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"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia. The 1973 Shirley Bassey single achieved sales of over 50,000 copies in Australia, being eligible for the award of a Gold Disc.[1]

"Grande grande grande"
Single by Mina
from the album Mina
B-side"Non ho parlato mai"
ReleasedJanuary 1972
Recorded1971
GenrePop
Length3:57
LabelPDU
Songwriter(s)Alberto Testa and Tony Renis.
Mina singles chronology
"Uomo"
(1971)
"Grande grande grande"
(1972)
"Parole parole"
(1972)

Mina version


"Grande grande grande" was a No. 1 hit on the Italian Singles Chart for Mina in 1972, from her No. 1 self-titled album. The single was released in early 1972 and entered the Top 10 the week of 26 February.[2]

... it was thanks to the work of a young bass guitar player, Pino Presti, who offered a more modern musical arrangement, that finally made Mina agree to performing it.[3][4]

After a steady climb to No. 2 (behind "Imagine" by John Lennon) the week of 11 March, the song seemed to have run out of steam after falling 2 places to No. 4 to new hits by Delirium, Nicola Di Bari and Nada ("Imagine" had dropped to No. 5). By 1 April the song had once again climbed to its peak No. 2 position where it remained the whole month of April before finally reaching No. 1 on 29 April . "Grande grande grande", arranged by Pino Presti,[5] ruled the charts the first three weeks of May until "I giardini di marzo" by her collaborator Lucio Battisti, and her own hit "Parole parole" knocked it out of the top spot down to No. 3 the week of 27 May. "Grande grande grande" remained in the top 10 until the week of 8 July, often trading places with "Parole parole". By the year's end, only "Il Padrino" by Santo and Johnny had enjoyed a longer life on the charts and Mina had to settle for the runner up position for 1972's biggest hit on the Italian singles chart.

Mina also recorded the song in English and Spanish.


Personnel


Original label (1972)
Original label (1972)

Charts


Chart (1972) Peak
position
Italy (Musica e dischi)[6] 1

Cover versions



References


  1. The Go Set Chart Book, Australia's First National Charts page 12, ISBN 978-1-387-71246-5.
  2. Hit Parade Italia
  3. Grande, Grande, Grande (Never, Never, Never) by Mina
  4. Hit Parade Italia Grande grande grande
  5. Mina Mazzini, sito ufficiale Mina Grande grande grande
  6. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). ISBN 9781093264906.
  7. Bassey, Australia
  8. Billboard Hits of the World. 1973. Retrieved 2009-10-19. Bassey, Singapore
  9. Bassey, South Africa
  10. Billboard on allmusic
  11. "Explore Releases on Discogs". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-08-05. Sergio Franchi

На других языках


- [en] Grande grande grande

[ru] Grande, grande, grande

«Grande, grande, grande» (итал. Лучший, лучший, лучший) — песня, записанная итальянской певицей Миной для её двадцатого студийного альбома Mina в 1971 году. Песня была выпущена как сингл и имел огромный успех в Италии, став вторым самым продаваемым синглом в 1972 году.



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