"Se non avessi più te" () is a 1965 Italian song composed by

Franco Migliacci Francesco "Franco" Migliacci (; 28 October 1930 – 15 September 2023) was an Italian lyricist, producer, and actor. Biography Migliacci studied in Florence where his family had settled, here he entered in a competition for young players, in ...

(lyrics)

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and

Bruno Zambrini Bruno Zambrini (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian composer and record producer. Born in Francavilla al Mare, Chieti, Zambrini graduated in composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. In the 1960s he became a successful composer of pop songs, ...

(music) and performed by

Gianni Morandi Gian Luigi "Gianni" Morandi (; born 11 December 1944) is an Italian pop singer, actor and entertainer. It is estimated that Morandi has sold about 50 million recordings. Early life Born in Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, the son of a cobbler, Mor ...

Background

The song was runner-up at the 1965 edition of the

Cantagiro Cantagiro was an Italian summer song contest held from 1962 to 1972 and 1990 to 1993. It featured three categories, A for famous artists, B for newcomers and C for groups. The creator of the competition was Ezio Radaelli. The name of the festival ...

festival; it was in the lead for all stages of the contest but was eventually overtaken by

Rita Pavone Rita Ori Filomena Merk-Pavone (, ; born August 23, 1945) is an Italian-Swiss pop singer, actress and showgirl, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Known as "the Mosquito of Turin" (), she was also nicknamed "Carrot Hair" () because of the r ...

with "Lui" in the final stage at

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, in what became known as the "Fiuggi blitz". The song was a major success, selling over 320,000 copies as of August 1965. It has been described as "a non-obvious melody rich in

bel canto , )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...

reminiscences", which Morandi performed "with great naturalness and without overdoing it". The song was adapted into a

musicarello The ''musicarello'' (; : ''musicarelli'') is a film subgenre which emerged in Italy and which is characterised by the presence in main roles of young singers, already famous among their peers, and their new record album. In the films there are a ...

film with the same title, directed by

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (3 January 1916 – 10 September 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, the son of the director Armando, he debuted as assistant director in the films of his father, and later collabora ...

and starring the same Morandi and his future wife

Laura Efrikian Laura Efrikian (; born Laura Ephrikian on 14 June 1940) is an Italian actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Treviso as Laura Ephrikian, the daughter of the conductor and musicologist Angelo Ephrikian of Armenian descent ...

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

References

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{{Authority control 1965 singles Italian songs 1965 songs Number-one singles in Italy Gianni Morandi songs Songs with lyrics by Franco Migliacci