"Bastava" / "Bastaba" (literally ''It Was Enough'') is a song recorded by

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singer

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, for her eleventh studio album, '' Inedito''. The song was released on radio on January 20, 2012. Laura Pausini, da venerdì 20 gennaio il nuovo singolohttp://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/nightlive/videoclip/bastava/59300de8-4779-11e1-8fa7-b2a5b83c8dfe Laura Pausini: il video di Bastava su CorriereTV In

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, it is the third single extracted from the album. The song was written by Niccolò Agliardi to Eleonora Crupi, who was taking part on the fifth edition of the

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, who was refused to Sanremolab (which opens the doors to the Festival di Sanremo itself) The song was donated later to Pausini and readapted. The song was written by Niccolò Agliardi and Massimiliano Pelan; the

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version was made by Ignacio Ballesteros and produced by Laura Pausini and Paolo Carta. The song was also recorded in a Spanish-language version, titled "Bastaba" and released as the second single from the Spanish-language version of the album, ''Inédito''.

Videoclip

The videoclip was directed by Gaetano Morbioli and took place in July 2011 in

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, same city where previous videoclips from '' Benvenuto'' and '' Non ho mai smesso'' were recorded. The video was made available on January 26 on the site of the newspaper

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and on January 30 on all musical channels. The video shows Laura Pausini dressed in a black and white dress, with her hair free, while singing in a very big room, surrounded by a videocamera that moves back and forth her. Scenes from Pausini's private life (such as backstage scenes from her DVD

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) are also seen.

Track list

;Digital download # ''Bastava'' # ''Bastaba''

Personnel

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, composing * Niccolò Agliardi: composing * Massimiliano Pelan: composing * Paolo Carta: composing,

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* Bruno Zucchetti:

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* Matteo Bassi:

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* Emiliano Bassi:

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* ''B.I.M. Orchestra'':

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Live performances

On December 26, 2011

sang ''Bastava'' live with Eleonora Crupi at the ''

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, Milano, as part of the

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Charts

References

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