"Ti amo" (; Italian for "I love you") is a 1977 song recorded by Italian singer

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from the album ''È nell'aria...ti amo''. It achieved success at the time, becoming a hit in many European countries, including Sweden and Switzerland where it topped the charts. The duet version featured

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for the film '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'', and the English versions "I Love You (Ti Amo)" and "You and I (Ti Amo)" were also released. A Spanish version was released as "Te Amo", and had a good success in Spain and Latin America. Within the German-speaking countries a German version by

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also received a great success in 1977, peaking at number two in Germany and number ten in Austria. In 2002, the song was overdubbed as duet with singer Lena Ka under the title "Ti amo (rien que des mots)", with Italian and French lyrics. This version was a success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), reaching the top three. At the time, the original version was re-released and achieved a moderate success in France. As of August 2014, it is the 52nd best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 393,000 units sold. A French version of this song was recorded by

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in 1977. An English version was also recorded by

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in 1984, which, most notably, was a hit in Australia (reaching #2). In 2011,

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took a Spanish-language version of the song to the Top 10 in Spain. In 2017, to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the song, Tozzi released an Italian-English version and music video featuring

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Track listings

* 1977 version ; 7" single # "Ti amo" – 4:07 # "Dimentica, dimentica" – 4:10 ; Spain 7" single # "Te amo" (Bigazzi/Tozzi/Spanish lyrics by Carlos Toro & Oscar Gómez) – 4:06 # "Olvidate olvidate" – 4:15 *1978 version ; UK 7" single # "I Love You (Ti Amo)" (Bigazzi/Tozzi/English lyrics by Fred Jay) – 3:59 # "Dimentica, Dimentica" – 4:10 ; UK 7" single # "Ti Amo" (Italian version) – 4:08 # "Ti Amo" (English version) (Bigazzi/Tozzi/English lyrics by Fred Jay) – 4:08 *1995 version ; German CD single #"You and I (Ti Amo)" (Bigazzi/Tozzi/English lyrics by Betsy Cook) – 4:15 #"Ti Amo" – 4:12 #"Donna Amante Mia" – 4:55 * 2002 version ; France CD single # "Ti amo (Rien que des mots)" (Bigazzi/Tozzi/French lyrics by Bruno Berrebi) – 3:56 # "Ti amo" – 4:05 * 2017 version ; Digital single # "Ti amo" (Bigazzi/Tozzi/English lyrics by Diane Warren) – 4:36

Charts and sales

Original version

Duet version

Certifications and sales

In media

In episode 1 of season 4 of the

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, the song is sung by one of the protagonists,

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, at his

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Laura Branigan version

In 1984, American singer

covered "Ti Amo" for her third studio album, ''

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'', with English lyrics written by

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. Her version was released as the album's third single, and was particularly successful in Australia and Canada, where it reached numbers two and five, respectively. Branigan would later perform her version of "Ti Amo" with Umberto Tozzi for a live Italian television show where Umberto played guitar.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sergio Dalma version

In 2011, popular Spanish singer

included a version of the song on ''

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,'' his second collection of Italian songs performed in Spanish. Issued as the second single from the disc, "Te Amo" rose to No. 10 on the official chart released by

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and spent 14 weeks on the chart. The

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edition of the single featured a duet version with Argentine-Spanish singer

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as well as the original album version. The single was promoted with a black-and-white video clip in which Dalma performs the song dressed in a suit while interacting with an actress. The song's parent album spent five weeks at No. 1 in Spain, achieving quadruple platinum status after spending 49 weeks on the chart.

Charts

References

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