Quando m'innamoro

"Quando m'innamoro" is a 1968 Italian song written by Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri and Roberto Livraghi and sung with a double performance by Anna Identici and by The Sandpipers at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival, in which it came 6th.[1]

Recording in other languages

• The song was adapted into French under the title "Comment te dire" and was recorded by Joe Dassin.[2]
• In Spanish the song was sung as Cuando me enamoro[3]
• In Japanese as Ai no hana saku toki (愛の花咲くとき),[4] and
• In Estonian, the song has been performed by Uno Loop with lyrics by Kustas Kikerpuu, titled "Oled teinud mind õnnelikuks".[5]
• In Finnish, the song was first recorded by Fredi with lyrics by Juha Vainio, titled "Milloinkaan en löydä samanlaista". Later versions have been performed by Kari Tapio and Jamppa Tuominen.[6]
• In Swedish, the song has been sung as Sommaren det hände (The summer when it happened) by Anna-Lena Löfgren and as Före min tid (Before my time) by Knut Agnred as a part of the comedy musical Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro (Successful freezing of Mr Moro), performed 1994-95 by Galenskaparna and After Shave, with lyrics by Claes Eriksson.[7]
• In Russian as Верить в свою звезду (Believing to your star) by Юрий Охочинский.
• In Portuguese as "Quando me enamoro" by Agnaldo Rayol, Agnaldo Timóteo and George Freedman.
• In Portuguese as "Quando me enamoro" by Simone de Oliveira.

Other recordings

• The song was also released 2005 from Patrizio Buanne in Italian and English on his album The Italian (album). "Quando m'innamoro" has been covered by artists including Ray Conniff, Julio Iglesias, Lionel Hampton, Sergio Franchi, Emilio Pericoli, Gigliola Cinquetti and Andrea Bocelli.

Engelbert Humperdinck recording

"A Man Without Love"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album A Man Without Love
B-side	"Call On Me"
Released	May 1968 (U.S.)
Label	Parrot Records
Songwriter(s)	Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri and Roberto Livraghi
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"Am I That Easy to Forget" (1967) "A Man Without Love" (1968) "Quando, Quando, Quando" (1968)

The song's English lyrics were written by Barry Mason as "A Man Without Love". The most popular version was recorded in 1968 by Engelbert Humperdinck, who in his native UK hit #2 on the chart.[8] In the US, the Humperdinck version went to #19 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Easy Listening chart.[9] It was the title track of his third LP.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1968) Peak position Australia (Go-Set) 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 1 Canada RPM Top Singles 8 Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 6 Ireland (IRMA)[14] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[15] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 5 New Zealand (Listener)[17] 4 Norway (VG-lista)[18] 3 South Africa 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[20] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[21] 19 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[22] 18 The Sandpipers (Italian version) Chart (1968) Peak position UK Singles (OCC)[23] 33 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 124 Joe Dassin ("Comment te dire", French version) Chart (1968) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[24] 2[25]

Year-end charts Chart (1968) Rank UK[26] 17 U.S. Adult Contemporary[27] 12 U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[28] 153

Song in popular culture

• Humperdinck's version was used in the 2005 film[29] Romance & Cigarettes.[30][31]

References

1. Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
2. "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - Comment te dire". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
3. Quando M'innamoro - Emilio Pericoli - Tradução | Musica.com.br
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5. "ERR archive". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
6. Nyman, Jake. Kovan päivän ilta. Gumerus, 2009. ISBN 9789512076055.
7. Före min tid - Knut Agnred (Youtube link)
8. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17134/engelbert-humperdinck/
9. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 120.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Engelbert – A Man Without Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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14. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – A Man Without Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
15. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Engelbert Humperdinck" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
16. "Dutchcharts.nl – Engelbert – A Man Without Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
17. Flavour of New Zealand: NZ Listener, 28 June 1968
18. "Norwegiancharts.com – Engelbert – A Man Without Love". VG-lista. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
19. "Swisscharts.com – Engelbert – A Man Without Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
20. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
21. "Engelbert Humperdinck Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
22. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 15, 1968". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
23. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
24. "Ultratop.be – Joe Dassin – Siffler sur la colline" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
25. "Siffler sur la colline" / "Comment te dire"
    "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - Siffler sur la colline". Retrieved 2019-12-23.
    "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - Comment te dire". Retrieved 2019-12-23.
26. The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1968
27. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1968
28. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
29. Virgilio - VBanner
30. Colonna sonora di "Romance & Cigarettes"
31. Musica & Memoria / Romance & Cigarettes - John Turturro