Senza pietà (song)
| "Senza pietà" | ||||
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| Single by Anna Oxa | ||||
| from the album Senza pietà | ||||
| Language | Italian | |||
| B-side | "Che cosa dire di te" | |||
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| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
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| Composer(s) | Claudio Guidetti | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Alberto Salerno | |||
| Producer(s) | Fio Zanotti | |||
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| Official music video | ||||
| "Senza pietà" on YouTube | ||||
"Senza pietà" (transl. "Mercilessly", lit. "Without mercy") is a 1999 song composed by Claudio Guidetti with lyrics by Alberto Salerno, performed by Italian singer Anna Oxa. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 1999, reaching number 4 on the Italian charts and becoming a radio hit.
The lyrics were inspired by the war imagery portrayed in The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati.