"E Più Ti Penso" ("The more I think of you" in English), alternatively titled "E Più Ti Penso (from ''Once Upon a Time in America'')" is an Italian song originally written by

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...

, Mogol, and

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for the movie ''

Once Upon a Time in America ''Once Upon a Time in America'' ( it, C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American venture produce ...

''. The song was recorded by the Italian operatic-pop trio

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in 2010 in their first album ''

''. It was also recorded by Italian singer

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...

and American singer

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. The song was released on 1 October 2015, and served as the lead single from Bocelli's album, ''

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''.

Music video

The video, featuring Bocelli and Grande, was released on 13 October 2015, on Bocelli's official

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channel.

Track listing

* Digital downloadWorldwide digital release of "E Più Ti Penso": * * * * # "E Più Ti Penso" (From ''Once Upon a Time in America'') – 4:27

Chart performance

The song debuted at number one on the ''

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'' Classical Digital Songs chart, consequently becoming Grande's first appearance on the chart as well.

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:E Piu Ti Penso 2015 singles 1984 songs Andrea Bocelli songs Ennio Morricone songs Male–female vocal duets Italian songs Songs written by Mogol (lyricist) Ariana Grande songs Song recordings produced by David Foster Universal Music Group singles Decca Records singles Verve Records singles Songs with music by Tony Renis