Sarà perché ti amo

1981 single by Ricchi e Poveri

"Sarà perché ti amo"
Single by Ricchi e Poveri
from the album ...E penso a te
LanguageItalian
B-side"Bello l'amore"
Released1981
GenrePop
LabelBaby
Songwriter(s)
  • Enzo Ghinazzi
  • Daniele Pace
  • Dario Farina
Ricchi e Poveri singles chronology
"E no, e no"
(1980)
"Sarà perché ti amo"
(1981)
"M'innamoro di te"
(1981)

"Sarà perché ti amo" (Italian: [saˈra pperˈke tti ˈaːmo]; "It must be because I love you") is a song by Italian pop group Ricchi e Poveri, released in 1981 as the lead single from their ninth studio album, E penso a te [it].

History

The song was released in February 1981 on Baby Records and premiered live at the 31st edition of the famous Festival di Sanremo in 1981.[1][2] The song featured also on the album E penso a te [it].[3] The song was included in the musical score of Claude Miller's An Impudent Girl (1985), and in Italy the film was subsequently released as Sarà perché ti amo.[4] It is also part of the soundtrack of the 2003 French horror film High Tension.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Sarà perché ti amo" – 3:09
  2. "Bello l'amore" – 3:21

Charts

Weekly charts

1981 weekly chart performance for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 33
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 29
Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 2
West Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 11
2004 weekly chart performance for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[12] 15
2023-2024 weekly chart performance for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Chart (2023-2024) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 19
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[13] 1
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[14] 17
Hungary (Single Top 40)[15] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 63

Year-end charts

1981 year-end chart performance for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Chart (1981) Position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 11
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 40
2023 year-end chart performance for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Chart (2023) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 24
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[19] 36
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 72

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "Sarà perché ti amo"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[22] Gold 100,000[21]
France 800,000[23]
Germany (BVMI)[24] Gold 250,000
Italy 700,000[23]
Digital
Italy (FIMI)[25]
since 2009
Platinum 100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Thalía version

"Será porque te amo"
Single by Thalía
from the album Lunada
ReleasedJuly 21, 2008
Recorded2008
GenreLatin pop
Length2:41
LabelEMI Latin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Emilio Estefan
Thalía singles chronology
"Ten Paciencia"
(2008)
"Será porque te amo"
(2008)
"Equivocada"
(2009)

The Spanish cover "Será porque te amo" is the second single from Thalía's studio album Lunada (2008). The song was written by Dario Farina, Daniele Pace, Luis Gómez Escolar and Enzo Ghinazzi and produced by Emilio Estefan.

"Será porque te amo" was released only as a radio single across Latin America.[26] Despite not having a music video and virtually no promotion, the song became a moderate hit. Also, in some cases managed higher positions at airplays than "Ten paciencia" which was fully promoted.

"Será porque te amo" is Thalía's last official single released by EMI music.

Track listing

Official Versions

  1. "Será porque te amo" (album version) – 2:41

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Venezuela Record Report[27] 171

Other cover versions

  • 1981: Los Abejorros – "Será porque te amo" (Costa Rica)
  • 1982: Laban – "Hvor ska' vi sove i nat" (Denmark)
  • 1982: Perikles – "Var ska vi sova i natt" (Sweden)[28]
  • 1982: Mighty Band – "Var ska vi sova i natt" (Sweden)
  • 1983: Los Chicos – "Será porque te amo" (Puerto Rico)[29]
  • 1985: Alain Jomy in French for the soundtrack of drama film An Impudent Girl[30]
  • 1991: Collage – "Je m'envole avec toi" (Canada)[31]
  • 2001: Těžkej Pokondr – "Hej, volá, volá Sisa" (Czech Republic)
  • 2003: Eu4ya – "Sarà perché ti amo" (remix)[32]
  • 2003: Maïwenn feat. Cécile de France – "Sarà perché ti amo" (High Tension soundtrack)[33]
  • 2008: Diana Sorbello – "Das ist weil ich dich liebe" (Germany)[34]
  • 2010: Fabrizio – "Hei kom iech zeker trök" (Netherlands)[35][36]
  • 2011: Ninel Conde – "Será porque te amo" (Mexico)
  • 2018: DJ Matrix & Matt Joe feat. Carolina Márquez – "Sarà perché ti amo"

See also

  • List of number-one hits of 1981 (Italy)

References

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  2. ^ Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  3. ^ "Copertine del singolo".
  4. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  5. ^ "High Tension (2003) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
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  13. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1981". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2023: Singles". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Dance Top 100 - a hazai DJ-k játszásai alapján - 2023" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2023". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Inelco Begins Multi-Media Jarre Campaign" (PDF). Billboard. 19 December 1981. p. 72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via World Radio History.
  22. ^ NO certyear WAS PROVIDED for BELGIAN CERTIFICATION.
  23. ^ a b Spahr, Wolfgang (28 November 1981). "German Charts Hit By Italian Invasion". Billboard. p. 69. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via Google Books.
  24. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Ricchi e Poveri; 'Sarà perché ti amo')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Italian single certifications – Ricchi e Poveri – Sarà perché ti amo" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 19 May 2023. Select "2023" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Sarà perché ti amo" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  26. ^ "Billboard En Español: Noticias de Música y Videos Musicales". TELEMUNDO.com.
  27. ^ Ascensos de la semana - 24/01/2009 Record Report
  28. ^ Var ska vi sova inatt
  29. ^ ""No podía traicionar a mis amigos": la razón por la cual Chayanne no integró Menudo y el extraño papel de Luisito Rey". bigbangnews.com.
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  31. ^ "Je m'envole avec toi". Spotify.
  32. ^ "EU4YA – Sara' Perche' Ti Amo (2003 Remix) (2003, CD)" – via www.discogs.com.
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  34. ^ Musik - Diana Sorbello Fanclub
  35. ^ "Fabrizio boeken doe je bij Rimini Records - [*description*]". www.fabrizioboeken.nl.
  36. ^ Fabrizio – E Bitsje Amore (2010, CD), retrieved 5 December 2021
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