"Ascolta il tuo cuore" (in Italian: ''Listen to your heart'') is a song written by Vito Mastrofrancesco, Alberto Mastrofrancesco, Charles Cohiba, Cheope and Fabrizio Pausini. It was recorded by 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 ...

for her 1996's album '' Le cose che vivi'' and it was released as the album's third single in February 1997. The song was also featured on Pausini's

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'' The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te'', released in 2001. A Spanish-language version of the song was also recorded by Pausini for the Hispanic version of the album, ''Las cosas que vives'', and it was released as a single under the title "Escucha a tu corazón". The

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for the song was directed by Alberto Colombo.

Live performances

A live performance of the song, recorded during Pausini's concert at the

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in December 2001, was included in Pausini's first live

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, '' Live 2001–2002 World Tour''. Pausini also performed "Ascolta il tuo cuore" at the

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stadium in Milan on 2 June 2007. This performance was also included in her

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'' San Siro 2007''.

Charts

References

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