Un'estate italiana

"Un'estate italiana"
"Un verano italiano (Spanish version)"
"To be number one (English version)"
"Un'estate italiana"; "Un verano italiano (Spanish version)"; "To be number one (English version)"
Single by Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini; Susan Ferrer (Spanish Version)
B-side	"Karaoke version"
Released	9 December 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:07
Label	Warner Bros.; Sugar; Virgin;
Songwriter(s)	Giorgio Moroder (melody); Gianna Nannini; Edoardo Bennato (Italian lyrics); Tom Whitlock (English lyrics); Susan Ferrer (Spanish lyrics);
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder
Gianna Nannini singles chronology
Edoardo Bennato singles chronology
Music video
	"Un'estate italiana" on YouTube

"Un'estate italiana" (Italian, pronounced [uneˈstaːte itaˈljaːna]), "Un verano italiano" (Spanish; both meaning "An Italian summer") or "To be number one" (English), is a 1990 song composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Tom Whitlock for the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The Italian version, also known as "Notti magiche" ("Magical nights") in Italy, was recorded by Italian artists Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini, who also wrote the Italian lyrics. The Spanish version, also known as "Noches mágicas" in Spanish, was recorded by Paraguayan , who also wrote the Spanish lyrics.

The song achieved success on the charts of several European countries.

Background and release[]

The English version, released under the name "To be number one", and performed by Giorgio Moroder Project (Singers: , Moll Anderson, )^[1] was the opening theme to RAI TV programmes and matches related to the World Cup.

For the Italian release, Moroder addressed Gianna Nannini and Edoardo Bennato, who rewrote the lyrics and took the song to the top of the charts in Italy and Switzerland. From January to September 1990, the song was the best-selling single in Italy. The song was presented for the first time by the two singer-songwriters in Milan in December 1989, and performed live during the opening ceremony, held on 8 June 1990, in Milan, before the Argentina–Cameroon opening match, followed later also by the English version. It describes the desire to win, and score a goal. The song was among the first to contain a single instrumental version (indicated as a karaoke version) and to be published as a maxi single. In 1990, Hong Kong singer Alan Tam covered this song in Cantonese under the title "Ideals and Peace" (Yue Chinese: 理想與和平).

Track listings[]

7" single

"Un'estate italiana" – 4:07
"Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) – 4:07

12" maxi

"Un'estate italiana" (stadium version) – 4:50
"Un'estate italiana" (7" version) – 4:07
"Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) – 4:07

CD maxi

"Un'estate italiana" (stadium version) – 4:50
"Un'estate italiana" (single version) – 4:07
"Un'estate italiana" (karaoke version) – 4:07

Charts and sales[]

Peak positions[]

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart^[2]	11
French SNEP Singles Chart^[2]	23
German Singles Chart^[2]	2
Italian Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart^[2]	4
Swedish Singles Chart^[2]	7
Swiss Singles Chart^[2]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1990)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart^[3]	28
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[4]	21
Swiss Singles Chart^[5]	1

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)^[6]	Gold	250,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[7]	Gold	35,000
Sweden (GLF)^[8]	Gold	25,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Moll Anderson Returns to 1989 With Serious Bomb Girl Style
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Un'estate italiana", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 19, 2009)
^ 1990 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 19, 2009)
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via American Radio History.
^ 1990 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 19, 2009)
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Edoardo Bennato/ Gianna Nannini; 'Un' Estate italiana')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "Italian single certifications – Edoardo Bennato & Gianna Nannini – Un'estate italiana" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 19 July 2021. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Un'estate italiana" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.

[1] Moll Anderson Returns to 1989 With Serious Bomb Girl Style

[Lescharts-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Un'estate italiana", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 19, 2009)

[3] 1990 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 19, 2009)

[4] "Eurochart Hot 100 of 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 60. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via American Radio History.

[5] 1990 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 19, 2009)

[GermanyEdoardo_Bennato/_Gianna_NanniniUn'_Estate_italianasingleCertRef-6] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Edoardo Bennato/ Gianna Nannini; 'Un' Estate italiana')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[ItalyEdoardo_Bennato_&_Gianna_NanniniUn'estate_italianasingleCertRef-7] "Italian single certifications – Edoardo Bennato & Gianna Nannini – Un'estate italiana" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 19 July 2021. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Un'estate italiana" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".

[SwedenEdoardo_Bennato_&_Gianna_NanniniUn'_Estate_italianasingleCertRef-8] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.

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