"La prima cosa bella" | ||||
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Single by Nicola Di Bari | ||||
from the album Nicola Di Bari | ||||
B-side | "...e lavorare" | |||
Released | February 1970 | |||
Genre | ||||
Label | RCA Italiana | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nicola Di Bari, Mogol | |||
Nicola Di Bari singles chronology | ||||
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"La prima cosa bella" (Italian for "The first beautiful thing") is a song composed by Nicola Di Bari and Mogol. The song ranked second at the twenth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Nicola Di Bari and Ricchi e Poveri.[1]
The Di Bari's version peaked at first place on the Italian hit parade.[2]
Lucio Battisti, heard the song, offered to Di Bari to record a demo, in which he played the guitar, being accompanied by Franz Di Cioccio, Damiano Dattoli, Andrea Sacchi and Flavio Premoli, musicians who often collaborated with Battisti for his recordings.[3] The arranger Gianfranco Reverberi eventually decided to use this version as the base, just adding the string orchestra conducted by the Reverberi.[3] The song was initially planned to be performed at the Sanremo Music Festival by Di Bari together with Gianni Morandi, who after recording an audition eventually gave up.[4]
In 2008 the Ricchi e Poveri's version was included in the musical score of the Paolo Sorrentino's film Il Divo.[5] In 2010 the song named an award-winning film directed by Paolo Virzì; a new version of the song performed by Italian-Moroccan singer Malika Ayane was included in the soundtrack of the film[6] and reached the fifth place on the Italian hit parade.[7]
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[8] | 8 |
Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] | 1 |