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"Comincia tu"
"Comincia tu"
Single by Mina
from the album Catene
Language	Italian
B-side	"La nave" / "Brigitte Bardot"
Released	19 October 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Studi PDU, Lugano
Genre	Pop
Length	4:11
Label	PDU
Songwriter(s)	Massimiliano Pani; Piero Cassano;
Mina singles chronology
Alternative cover
	Artwork for the re-release

"Comincia tu" (English: "You start") is a song written by Massimiliano Pani and Piero Cassano for Italian singer Mina. The song was released as a single from the album Catene with "La nave" on the back in October 1984.^[1] The single was later re-released with a disco mix of "Comincia tu" and the song "Brigitte Bardot" as the b-side.^[2] Nevertheless, the single performed modestly on the charts.

The song "Comincia tu" was the main theme of the second cycle of the television program Trent'anni della nostra storia [it], broadcast from mid-February to mid-April 1985,^[3] which tells the second decade of Italian history from 1956 to 1965, through the most significant and salient facts of the period.^[4]

Track listing

7" single^[5]: A. "Comincia tu" – 4:11; B. "La nave" (Guido Guglielminetti) – 4:53

12" single^[6]: A. "Comincia tu" (Disco Mix) – 4:11; B. "Brigitte Bardot" (Miguel Gustavo) – 4:02

Personnel

"Comincia tu"

Mina – vocals
Celso Valli – arrangement, piano
Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
Flaviano Cuffari – drums
Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"La nave"

Mina – vocals, backing vocals
Paolo Gianolio – arrangement, backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
Massimiliano Pani – backing vocals
Flaviano Cuffari – drums
Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

"Brigitte Bardot"

Mina – vocals, backing vocals
Victor Bach – arrangement, backing vocals
Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar
D. Cremonesi – backing vocals
Mauro Balletti – backing vocals
Stefano Anselmo – backing vocals
Nuccio Rinaldis – recording

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Comincia tu"
Chart (1984)	Peak position
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[8]	35

References

^ ^a ^b "Comincia tu/La nave". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Very Hot Hot Hot New Releases!". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. 22 December 1984. p. I-6. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Varietà 1985 - 1986". Rai Teche (in Italian). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Regina lontana". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 40. ISBN 9788893720885.
^ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/La nave (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. 1151. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ Mina (1984). Comincia tu/Brigitte Bardot (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. P.A. Mix 156. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ Mina (1984). Catene (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 7043/44. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.