Cover: | Se non avessi più te.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Gianni Morandi |
Album: | Gianni 3 |
B-Side: | I ragazzi dello shake |
Released: | 1965 |
Genre: | Pop |
Length: | 2:47 |
Label: | RCA Italiana |
Producer: | Franco Migliacci |
Prev Title: | Non son degno di te |
Prev Year: | 1964 |
Next Title: | Si fa sera |
Next Year: | 1965 |
"Se non avessi più te" is a 1965 Italian song composed by Franco Migliacci (lyrics) Luis Bacalov and Bruno Zambrini (music) and performed by Gianni Morandi.
The song was runner-up at the 1965 edition of the Cantagiro festival;[1] it was in the lead for all stages of the contest but was eventually overtaken by Rita Pavone with "Lui" in the final stage at Fiuggi,[2] in what became known as the "Fiuggi blitz".[3] The song was a major success, selling over 320,000 copies as of August 1965.[4] It has been described as "a non-obvious melody rich in bel canto reminiscences", which Morandi performed "with great naturalness and without overdoing it".
The song was adapted into a musicarello film with the same title, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti and starring the same Morandi and his future wife Laura Efrikian.