Felicità

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Felicità
Al Bano & Romina Power
publication 1982
length 3:13
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Cristiano Minellono , Dario Farina , Gino de Stefani
album Felicità

Felicità (Italian for "luck") is a song by the Italian pop duo Al Bano & Romina Power , which was released in early 1982 as a single from the album of the same name. With the song, which is one of their best known, they reached second place at the Sanremo Festival in 1982 .

Origin and content

The song was written by Cristiano Minellono , Dario Farina and Gino de Stefani and produced by Farina. In the lyrics, Al Bano and Romina Power sing about the happiness of love, whereby the lyrics can also be related to themselves and their relationship. It is a mid-tempo pop ballad played with synthesizers with staccato stanzas and a very approachable, rather solemn refrain.

In 1982 Al Bano and Romina Power took part with the song at the Sanremo Festival and were able to achieve second place. The song then became a hit outside of Italy, especially in German-speaking countries. But the song also became known in Spanish-speaking countries, which is why the two also recorded a Spanish version, Felicidad .

Publication and reception

The single was released in 1982 on Baby Records (006-64 705). On the B-side is the song Arrivederci a Bahia . Felicità reached number one in the Italian charts in March 1982 . He also appeared on numerous compilation albums . In the German-speaking countries, the single reached high chart positions, sixth in Germany , ninth in Austria and third in Switzerland , as well as 18th in the Netherlands and seventh in the Flemish part of Belgium . In Germany, Felicità was the third best-selling single of 1982 .

In 1983, Felicità appeared in the GDR on Amiga on a 7 " EP with three other songs by the duo. In 1991 the hit was re-released in France on Carrere .

Der Spiegel described the song as the duo's “greatest hit”. In the chorus they would have smiled at each other “like shy, crushing teenagers” during live performances.

Cover versions

In the German-speaking countries, the version by Conny & Jean , Felicita , also became known. The German text is from Bernd Opinion . It was published in June 1982 and reached number ten in Germany and was placed for 14 weeks. Conny & Jean appeared with the song twice in the ZDF hit parade . On September 6, 1982 they were voted number one by TED and were therefore allowed to appear again in the following broadcast on October 4, 1982. Other versions come from:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e https://hitparade.ch/song/Al-Bano-&-Romina-Power/Felicita-815
  2. ↑ a b https://www.spiegel.de/einestages/al-bano-und-romina-power-tragoedie-eines-traumpaars-a-1071845.html
  3. ^ Sanremo 1982 (32a Edizione). In: HitParadeItalia. Retrieved July 25, 2019 (Italian).
  4. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/song/Al-Bano-&-Romina-Power/Felicidad-1243596
  5. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on July 24, 2019 (Italian, paid subscription access).
  6. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/song/Conny-&-Jean/Felicita-26755
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXhjymT8Zw