"Un anno d'amore" () is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. The song is a cover version of the French song "C'est irréparable", originally written and recorded by

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. The Italian lyrics were written by Mogol and

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. Arranged by

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. In November 1964, the song was released as a single. It became number one on the Italian singles chart and spent a total of eleven consecutive weeks in the top three. Also, the song receive gold certification. The B-side was the song "E se domani", which was previously included in the album '' Mina'' (1964), but in a different version. In 1965, it was reissued with the song "Era vivere" as a B-side. The song "Un anno d'amore" was included in the album ''

Studio Uno ''Studio Uno'' is an album by Italian singer Mina. The songs were all performed during the Saturday TV show ''Studio Uno''. During the years of her long career, Mina re-recorded most of the songs of this album. In 1965, she covered "Un anno d'a ...

'' (1965). Among other things, Mina recorded "Un anno d'amore" in Spanish ("Un año de amor"), Japanese ("Wakare") and Turkish ("Dön bana"). In 2007, for her album '' Todavía'', Mina re-recorded the song in Spanish in a duet with Diego el Cigala. She also recorded the song "E se domani" in Spanish ("Y si mañana"), and in 1988 she re-recorded an acoustic version in Italian for the compilation '' Oggi ti amo di più''.

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* Italian singer

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originally wanted to record an Italian version of the song, but the author told her that he had already let maestro hear it and he stopped it for a Mina. Although according to Zanicchi, Mina didn't like the song. Zanicchi recorded it in 1987 for the album ''Care colleghe'', which contains cover versions of songs by her colleagues on the Italian scene. * For his 1991 film ''

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Pedro Almodovar Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance langua ...

used the Spanish song "Un ano de amor", and he translated the songs from Italian, not the original French. * In 2008, Italian singer

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recorded the song for her album ''Swing – Un omaggio alla mia maniera''. * In 2012,

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recorded song in Italian for his album ''Fratelli d'Italia'' and in Spanish for ''Canta Italia''.

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* {{Authority control 1964 singles 1964 songs Italian-language songs Mina (Italian singer) songs Number-one singles in Italy Ri-Fi singles Songs written by Mogol (lyricist) Songs with lyrics by Alberto Testa (lyricist)