...E dimmi che non vuoi morire

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"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire"
Single by Patty Pravo
from the album Bye Bye Patty
LanguageItalian
ReleasedFebruary 1997
GenrePop
Length4:15
Label
  • Pensiero Stupendo
  • EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Celso Valli
Patty Pravo singles chronology
"I giorni dell'armonia"
(1995)
"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire"
(1997)
"Pensiero stupendo '97"
(1997)
"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" (audio) on YouTube

"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" (Italian for "...And Tell Me You Don't Want to Die") is a 1997 song performed by Italian singer Patty Pravo. It was composed by Roberto Ferri and Gaetano Curreri, with lyrics written by Vasco Rossi.[1]

Pravo performed the track at the 47th Sanremo Music Festival in February 1997 where it took the 8th place and won the critics' award.[2][3] It was released as a single with a live version of "Qui e là" and included on the concert album Bye Bye Patty issued the same month. "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" changed the fortunes of Patty's long-declining career and was her first top 5 chart hit in Italy in almost 20 years.[4] The CD single has sold in over 300,000 copies.[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" – 4:15
  2. "Qui e là" – 3:24

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[8] 2
Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] 12

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Italy[10] 86

Cover versions[edit]

  • Benny Neyman covered the song in Dutch as "De waarheid zoek ik in je ogen" on his album Je dromen achterna in 1997.[11]
  • Gigi Sabani covered the song on his 1998 album Misto fritto.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SANREMO: GIALLO SULLA CANZONE DI PATTY PRAVO" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 18 February 1997. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Patty Pravo Festival di Sanremo 2006 - Festivaldisanremo.com - Il sito Indipendente sul Festival di Sanremo" (in Italian). www.festivaldisanremo.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ Mark Dezzani (8 March 1997). "Sony sweeps board at Sanremo" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 10. London. p. 3. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. ^ "E DIMMI CHE NON VUOI MORIRE" (in Italian). www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Patty Pravo flirta con il suo passato". Corriere della Sera (in Italian): 48. 29 April 1997. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Patty Pravo - ... E Dimmi Che Non Vuoi Morire (CD, Single)". Discogs. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Patty Pravo - Col Tempo - Discografia | e dimmi che non vuoi morire" (in Italian). coltempo.it. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Singoli: Classifica settimanale WK 9 (dal 21.02.1997 al 27.02.1997)" (in Italian). www.fimi.it. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. ^ "M&D: Classifiche" (in Italian). musicaedischi.it. Retrieved 14 June 2023. (Enter "Patty Pravo" in the "Artista" field and click "cerca".)
  10. ^ "I singoli più venduti del 1997" (in Italian). www.hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Benny Neyman - Je dromen achterna" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 June 2023.