Giorni

"Giorni"
Single by Mina
from the album Mina con bignè
LanguageItalian
A-side"Ormai"
ReleasedJuly 1977 (1977-07)
Recorded29 June 1977 (1977-06-29)
StudioLa Basilica, Milan
GenrePop
Length4:35
LabelPDU
ComposerShel Shapiro
LyricistLuigi Albertelli
Mina singles chronology
"Nuda"
(1976)		 "Giorni" / "Ormai"
(1977)		 "Città vuota (It's a Lonely Town)"
(1978)

"Giorni" (English: "Days") is a song by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Shel Shapiro and Luigi Albertelli. Initially "Giorni" and the song "Ormai" (English: "Now"; written by Andrea Lo Vecchio) were released as a double A-sided single in July 1977 to support of Mina's new album Mina con bignè which was released later in November. The single stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, peaking at number 9.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock [it] noted that in "Ormai" Mina had created a new form of drama by reaching artistic maturity.

Track listing

7" single
A1. "Giorni" – 4:35
A2. "Ormai" (Andrea Lo Vecchio) – 4:08

Charts

Chart performance for "Giorni" / "Ormai"
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Italy (Musica e dischi) 9

Cover versions

References

  1. 1 2 "Giorni/Ormai". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 Mina (1977). Giorni/Ormai (liner notes). Italy: PDU. P.A. 1123. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mina con bignè". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN 9781093264906.
  6. ↑ Milano, Claudio. "Mina - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". OndaRock (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Katri Helena (1978). Ystävä (liner notes) (in Finnish). Finland: Scandia. SLP 644. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Ajda Pekkan (1978). Ya Sonra / Yeniden Başlasın (liner notes) (in Turkish). Turkey: Philips. 6070 056. Retrieved 14 June 2024.