"Non me lo so spiegare" (English: "''I Can't Explain''") is a song written and recorded by Italian singer

Tiziano Ferro Tiziano Ferro (; born 21 February 1980) is an Italian pop singer and songwriter. He broke through in 2001 with his international hit single " Perdono" and has remained commercially successful since then, in several countries. Ferro has released ...

. It was released as the third single from his second studio album, '' 111'', in February 2004. The music video for the song was directed by Paolo Monico. The song was also translated in Spanish and recorded by Tiziano Ferro himself for the Hispanic version of the album, under the title "No me lo puedo explicar". In 2006, Ferro re-recorded the song as a duet with Italian singer

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 1993, 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which becam ...

. This version of the song was included in Pausini's 2006 album ''

Io canto ''Io canto'' and ''Yo canto'' (English: ''I Sing'') are the ninth studio albums by Italian singer Laura Pausini. The Italian-language edition was released on November 10, 2006 while the Spanish-language edition was released on November 14, 2006 ...

'' and it was released as a single on 23 March 2007.

Background and composition

During an interview released in November 2003, Ferro revealed that the song was initially written for his debut album, ''

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'', but it was not featured on the record for various reasons: "We didn't know if the album would have sold well, therefore we kept the song for the

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. If things would have gone bad, 'Non me lo so spiegare' would have been my entry for Sanremo". The song is a

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, described by ''

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s Antonio Orlando as a "neoclassic Italian song". Orlando also compared "Non me lo so spiegare" to

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's previous songs.

Live performances

Tiziano Ferro performed the song in July 2004 during the Italian itinerant TV show ''

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'', broadcast by

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. He also performed the song in March 2007, when he participated as a guest artist in the semi-final of the 57th

. A live version of the song was also included in Ferro's live

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''Alla mia età live in Roma'', released on 20 November 2009 and recorded in June 2009 during his concert at the

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in Rome.

Track listing

;Digital download – "Non me lo so spiegare" (2004) # "Non me lo so spiegare" – 4:00 ;CD single – "No me lo puedo explicar" (2004) # "No me lo puedo explicar" – 4:00

Personnel

;Music credits *

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– arrangements, rhythmic programming, keyboards * Leonardo Di Angilla – percussions *

– vocals, composer * Andrea Fontana – drums * Cristian Rigano –

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, keyboards * Pino Saracini – bass * Davide Tagliapietra – guitars ;Production credits * Michele Canova – producer, engineer, mixing * Sandro Franchin – additional engineer *

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– producer *

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– producer

Charts

Certifications

Laura Pausini cover

Laura Pausini recorded the song as a duet with Tiziano Ferro for her 2006's album ''

''. This version of the song was released on 23 March 2007 as the album's third single. The Spanish adaptation of the song, also featuring Ferro on vocals, was also included in the Hispanic version of the album, ''Yo canto''.

Background

During an interview, Pausini revealed that, before starting the recording sessions for her album ''Io canto'', entirely composed of covers of popular songs by Italian male artists, she had decided not to record duets with Italian singers. "I was afraid to offend the artists I didn't call, I wanted to record duets with foreign artists only, so that they could give something new to these popular songs. But when I started recording Tiziano's song, there was something missing, therefore I thought it was the right chance to put our voices together".

Live performances

Laura Pausini and Tiziano Ferro performed the song live for the first time on 30 January 2007 in Milan, during a venue of Tiziano Ferro's Nessuno è solo tour. "Non me lo so spiegare" was also performed as a duet with Ferro during Pausini's only 2007 concert, held at the

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on 2 July 2007. The concert was later released as a DVD under the title ''

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'', and it was broadcast by

on 11 December 2007. In December 2009, Pausini and Ferro performed together the song during an episode of

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's TV programme ''Due'', entirely dedicated to them.

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Gaetano Morbioli, was filmed at the Dino Studios in

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. The ambientation of the video recreates a desert, with an old petrol pump and roadsigns pointing to the Midwest. Pausini and Ferro are shown on opposite sides of a parked car, representing two aching souls who cannot look at each other.

Personnel

;Music credits * Riccardo Capanni – concert master * Max Costa –

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, additional keyboards * Cesare Chiodo – bass * Emiliano Fantuzzi – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

– vocals, composer * Gabriele Fersini – electric guitar * Alfredo Golino – drums * Filippo Martelli – string arrangement, string conductor * Omersea Orchestra – strings * Dado Parisini – keyboards, string arrangement *

– vocals ;Production credits * Max Costa – pre-producer, mixing * Emiliano Fantuzzi – pre-producer * Dado Parisini – producer * Jon Jacobs – engineer, mixing * Francesco Luzzi – engineer * Gabriele Gigli – assistant * Matteo Bolzoni – assistant * Dado Parisini – mixing

Charts

References

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