1950 (Amedeo Mighi song)

"1950"
Single by Amedeo Minghi
from the album 1950
B-side"Sottomarino"
Released1983
Length4:36
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Amedeo Minghi, Gaio Chiocchio
Amedeo Minghi singles chronology
"Qualcuno"
(1981) 		"1950"
(1983) 		"Flash back"
(1984)
Music video
"1950" on YouTube

"1950" (also spelled "Millenovecentocinquanta") is a 1983 song composed by Gaio Chiocchio (lyrics) and Amedeo Minghi (music) and performed by Amedeo Minghi.

Background

The song was Amedeo Minghi's entry for the 33th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it was eliminated; its exclusion from the finals led the festival artistic director Gianni Ravera to publicly complain about the voting mechanism (which was eventually changed the following year) and to suggest the possible re-introduction of a recovery commission for high-quality eliminated songs (as it existed in the 1960s).[1] Despite its poor outcome at the festival, "1950" received critical acclaim and during the years proved to be one of Minghi's signature songs.[2][3][4][5] The popularity of the song was reinforced by the cover version recorded by Gianni Morandi as B-side of his 1985 single "Uno su mille".[2][4]

The song, a love story set immediately after World War II in newly liberated Rome, has been described as "the best song of the year",[4] "a masterpiece of refined beauty"[6] characterized by "a great delicacy of poetic tones [...] that strike the heart with elegance" and "the intensity of a classically romantic melody".[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1950"Chiocchio, Minghi4:36
2."Sottomarino"Chiocchio, Minghi3:32

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[7]
Sales from 2009 		Gold 50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini. p. 335. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ^ a b c Castaldo, Gino (2003). "Millenovecentocinquanta (1950)". Il dizionario della canzone italiana. Le canzoni. Curcio. p. 258. ISBN 978-88-97508-31-1.
  3. ^ Costabile, Ilaria (3 February 2020). "Il significato di 1950, cavallo di battaglia di Amedeo Minghi a Sanremo 1983". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Salvatori, Dario (2009). "1950". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 309. ISBN 8888169016.
  5. ^ Pistone, Federico (20 June 2024). "√ "1950" di Minghi/Chiocchio disco d'oro... più di 40 anni dopo". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  6. ^ Belli, Fabio (6 February 2020). "1950 di Amedeo Minghi a Sanremo 2020/ Testo, è un inno alla speranza". Il Sussidiario (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Italian single certifications" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 April 2024.