Vorrei che fosse amore explained

Vorrei che fosse amore
Cover:Vorrei che fosse amore.png
Type:Single
Artist:Mina
Album:Canzonissima '68
Language:Italian
B-Side:Caro
Recorded:2 October 1968
Genre:Pop
Length:2:26
Label:PDU
Composer:Bruno Canfora
Lyricist:Antonio Amurri
Prev Title:Quand'ero piccola
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Nè come nè perchè
Next Year:1968

"Vorrei che fosse amore" (English: "I wish it was love") is a song written by Antonio Amurri and Bruno Canfora. Italian singer Mina recorded it in 1968 as the final theme of the musical TV show Canzonissima.[1] [2] The song was later included on her album Canzonissima '68, and was also released as a single,[3] reaching number 9 on the Italian chart. According to Cash Box magazine, it was ranked 77th on the list of the best-selling singles in Italy between July 1968 and July 1969.[4]

The following year, the song was re-recorded by Mina in French under the title "Si..." and released as a single. To promote this publication, at the end of April 1969, the singer went to Paris, where she performed the song on local television.[5] Mina also recorded an English version called "More Than Strangers", which was released as a single and later included on the album of the same name distributed in the USA.

Track listing

7" single (Italy)[6]
  • A. "Vorrei che fosse amore" (Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora) – 2:26
  • B. "Caro" (Mina, Maurizio Seymandi, Augusto Martelli) – 3:16
    7" single (France)[7]
  • A. "Si... (Vorrei che fosse amore)" (Amurri, Canfora, Eddy Marnay) – 2:24
  • B. "Moi je te regarde (Io innamorata)" (Martelli, Giorgio Calabrese, Marnay) – 3:01
    7" single (USA)[8]
  • A. "More Than Strangers (Vorrei che fosse amore)" (Amurri, Canfora, Gladys Shelley, Jimmy Nebb) – 2:17
  • B. "I Want to Be Loved" (Savannah Churchill) – 2:20

    Charts

    Chart (1968)! scope="col"
    Peak
    position
    Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] 9

    Notes and References

    1. Book: Sofri, Luca.

      it:Luca Sofri

      . 2008. Mina. https://books.google.com/books?id=JbEaU0XRCo0C&pg=RA6-PA2005. Playlist. La musica è cambiata. Bur. 357. 9788858601792. it.
    2. Book: Dalla Vecchia. Aldo. Il '68 di Mina. https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Graphe.it Edizioni. 2020. 28. 9788893720885.
    3. Web site: Vorrei che fosse amore/Caro. it. Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. 29 May 2024.
    4. Italy's Top 100 Sellers. Cash Box. 5 June 1969. XXX. 49/2. 79. 0008-7289.
    5. Vesigna. Gigi. Gigi Vesigna. 25 May 1969. Show di Mina a Parigi. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. it. 0038-156X.
    6. Vorrei che fosse amore. Mina. 1968. 29 May 2024. liner notes. PDU. P.A. 1012. Italy. it.
    7. Si.... Mina. 1969. 29 May 2024. liner notes. Pathé. 2 C 006 - 10217 M. France. fr.
    8. More Than Strangers. Mina. 1969. 29 May 2024. liner notes. Regalia. R-5501. US.
    9. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019. it. 2019. Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. 306–308. 9781093264906.