To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)

"Alle porte del sole"
"Alle porte del sole"
Single by Gigliola Cinquetti
from the album Alle porte del sole
Language	Italian
B-side	"Mister Chipp"
Released	1973
Genre	Easy listening
Songwriter(s)	Daniele Pace; Mario Panzeri; Lorenzo Pilat; Corrado Conti;
Gigliola Cinquetti singles chronology

"To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)"
"To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)"
Single by Al Martino
from the album To the Door of the Sun
Language	English
B-side	"Mary Go Lightly"
Released	1975
Genre	Easy listening
Length	3:20
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Daniele Pace; Mario Panzeri; Lorenzo Pilat; Corrado Conti;
Lyricist(s)	Norman Newell
Al Martino singles chronology

"To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)" is a 1975 hit single by Al Martino and the title track of his LP.

It is the English version of an Italian-language song by Gigliola Cinquetti, "Alle porte del sole", which was released in 1973. Cinquetti had later recorded an English rendition of it, different from Martino's, which was released as a single by CBS Records in August 1974 with her original Italian version on the B-side. The record reached number six in South Africa.^[1]

Chart history[]

In early 1975, "To the Door of the Sun" reached number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It spent four months on the chart, equaling the chart run length of Martino's greatest hit, "I Love You Because" (#3, 1963).

"To the Door of the Sun" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number seven on the AC charts of both the United States and Canada. The song also charted in Australia. It became Martino's biggest hit of the 1970s.^{[citation needed]}

Al Martino version[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	13
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[3]	44
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary^[4]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	17
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	7
US Cash Box Top 100	21

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1975)	Rank
Australia^[6]	72
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[7]	149

Gigliola Cinquetti version[]

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
South Africa (Springbok)^[1]	6

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ RPM 100 Singles, March 29, 1975
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". 2013-07-17.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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[SA-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970–1992-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[3] RPM 100 Singles, March 29, 1975

[4] "Image : RPM Weekly". 2013-07-17.

[5] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[6] "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[7] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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