Una lacrima sul viso

This article is about the song. For the film, see Tears on Your Face.

"Una lacrima sul viso"
Single by Bobby Solo
from the album Bobby Solo
B-side	"Non Ne Posso Più"
Released	February 1964
Genre	Pop
Label	Ricordi
Songwriter(s)	Lunero and Mogol
Bobby Solo singles chronology
"Blu è blu" (1963) "Una lacrima sul viso" (1964) "Credi a me" (1964)

"Una lacrima sul viso" (Italian for A Tear on your Face) is a song composed by Lunero and Mogol and performed by Bobby Solo. The song premiered at the fourteenth Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Solo and Frankie Laine, who proposed an English version of the song with the title "For Your Love".[1] The song entered the final, but Solo was affected by laryngitis. Unable to sing live, he sang with playback, being subsequently disqualified.[1]

The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade.[2] It sold over three million copies worldwide, and it was awarded a gold disc.[3]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for
"Una lacrima sul viso"

Chart (1964)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]	13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4]	2
Brazil (IBOPE)[5]	2
Italy (Musica e dischi)[6]	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7]	34
Uruguay (CUD)[8]	7

Sales

Sales for
"Una lacrima sul viso"

Region	Sales
France	250,000[9]
Italy	1,700,000[10]
Worldwide	3,000,000[3]

Track listing

• 7" single – SRL 10-338

1. "Una lacrima sul viso" (Lunero, Mogol)
2. "Non ne posso più" (Giorgio Salvioni, Iller Pattacini)

Covers

Besides the famous cover by Frankie Laine (single) as "For Your Love" (CBS, 1332), the song was covered by several artists, notably Achille Togliani, Claude Challe, Richard Clayderman, Franck Pourcel and Francis Goya.

In other media

A musicarello film titled Una lacrima sul viso was released, starring Solo and Laura Efrikian, and directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti. It also was distributed under the title Tears on Your Face.[11]

The song was used in several other films as well, notably Whit Stillman's Barcelona,[12] Xavier Giannoli's When I Was a Singer,[13] and François Ozon's 5x2.[14]

References

1. Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
2. Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
3. Joseph Murrells (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). Barrie and Jenkins Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
4. "Bobby Solo – Una lacrima sul viso". dutchcharts.nl.
5. "Brazil's Best Sellers" (PDF). Cashbox. 1 August 1964.
6. "I singoli più venduti del 1964". Hit Parade Italia.
7. "Bobby Solo – Una lacrima sul viso". top40.nl.
8. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 18 July 1964.
9. "Cash Box - Italy" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 September 1964. p. 34. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via World Radio History.
10. Ruscitto, Germano (15 March 1975). "San Remo Background" (PDF). Billboard. p. 70. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
11. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
12. Giovanna Grassi (15 March 1995). "L' America ha la lacrima sul viso". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
13. Chiara Ugolini (26 May 2006). "Depardieu, un cantante da Palma d'Oro". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
14. Film Review: Special, Issues 56-58. Visual Imagination Ltd., 2005. p.114.