Tintarella di luna (song)

"Tintarella di luna"
Single by Mina
from the album Tintarella di luna
LanguageItalian
B-side"Mai"
ReleasedSeptember 1959 (1959-09)[1]
Genre
Length3:00
LabelItaldisc
Composer(s)Bruno De Filippi
Lyricist(s)Franco Migliacci
Mina singles chronology
"T'ho vista piangere"
(1959) 		"Tintarella di luna"
(1959) 		"Te vulevo scurdà"
(1959)

"Tintarella di luna" (transl. "Moon tan") is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Bruno De Filippi, at the time a member of the group I Campioni, and Franco Migliacci.[3] The song became the first major hit for the singer,[3] reaching number three in the Italian chart, and its sales exceeded 200,000 copies.[4]

Later in 1960, the song was included on Mina's debut studio album of the same name.[5] Mina also recorded a French version called "Un petit clair de lune".[6]

"Tintarella di luna" was also performed in the 1960 musicarello titled Howlers in the Dock, in which Mina played herself.[3][2]

The song "Mai", written by Arturo Casadei, Aldo Locatelli, Silvana Simoni, and Aldo Valleroni, was used as the B-side.

Charts

Chart performance for "Tintarella di luna"
Chart (1959–60) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] 47
Italy (Musica e dischi)[8] 3

Cover versions

The song has been covered in Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese (as "Banho de Lua") and Japanese (as 月影のナポリ/"Tsukikage no Napori"), by a number of artists, including Dalida, Celly Campello, Bob Azzam, Os Mutantes, The Peanuts, W, Gloria Christian, Ivan Cattaneo, and Jenny Luna.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Tintarella di luna/Mai". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Ruggeri, Roberto (1990). "Mina". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della Canzone Italiana L-Z (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 510. ISBN 88-9750-877-4.
  3. ^ a b c Cerchiari, Luca (25 August 2020). "Da Cremona a Tintarella di luna". Mina. Una voce universale (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-357-0096-8.
  4. ^ "International" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. 22, no. 12. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. 3 December 1960. p. 49. ISSN 0008-7289.
  5. ^ "Tintarella di luna". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Un petit claire de lune" at Discogs. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Mina – Tintarella di luna" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.
  9. ^ Salvatori, Dario (2001). "Tintarella di luna". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. pp. 350–1. ISBN 8888169016.