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Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)

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"Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)"
Single by Alex Britti
from the album It.Pop
Released1998
Length3:58
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Alex Britti
Alex Britti singles chronology
"Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)"
(1998)
"Gelido"
(1998)
Music video
"Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)" on YouTube

"Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)" (transl. "Only once (or a lifetime)") is a single from Alex Britti's 1998 album It.Pop.[1]

Background

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The tune is a post-modern Italian popular music song. It was also Britti's debut single.[2] A Spanish promo version was released,[3] and It.pop was released in October, 1998. In November it reached number three on the Italian pop charts.[4] The week before Halloween it reached number two.[5]

Notable lyrics include: C'era una volta, o forse erano due, meaning "Once upon a time, or maybe twice".[6]

Charts

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Chart (1998-1999) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 78

Sources

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  1. ^ "Alex Britti: ministro, si informi meglio, quelle non sono più "scarpe da ragazzi"". Corriere della Sera. 3 December 1998.
  2. ^ Billboard Oct 10, 1998, p.57
  3. ^ Billboard Oct 10, 1998, p.57
  4. ^ Billboard Nov 7, 1998, p.50
  5. ^ Billboard Oct 31, 1998 p.64
  6. ^ La Valle Maledetta By Mesos Brodleto, p.35
  7. ^ "Alex Britti – Solo una volta" (in French). Les classement single.