"L'importante è finire" is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina for her 1975 album ''

La Mina ''La Mina'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, distributed in 1975 back to back with album ''Minacantalucio''. Track listing Credits *Mina – vocals *Pino Presti – arranger/conductor in "Ti accetto come sei", "Quasi come musica (''A Song f ...

''. The song was written by and

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. The song became the first and only single from the album. Immediately after its release, it was censored and banned from central radio and television because of its sexual overtones. Nevertheless, the song became commercially successful, reaching the second place in the chart, where it spent seven weeks in a row – "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni did not miss her on the first place, – in total, the song spent 31 weeks there. The song "Quando mi svegliai" was chosen as the B-side (words by

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, music by

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and Corrado Conti). Pino Presti's arrangement, still considered in the 2020s to be current and taken as a model by the latest generation of artists such as

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, is characterized by a slow

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rhythm, a bassline with shades of

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, the percussive supports of the

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and the groove of the Roland drum machine (which with the

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, the melodic interventions of the moog and the

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s) offer Mina the ideal support for a performance of her own. Mina recorded a French version called "Pour en finir comment faire" (adaptation by Pierre Delanoë) and an English version "Take Me" (adaptation by Norman Newell), the first was released as a single, in 2011 both were included on the compilations '' Je suis Mina'' and ''

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'' accordingly.

Charts

Cover versions

* The lyricist Cristiano Malgioglio also recorded the song. In 2010, an updated version was included in the album ''Cara Mia ti scrivo...''. * Finnish singer

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in 1976 released a Finnish version of the song called "Loppu tuskaa tuo aina", the song was included in the album ''Lady Love''. *

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recorded a Spanish version of the song called "Lo importante es... amarle" for her album ''Hola Raffaella'' (1990). * In 1991, Yugoslav Croatian singer Ksenija Erker presented a cover version on her album ''Ciao Italia''. * The Spanish version of the song was recorded by singer Mónica Naranjo for the tribute album ''

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'' (2001). * For her 2001 album ''

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'', Amanda Lear also recorded a cover version of the song. * In 2008, French singer

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presented a cover version on her live album ''Catherine Ringer chante Les Rita Mitsouko and more à la Cigale''.

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* {{Authority control 1975 songs Mina (Italian singer) songs PDU singles Italian songs