"Il Regalo Più Grande" (

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: "The Greatest Gift") is a song by

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singer

Tiziano Ferro Tiziano Ferro (; born 21 February 1980) is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer and author. He broke through in 2001 with his international hit single " Perdono" and has remained commercially successful since then, in several countries. Ferro ...

. The song was written by Ferro for his fourth studio album, '' Alla Mia Età''. The track was released as the album's second single on January 9, 2009. Three different versions of the song were also recorded in

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under the title "El Regalo Más Grande". The first is a solo version by Ferro. The second version features

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produ ...

and

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At 11 she was pa ...

of the Mexican pop group

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. These two versions were included on the

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n edition of '' A Mi Edad'', the Spanish-language version of ''Alla Mia Età''. This second version served as the second Spanish single from ''A Mi Edad''. Although the single credited Anahí and Dulce María as solo acts, the Latin American edition of ''A Mi Edad'' credited RBD as the guest act in the CD itself. Lastly, a third Spanish version featuring former La Oreja de Van Gogh member, Amaia Montero, was also recorded. This version was included in the edition of ''A Mi Edad'' released for

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, and served as the official Spanish-language version of the single promoted in the country.

Background

As the fifth track on '' Alla Mia Età'', "Il Regalo Più Grande" was composed by Ferro in 2004 with the title "Il Più Grande Regalo". According to Ferro's 2010 autobiography ''Trent'anni e Una Chiacchierata con Papà'', the

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revealed that the song was originally supposed to be present in the track list of his third studio album, ''

Nessuno è solo ''Nessuno è solo'' (and its Spanish-language version ''Nadie está solo'') is the third studio album released by Italian singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro. The album was released in Italy on 23 June 2006 via EMI. ''Nessuno è solo'' is preceded b ...

'' (2006).

Music video

The

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for "Il Regalo Più Grande" was filmed in

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in December 2008, and was directed by Gaetano Morbioli. A preview of the music video was broadcast on January 22, 2009, through

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TV channel. The music video for "Il Regalo Più Grande" focuses on the concept of presenting gifts to loved ones, not necessarily the type of gifts that can be bought in a store, but rather, the universe of feelings and gestures of love towards loved ones are what are referred to in the video as being "the greatest gifts". The video won the award for 'Music Video of the Year, Male Artist Category' at the 2009 Premio Videoclip Italiano awards ceremony. Among the performers in the music video is young actor Michael Rainey Jr., who, thanks to his participation in the video, was noted by

actor and director Silvio Muccino, who personally chose him to be one of the protagonists of his film ''Un Altro Mondo'' (2010). A music video to promote "El Regalo Más Grande" in

was also put together with footage from "Il Regalo Più Grande", but featured added scenes of

and

performing the song. To promote "El Regalo Más Grande" in

, another version of the video was made including added scenes of Amaia Montero filmed in

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, and was released in May 2009.

Track listing

;Digital download / EP (Italy) #"Il Regalo Più Grande" – 3:48 #"El Regalo Más Grande" – 3:48 #"Il Regalo Più Grande" – 3:53 ;Digital download (Latin America) #"El Regalo Más Grande" – 3:49 ;Digital download (Spain) #"El Regalo Más Grande" – 3:49

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References

External links

Tiziano ferro official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Il Regalo Piu Grande 2009 songs Italian-language songs Tiziano Ferro songs Pop ballads Anahí songs Songs written by Tiziano Ferro 2009 singles EMI Records singles Song recordings produced by Michele Canova