Una lacrima sul viso

"Una lacrima sul viso"
Single by Bobby Solo
from the album Bobby Solo
B-side"Non Ne Posso Più"
ReleasedFebruary 1964
GenrePop
LabelRicordi
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]

  1. ^ a b 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.