Perdere l'amore

"Perdere l'amore"
Single by Massimo Ranieri
from the album Perdere l'amore
B-side"Dove sta il poeta"
Released1988
GenreChanson, Pop
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Marcello Marrocchi, Giampiero Artegiani
Massimo Ranieri singles chronology
"Dal primo momento che ti ho vista"
(1976) 		"Perdere l'amore"
(1988) 		"Io lavoro di notte"
(1988)
Audio
"Perdere l'amore" on YouTube

"Perdere l'amore" is a 1988 song composed by Marcello Marrocchi and Giampiero Artegiani and performed by singer Massimo Ranieri. The song won the 38th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, and marked the return to music of Ranieri after a decade devoted to acting.[1][2]

The song had been already proposed by Gianni Nazzaro to the Sanremo Festival organizers in 1987, but had been rejected in the preliminary song selection.[1]

"Perdere l'amore" was covered by several artists, including Lara Fabian, André Hazes, Mino Reitano, Pietro Ballo, Thiago Arancam.[3] In 2020 Ranieri recorded a new version of the song in duet with Tiziano Ferro, which was presented out of competition at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020.[4][5]

Track listing

  • 7" single
  1. "Perdere l'amore" (Marcello Marrocchi, Giampiero Artegiani)
  2. "Dove sta il poeta" (Marcello Marrocchi, Giampiero Artegiani)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Italy[2][6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart Peak
position
Italy[6] 16

References

  1. ^ a b Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  2. ^ a b Dario Salvatori. "Perdere l'amore". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle u, 2001. ISBN 8888169016.
  3. ^ "Perdere l'amore". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ Giulia Turco (6 February 2020). "Il duetto di Tiziano Ferro e Massimo Ranieri a Sanremo: "Mo' me può chiammà papà"". Music Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ Francesco Carrubba (1 August 2020). "Tiziano Ferro e Ranieri, Perdere l'amore: da Sanremo a I Love My Radio". Radio Italia. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "I singoli più venduti del 1988". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 1 November 2016.