Quando m’innamoro (song)
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“Quando m’innamoro” is a 1968 Italian song written by Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri and Roberto Livraghi and sung with a double performance by Anna Identici and by The Sandpipers at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival, in which it came 6th.
Recording in other languages
- The song was adapted into French under the title “Comment te dire” and was recorded by Joe Dassin.
- In English as A man without love and was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck
- In Spanish the song was sung as Cuando me enamoro
- In Japanese as Ai no hana saku toki (愛の花咲くとき),
- and In Estonian, the song has been performed with lyrics by Kustas Kikerpuu, titled “Oled teinud mind õnnelikuks”.
- In Finnish, the song was first recorded by Fredi with lyrics by Juha Vainio, titled “Milloinkaan en löydä samanlaista”.
- Later versions have been performed by Kari Tapio
- and Jamppa Tuominen.
- In Swedish, the song has been sung as Sommaren det hände (The summer when it happened) by Anna-Lena Löfgren
- and as Före min tid (Before my time) by Knut Agnred as a part of the comedy musical Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro (Successful freezing of Mr Moro), performed 1994-95 by Galenskaparna and After Shave, with lyrics by Claes Eriksson.
- In Russian as Верить в свою звезду (Believing to your star) by Юрий Охочинский.
- In Portuguese as “Quando me enamoro” by Agnaldo Rayol,
- Agnaldo Timóteo
- and George Freedman.
- In Portuguese as “Quando me enamoro” by Simone de Oliveira.
Other recordings
- The song was also released 2005 from Patrizio Buanne in Italian and English on his album The Italian (album).
- “Quando m’innamoro” has been covered by artists including Ray Conniff,
- and Andrea Bocelli.
- Al Martino – Quando M’innamoro (A Man Without Love)
Angelica Maria – Cuando Me Enamoro
A man without love -Engelbert Humperdinck – instrumental cover by Dave Monk
Engelbert Humperdinck recording
| “A Man Without Love” | |
|---|---|
| Single by Engelbert Humperdinck | |
| from the album A Man Without Love | |
| B-side | “Call On Me” |
The song’s English lyrics were written by Barry Mason as “A Man Without Love”. The most popular version was recorded in 1968 by Engelbert Humperdinck, who in the UK hit #2 on the chart. In the US, the Humperdinck version went to #19 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Easy Listening chart. It was the title track of his third LP.
Chart history
| Weekly charts Chart (1968) Peak position Australia (Go-Set) 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 1 Canada RPM Top Singles 8 Germany (Official German Charts) 6 Ireland (IRMA) 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 5 New Zealand (Listener) 4 Norway (VG-lista) 3 South Africa 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 1 UK Singles (OCC) 2 US Billboard Hot 100 19 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 18 The Sandpipers (Italian version)Chart (1968) Peak position UK Singles (OCC) 33 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 124 Joe Dassin (“Comment te dire”, French version)Chart (1968)Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 2 | Year-end charts Chart (1968) Rank UK 17 U.S. Adult Contemporary 12 U.S. (Joel Whitburn‘s Pop Annual) 153 |
In popular culture
- Humperdinck’s version was used in the 2005 film Romance & Cigarettes.
- The miniseries Moon Knight from the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe used the song in both the premiere and final episodes.
A Man Without Love Song
| “A Man Without Love” | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 entry | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Artist(s) | Kenneth McKellar |
| Language | English |
| Composer(s) | Cyril Ornadel |
| Lyricist(s) | Peter Callander |
| Conductor | Harry Rabinowitz |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 9th |
| Final points | 8 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ “I Belong” (1965) | |
| “Puppet on a String” (1967) ► |
“A Man Without Love” was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar.
The song is a ballad, with McKellar comparing a man without love and a man with love. He explains that a man without love is “only half a man, this nothing”, and a man “with love is everything in life”.
At Eurovision
For the performance of the song in Luxembourg, McKellar wore the traditional Scottish kilt. It was performed eighteenth and last on the night, following Ireland‘s Dickie Rock with “Come Back to Stay“.
At the close of voting, it had received eight points (five from Ireland and three from Luxembourg), placing ninth in a field of 18 (the worst placing for the United Kingdom until 1978).
It was succeeded as British representative at the 1967 contest by Sandie Shaw with “Puppet on a String“.
Charts
“A Man Without Love” peaked at No. 30 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1966.
Romance & Cigarettes (film)
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| Romance & Cigarettes | |
|---|---|
| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Turturro |
| Written by | John Turturro |
| Produced by | John Penotti John Turturro |
| Starring | James Gandolfini Susan Sarandon Kate Winslet |
| Cinematography | Tom Stern |
| Edited by | Ray Hubley |
| Production company |
GreeneStreet Films United Artists |
| Distributed by | United Artists/Boroturro |
| Release dates | September 6, 2005 (Venice) September 7, 2007 (US) |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,935,242 |
Romance & Cigarettes is a 2005 American musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Turturro. The film stars an ensemble cast which includes James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Barbara Sukowa, Elaine Stritch, Eddie Izzard, and Amy Sedaris. The film was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 2005 Venice Film Festival.
Plot
In early 1980s New York, seamstress Kitty Kane learns that her construction worker husband, Nick Murder, has been having an affair after finding a sexually explicit poem he wrote to his mistress. The revelation generates a rift between Kitty and Nick and sends shockwaves both through their family and closely knit suburban neighborhood; as characters contemplate what love, sex, and physical pleasure mean to them, their thoughts are conveyed via elaborate musical numbers representing their deepest fears, anxieties, and fantasies.
Against the backdrop of her parents’ deteriorating relationship, their daughter Baby- who plays lead guitar and provides vocals for a local rock band- finds herself embarking on her own romance with Chetty Jr., an attractive but dimwitted neighborhood boy who insists on referring to himself in the third person as “Fryburg.” When Baby announces her plans to marry to Kitty, she forbids it, fearful that Baby’s life will turn out like her own. Meanwhile, Nick continues to see his mistress, Tula, a much younger Mancunian woman who works in a sex shop and who first came onto him after seeing working shirtless at a job site; hoping for a lifelong commitment from Nick, Tula encourages him to get a circumcision, which he eventually does after convincing from his best friend and coworker Angelo, a sexual compulsive who waxes philosophical on the nature of romance and intercourse.
Struggling to recover from Nick’s affair, Kitty resumes going to church, where she reconnects with her old parish priest and joins the choir. Wanting to confront Tulsa but unsure of her identity, she enlists the help of her cousin Bo, a rockabilly fixated, paranoid man who insists that he got away with the murder of his adulterous wife, Delilah, who is in fact still alive and living with her boyfriend. The pair eventually track Tula to the sex shop where she works, where she and Kitty get into a violent physical altercation. Shortly thereafter, Nick suffers licorice poisoning following an eating binge. He’s rushed to the hospital, where his mother and Angelo confront him about his behavior. Nick’s mother tells him that he’s following in the footsteps of his similarly unfaithful and repulsive father and grandfather, both of whom engaged in sexually questionable behavior and who are now remembered as nothing more than “whoremongers.” Genuinely ashamed and fearing he’ll be remembered the same way, Nick breaks off his affair with Tula. He attempts to reconcile with Kitty, who consents to him remaining in the house but who refuses to forgive him for the affair.
Baby breaks up with Fryburg after she realizes he has no ambition in life and would make a poor life partner. Later, Nick gets into a physical altercation with a neighbor who piles snow on their lawn; the younger, fitter neighbor gets the upper hand and brutally beats Nick, almost killing him before Kitty intervenes on his behalf, beginning a tenuous reconciliation. Not long after, Nick is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, the result of years of heavy smoking. Distraught, he goes to Kitty’s priest and confesses to the affair and his generally bad behavior. Kitty agrees to care for him while he dies, though she tells him she can never bring herself to have sex with him again. As his condition deteriorates, Nick is hospitalized; one night, Kitty comes to visit him, and Nick composes her a poem expressing his love for her and gratitude for their life together. Not long after, Nick dies, leaving a conflicted Kitty to reconcile her feelings for him while contemplating her own future.
Cast
- James Gandolfini as Nick Murder
- Susan Sarandon as Kitty Kane Murder
- Kate Winslet as Tula
- Steve Buscemi as Angelo
- Bobby Cannavale as Chetty Jr. / “Fryburg”
- Mandy Moore as Baby Murder
- Mary-Louise Parker as Constance Murder
- Aida Turturro as Rosebud / “Rara”
- Christopher Walken as Cousin Bo
- Barbara Sukowa as Gracie
- Elaine Stritch as Grace Murder
- Eddie Izzard as Father Gene Vincent
- Amy Sedaris as Frances
- P. J. Brown as Police Officer
- Adam LeFevre as Frances’s boyfriend
- Tonya Pinkins as Medic
- Cady Huffman as Roe
- Kumar Pallana as Da Da Kumar
Production and release
Produced by upcoming New York production company GreeneStreet Films, with financial backing from United Artists, the Coen brothers and Mel Gibson‘s company Icon Entertainment International, Romance & Cigarettes premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2005, followed by a showing at the Toronto International Film Festival a week later. It was first released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 24, 2006, quickly followed by a number of other European countries in March and April 2006. In the United States the film got a limited release on September 7, 2007, distributed by director Turturro himself, although it was originally intended that United Artists should handle the US distribution. UA still owns a financial stake in this film, but the main underlying rights are currently with Icon.
Reception
Romance & Cigarettes has received mixed reviews; on Rotten Tomatoes, as of June 2020, it has a score of 52%.
On April 27, 2008, the film was screened at the 10th Annual Ebertfest, in Champaign, Illinois. Ebertfest is Roger Ebert‘s film festival near his hometown of Urbana, Illinois. Aida Turturro and Tricia Brouk were scheduled to attend the event. Ebert gave the film 4 stars out of 4.
Soundtrack
| “Delilah” – Tom Jones“A Man Without Love” – Engelbert Humperdinck“Piece of My Heart” – Dusty Springfield“Answer Me, My Love” – Gene Ammons“Red-Headed Woman” – Bruce Springsteen“Scapricciatiello (Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me?)” – Connie Francis“Hot Pants” – Bobby Cannavale“Quando m’innamoro” – Anna Identici“Little Water Song” – Ute Lemper“Prisoner of Love” – Cyndi Lauper“Trouble” – Elvis Presley“Samson and Delilah Theme” – Victor Young | “El cuarto de Tula” – Buena Vista Social Club“Piece of My Heart” – Erma Franklin“I Want Candy” – Mandy Moore with Aida Turturro and Mary-Louise Parker“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” – James Brown“It Must Be Him” – Vikki Carr“The Girl That I Marry” – James Gandolfini and Susan Sarandon“Ten Commandments of Love” – Harvey & The Moonglows“I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” – Aida Turturro“Banks of the Ohio” – David Patrick Kelly and Katherine Borowitz“Piece of My Heart” – Janis Joplin“When the Saviour Reached Down for Me” – The R&C Choir |
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