Amor mio (song)

"Amor mio"
Single by Mina
from the album Mina
Language	Italian
B-side	"Capirò"
Released	May 1971 (1971-05)[1]
Genre	Pop blue-eyed soul[2]
Length	4:46
Label	PDU
Composer(s)	Lucio Battisti
Lyricist(s)	Mogol
Mina singles chronology
"Una donna, una storia" (1971) "Amor mio" (1971) "Uomo" (1971)
Music video
"Amor mio" on YouTube

"Amor mio" (English: My love) is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina in 1971 for her self-titled studio album. The song was written by Lucio Battisti and Mogol, and arranged by Gian Piero Reverberi.^[3]

The song was a great success in Italy, spending eighteen weeks in the top five of the singles chart.^[4] The song is also considered one of Mina's signature song.^[2] Mina recorded a Spanish version of the song called "Amor mío" for the Latin American music market.

The b-side of the single was a cover version of the song "I'll Be Home", in Italian called "Capirò", and composed by Randy Newman. The author of the adapted lyrics was Franca Evangelisti. The song was also included in the album Mina.

Charts

Chart performance for "Amor mio"

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Italy (Discografia Internazionale)[5]	2
Italy (Musica e dischi)[4]	2

Cover version

• In 1972, Italian singer Johnny Dorelli recorded an English version of the song called "I'm a Believer".^[6]

References

1. "Amor mio/Capirò (I'll Be Home)". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. Castaldo, Gino, ed. (1990). "Le Canzoni". Dizionario della Canzone Italiana (in Italian). Rome: Armando Curcio Editore. p. 37. ISBN 9788897508311.
3. "Singoli - Discografia". minamazzini.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
4. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.
5. "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 27. 3 July 1971. p. 70. ISSN 0006-2510.
6. "I Think of You / I'm a Believer" at Discogs. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

• "Amor mio" at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Capirò" on YouTube