"Margherita" is an Italian ballad song written by Marco Luberti and

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, arranged by

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and performed by Riccardo Cocciante. It was the first single from Cocciante's 1976 album ''Concerto per Margherita''. The song was premiered in the

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television program ''Adesso Musica''. It peaked at the first place on the Italian singles chart, and is considered as the song which definitely consecrated Cocciante to fame following the success of his 1974 single "

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". According to Luberti, the lyrics were written straight at 4am. In 1978 Cocciante released Spanish, French and English language versions of the song, respectively titled "Margarita", "Marguerite" and "Just For You". The song was later covered by several artists, including Mina and

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. In 1999 and in 2006, Cocciante performed the song out of competition at the

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Track listing

*7" single – TPBO 1243 :A. "Margherita" ( Marco Luberti,

) – 4:31 :B. "Primavera" (Marco Luberti, Riccardo Cocciante) – 4:58

Charts

References

{{authority control 1976 singles 1976 songs Number-one singles in Italy Riccardo Cocciante songs Songs written by Riccardo Cocciante Songs written by Marco Luberti