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Comincia tu

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"Comincia tu"
Single by Mina
from the album Catene
LanguageItalian
B-side"La nave" / "Brigitte Bardot"
Released19 October 1984 (1984-10-19)[1]
Recorded1984
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
GenrePop
Length4:11
LabelPDU
Songwriter(s)
Mina singles chronology
"Rose su rose"
(1984)
"Comincia tu"
(1984)
"Questione di feeling"
(1985)
Alternative cover
Artwork for the re-release
Artwork for the re-release

"Comincia tu" (English: "You start") is a song written by Massimiliano Pani and Piero Cassano for Italian singer Mina. The song was released as a single from the album Catene with "La nave" on the back in October 1984.[1] The single was later re-released with a disco mix of "Comincia tu" and the song "Brigitte Bardot" as the b-side.[2] Nevertheless, the single performed modestly on the charts.

The song "Comincia tu" was the main theme of the second cycle of the television program Trent'anni della nostra storia [it], broadcast from mid-February to mid-April 1985,[3] which tells the second decade of Italian history from 1956 to 1965, through the most significant and salient facts of the period.[4]

Track listing

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7" single[5]
A. "Comincia tu" – 4:11
B. "La nave" (Guido Guglielminetti) – 4:53
12" single[6]
A. "Comincia tu" (Disco Mix) – 4:11
B. "Brigitte Bardot" (Miguel Gustavo) – 4:02

Personnel

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"Comincia tu"
  • Mina – vocals
  • Celso Valli – arrangement, piano
  • Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
  • Flaviano Cuffari – drums
  • Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
  • Nuccio Rinaldis – recording
"La nave"
  • Mina – vocals, backing vocals
  • Paolo Gianolio – arrangement, backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Massimiliano Pani – backing vocals
  • Flaviano Cuffari – drums
  • Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
  • Nuccio Rinaldis – recording
"Brigitte Bardot"
  • Mina – vocals, backing vocals
  • Victor Bach – arrangement, backing vocals
  • Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar
  • D. Cremonesi – backing vocals
  • Mauro Balletti – backing vocals
  • Stefano Anselmo – backing vocals
  • Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Comincia tu"
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Italy (Musica e dischi)[8] 35

References

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  1. ^ a b "Comincia tu/La nave". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Very Hot Hot Hot New Releases!". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. 22 December 1984. p. I-6. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ "Varietà 1985 - 1986". Rai Teche (in Italian). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Regina lontana". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 40. ISBN 9788893720885.
  5. ^ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/La nave (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. 1151. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ^ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/Brigitte Bardot (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. Mix 156. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ Mina (1984). Catene (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 7043/44. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.
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