vocals
Stefano Anselmo – backing vocals
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[7]

Charts

Chart (1984)! scope="col"
Peak position
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[8]	35

Notes and References

Web site: Comincia tu/La nave. it. Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. 9 June 2024.
Very Hot Hot Hot New Releases!. Billboard. 22 December 1984. 96. 51. I-6. 0006-2510.
Web site: Varietà 1985 - 1986. Rai Teche. 9 June 2024. it.
Book: Dalla Vecchia. Aldo. Regina lontana. https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Graphe.it Edizioni. 2020. 40. 9788893720885.
Comincia tu/La nave. Mina. 1984. 9 June 2024. liner notes. PDU. P.A. 1151. Italy. it.
Comincia tu/Brigitte Bardot. Mina. 1984. 9 June 2024. liner notes. PDU. P.A. Mix 156. Italy. it.
it. Mina. Catene. 1984. liner notes. PDU. Pld. L. 7043/44. Italy. 9 June 2024.
Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019. it. 2019. Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. 306–308. 9781093264906.