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pop song written by Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete, Daniele Pace and

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. The song premiered at the sixteenth edition of the

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, and was performed by

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and Gene Pitney, finishing second. Caselli's version was a massive success, in spite of her being almost unknown at the time, and peaked at the first place on the Italian

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for several weeks. It is considered as the song which consecrated Caselli to fame. Caselli also recorded a French-language ("Baisse un peu la radio") and a Spanish-language version ("Ninguno me puede juzgar") of the song. Gene Pitney's version peaked at the eight place on the Italian charts. It became a regional hit in the US and Australia in areas with large Italian communities. The lyrics are about the confession of a betrayal and an unapologetic proposal of reconciliation. They were seen as an anticipation of the moral revolution and feminist themes which exploded a few years later. The song had been previously intended to be performed by Adriano Celentano, who also recorded a demo but eventually preferred to compete in the festival with his own song " Il ragazzo della via Gluck". The song was adapted into a ''

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'' film with the same name, directed by

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and starring Laura Efrikian and Caterina Caselli herself. The song used as the main theme for the Greek black comedy TV series " Ti Psyhi Tha Paradoseis Mori?" by

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during the season 2000-2001.

Track listing

*7" single – AN 4155 :A. "Nessuno mi può giudicare" (Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete, Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri) – 2:38 :B. "Se lo dici tu" (Saro Leva,

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) – 2:41

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nessuno mi puo giudicare (song) 1966 singles 1966 songs Number-one singles in Italy Sanremo Music Festival songs Number-one singles in Spain Caterina Caselli songs Gene Pitney songs Songs with lyrics by Miki Del Prete Songs written by Mario Panzeri Compagnia Generale del Disco singles