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Un'estate italiana
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Un'estate italiana"
"Un verano italiano "
"To be number one
| cover = Un'estate_italiana.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini
Susan Ferrer
| album =
| B-side = Karaoke version
| released = 9 December 1989
| recorded = 1989
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 4:07
| label =
| writer =
| producer = Giorgio Moroder
| chronology = Gianna Nannini
| prev_title = Voglio fare l'amore
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Scandalo
| next_year = 1990
| misc =
}}
"'Un'estate italiana'" (Italian, ), "'Un verano italiano'" (Spanish; both meaning "An Italian summer") or "'To be number one'" (English), is a 1990 song composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Tom Whitlock for the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The Italian version, also known as "Notti magiche" ("Magical nights") in Italy, was recorded by Italian artists Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini, who also wrote the Italian lyrics. The Spanish version, also known as "Noches mgicas" in Spanish, was recorded by Paraguayan Susan Ferrer, who also wrote the Spanish lyrics.
The song achieved success on the charts of several European countries.
Background and release
The English version, released under the name "To be number one", and performed by Giorgio Moroder Project (Singers: Joe Milner, Moll Anderson, Paula Mulcahy Keane)[https://www.papercitymag.com/fashion/moll-anderson-dallas-author-lifestyle-guru-rocker/ Moll Anderson Returns to 1989 With Serious Bomb Girl Style] was the opening theme to RAI TV programmes and matches related to the World Cup.
For the Italian release, Moroder addressed Gianna Nannini and Edoardo Bennato, who rewrote the lyrics and took the song to the top of the charts in Italy and Switzerland. From January to September 1990, the song was the best-selling single in Italy. The song was presented for the first time by the two singer-songwriters in Milan in December 1989, and performed live during the opening ceremony, held on 8 June 1990, in Milan, before the ArgentinaCameroon opening match, followed later also by the English version. It describes the desire to win, and score a goal.
The song was among the first to contain a single instrumental version (indicated as a karaoke version) and to be published as a maxi single. In 1990, Hong Kong singer Alan Tam covered this song in Cantonese under the title "Ideals and Peace" .
Track listings
; 7" single
# "Un'estate italiana" 4:07
# "Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) 4:07
; 12" maxi
# "Un'estate italiana" (stadium version) 4:50
# "Un'estate italiana" (7" version) 4:07
# "Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) 4:07
; CD maxi
# "Un'estate italiana" (stadium version) 4:50
# "Un'estate italiana" (single version) 4:07
# "Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) 4:07
Charts and sales
Peak positions
Year-end charts
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References
Category:1989 songs
Category:1990 singles
Category:Edoardo Bennato songs
Category:FIFA World Cup songs
Category:Gianna Nannini songs
Category:Number-one singles in Italy
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
Category:Malefemale vocal duets
Category:Songs written by Giorgio Moroder
Category:Songs written by Tom Whitlock
Category:1990 FIFA World Cup
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Sugar Music singles
Category:Virgin Records singles
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