"Quando m'innamoro" is a 1968 Italian song written by

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Mario Panzeri Mario Panzeri (11 October 1911 – 19 May 1991) was an Italian lyricist and composer. He is well known for his composed songs that include "" "", "", and "", which won the first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1951. Panzeri was the c ...

and Roberto Livraghi and sung with a double performance by

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and by

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at the 1968

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, in which it came 6th.

Recording in other languages

*The song was adapted into French under the title "Comment te dire" and was recorded by

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. *In English as ''A Man Without Love'' and was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck *In Spanish the song was sung as ''Cuando me enamoro'', most famously sung by

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. *In Japanese as ''Ai no hana saku toki'' (愛の花咲くとき), and *In Estonian, the song has been performed by Uno Loop with lyrics by Kustas Kikerpuu, titled "Oled teinud mind õnnelikuks". *In Finnish, the song was first recorded by

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with lyrics by

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, titled "Milloinkaan en löydä samanlaista". Later versions have been performed by

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and Jamppa Tuominen. *In Swedish, the song has been sung as ''Sommaren det hände'' (The summer when it happened) by

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and as ''Före min tid'' (Before my time) by Knut Agnred as a part of the comedy musical ''Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro'' (Successful freezing of Mr Moro), performed 1994-95 by Galenskaparna and After Shave, with lyrics by Claes Eriksson. *In Russian as ''Верить в свою звезду'' (Believing to your star) by

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. *In Portuguese as "Quando me enamoro" by Agnaldo Rayol, Agnaldo Timóteo and George Freedman; by

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. *In Greek as "Πάντα Στη Ζωή Μου" by Zoitsa Kouroukli (1968). *In 1969

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recorded a cover in German, inserted in the album ''Buona sera, Vico!'' (Good evening, Vico!) (

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, 844 368 PY), released in Germany and Austria. *In Hungarian as "Szívtelen teremtés" by Teréz Harangozó (1968). *In Macedonian as ''Еднаш да се вљубам'' (Once to fall in love) by the Slovenian singer Elda Viler.

Other recordings

*The song was also released 2005 from Patrizio Buanne in Italian and English on his album ''

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''. "Quando m'innamoro" has been covered by artists including

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and

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Engelbert Humperdinck recording

The song's English lyrics were written by

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as "A Man Without Love". The most popular version was recorded in 1968 by Engelbert Humperdinck, who in the UK hit #2 on the chart. In the US, the Humperdinck version went to #19 on the

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and #3 on the

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chart. It was the title track of his third LP.

Chart history

Weekly charts

The Sandpipers (Italian version) Joe Dassin ("Comment te dire", French version)

Year-end charts

In popular culture

*Humperdinck's version was used in the 2005 film ''

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''. *The song is featured in 2 episodes of the

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series ''

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'', the premiere

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and the finale Gods and Monsters. *Also used for

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extended cut only on streaming and

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References

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