L'importante è finire

The song became the first and only single from the album. Immediately after its release, it was censored and banned from central radio and television because of its sexual overtones.^[1] Nevertheless, the song became commercially successful, reaching the second place in the chart, where it spent seven weeks in a row – "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni did not miss her on the first place, – in total, the song spent 31 weeks there.^[2] The song "Quando mi svegliai" was chosen as the B-side (words by Daniele Pace, music by Mario Panzeri and Corrado Conti).^[3]

Pino Presti's arrangement, still considered in the 2020s to be current and taken as a model by the latest generation of artists such as Marracash,^[4] is characterized by a slow Bossa nova rhythm, a bassline with shades of funk, the percussive supports of the Hammond and the groove of the Roland drum machine (which with the acoustic guitar, the melodic interventions of the moog and the congas) offer Mina the ideal support for a performance of her own.

Mina recorded a French version called "Pour en finir comment faire" (adaptation by Pierre Delanoë) and an English version "Take Me" (adaptation by Norman Newell), the first was released as a single, in 2011 both were included on the compilations Je suis Mina and I Am Mina accordingly.

Giusy Cascio of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni included "L'importante é finire" in the list of 15 songs that made Mina a star, and called it one of the most sensual in her repertoire.^[5]

7" single

A. "L'importante è finire" – 3:22

B. "Quando mi svegliai" – 3:07