| Una donna per amico | |
| Cover: | DonnaFRA.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lucio Battisti |
| Album: | Una donna per amico |
| B-Side: | "Nessun dolore" |
| Released: | October 1978 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 5:19 |
| Label: | Numero Uno |
| Prev Title: | Amarsi un po' |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Una giornata uggiosa |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"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]
At the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, "Una donna per amico" was played during the entrance of the Italian home team. Miss Italia, Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, carried the placard wearing a Moschino-designed dress. The Italian flag, called il Tricolore, was carried by then 19-year-old figure skater Carolina Kostner.
"Una donna per amico" was covered by several artists, including Rosario Fiorello and the band Sugarfree. It named a 1998 television series starring Elisabetta Gardini and a 2014 film directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Fabio De Luigi and Laetitia Casta.[4]
The B-side "Nessun dolore" (pronounced as /it/) was covered by Italian singer Giorgia on her eponymous debut album (1994); it was later also included in her compilation Spirito libero - Viaggi di voce 1992-2008.[5] [6] It was also covered by Italian singer Mina on her 1987 album Rane combattenti; Russian singer Svetlana Tchernykh recorded a Russian language version of the song, titled "Я парня себе выбрала в подруги" (album Черных поёт Баттисти, 2005).