Una lacrima sul viso
| "Una lacrima sul viso" | ||||
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| Single by Bobby Solo | ||||
| from the album Bobby Solo | ||||
| B-side | "Non Ne Posso Più" | |||
| Released | February 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Ricordi | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lunero and Mogol | |||
| Bobby Solo singles chronology | ||||
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"Una lacrima sul viso" (Italian for A Tear on your Face) is a song composed by Lunero and Mogol and performed by Bobby Solo. The song premiered at the fourteenth Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Solo and Frankie Laine, who proposed an English version of the song with the title "For Your Love". The song entered the final, but Solo was affected by laryngitis. Unable to sing live, he sang with playback, being subsequently disqualified.
The single peaked at first place for nine consecutive weeks on the Italian hit parade. It sold over three million copies worldwide, and it was awarded a gold disc.