"Bella da morire" ('Drop-dead gorgeous') is a 1977 song written by Renato Pareti and Alberto Salerno and performed by pop-rock band

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. It won the 27th edition of the

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and was a major commercial success, becoming the band's signature song.

Reception

The song has been described as "consisting of minimalist pictorial details ..over a subtle melody, embroidered on a light background of guitars and keyboards that serves to launch ..a catchy refrain" and as "full of falsettos and banal rhymes, certainly not shining in terms of originality".

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* {{Authority control 1977 singles Italian songs 1977 songs Sanremo Music Festival songs of 1977 Songs written by Alberto Salerno