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Bella senz'anima

"Bella senz'anima"
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Single by Riccardo Cocciante
from the album Anima
B-side "Qui"
Released 1974
Format 7" single
Genre Pop
Label RCA Italiana
Songwriter(s) Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella, Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante singles chronology
"Decisamente tu"
(1973)
"Bella senz'anima"
(1974)
"L'alba"
(1975)
"Decisamente tu"
(1973)
"Bella senz'anima"
(1974)
"L'alba"
(1975)

"Bella senz'anima" is an Italian ballad song written by Marco Luberti, Paolo Casella and Riccardo Cocciante, arranged by Franco Pisano and performed by Riccardo Cocciante. It was the first single from the Cocciante's 1974 album Anima.

The song was launched by Cocciante during a tour ("Racconto") he made in 1973 together with Antonello Venditti and Francesco De Gregori. The single peaked at the first place on the Italian singles chart, and it was the seventh most sold single of the year in Italy.

The lyrics, and particularly the verse "E adesso spogliati come sai fare tu" (i.e. "And now strip as you know") led to harsh criticism from several feminist organizations and to television censorship.

In 2006, Cocciante performed the song out of competition at the Sanremo Music Festival.


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