"No Tengo Dinero" is a song by the Italian Italo disco duo

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from their 1983 debut album ''

''. It was written by

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, the duo's backing vocalist and producers Carmelo La Bionda and Michelangelo La Bionda. While not as successful as their earlier single, " Vamos a la playa", the song nonetheless achieved high popularity, hitting 12th place in Germany. Much like their previous single, the song is written in Spanish because it was considered an unusual combination with electronic pop music, and celebrating in spite of hardship (in this case poverty, as opposed to

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Commercial performance

In Italy, it reached the fifteenth position on the ''

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'' chart.

Music video

The

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for "No Tengo Dinero" was directed by Pierluigi de Mas, who had previously worked with Righeira in the videos for " Vamos a la playa" and " Luciano Serra Pilota" (1983).

Track listing and formats

* Italian 7-inch single :A. "No Tengo Dinero" – 3:20 :B. "Dinero Scratch" – 3:28 * German 7-inch single :A. "No Tengo Dinero" – 3:38 :B. "Dinero Scratch" – 3:28 * German 12-inch maxi-single :A. "No Tengo Dinero" – 5:30 :B. "Dinero Scratch" – 4:58 * US 12-inch single :A. "No Tengo Dinero" – 5:30 :B. "Tanzen mit Righeira" – 5:31

Credits and personnel

Johnson Righeira Stefano Righi (born 9 September 1960), known professionally as Johnson Righeira, is an Italian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Italo disco duo Righeira. Aft ...

– vocals *

– songwriter, vocals * Carmelo La Bionda – songwriter, producer * Michelangelo La Bionda – songwriter, producer * Hermann Weindorf – co-producer, arranger * Berthold Weindorf – engineering, mixing * Ben Fenner – engineering, mixing Credits and personnel adopted from the ''Righeira'' album and 7-inch single liner notes.

Charts

Weekly charts

References

Sources

External links

* 1983 songs 1983 singles Animated music videos Compagnia Generale del Disco singles Righeira songs Song recordings produced by La Bionda Songs about poverty Songs written by Johnson Righeira Songs written by Michael Righeira Spanish-language songs {{1980s-single-stub