"Laura non c'è" ("Laura Is Not Here") is a pop-rock song written by Italian pop singer

Nek Filippo Neviani (born 6 January 1972), known by his stage name Nek, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Nek is popular in Italy and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and has performed and released most of his albums in both Italian ...

. It was released as the second

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from his fourth album ''

Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto ''Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto'' (She, friends and everything else), is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Nek. It was released in 1996, as his first studio album with Warner Music Group. It was re-released on 1 March 1997, af ...

'' (1997) and achieved a huge success in Italy, Europe and Latin America. The song was sung by Nek in the

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in 1997. Other versions include "Laura is Away", in English, and "Laura no está", in Spanish.

Track listing

Other versions

In Spain and Latin America, a

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version of the song, "Laura no está", was released. An English version of the song, "Laura is away", was also released in the

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, the song managed to reach number-fifty-nine in the

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. More recently, a French version was released in Italian/French with the French singer Céréna. A Spanish language version of the song called "Laura no esta" charted in the US as it peaked at no. 21 in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs Chart in the week of 23 May 1998. In 1999 a Greek version was released called σκέψου καλά (skepsou Kala) by the Greek singer Nectarios Sfirakis. The

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singer

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released the single, ''Voor Altijd'' in 2004, which was a

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version with different lyrics.

Charts

Year-end charts

Certification

References

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