Un buco nella sabbia
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| "Un buco nella sabbia" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 One of the variants of the Japanese edition | ||||
| Single by Mina | ||||
| from the album Studio Uno | ||||
| Language | Italian | |||
| B-side | "Se mi compri un gelato" | |||
| Released | May 1964[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Ri-Fi | |||
| Composer | Piero Soffici | |||
| Lyricist | Alberto Testa | |||
| Mina singles chronology | ||||
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"Un buco nella sabbia" (English: "A Hole in the Sand") is a song by Italian singer Mina, written by Piero Soffici and Alberto Testa. The song was released as a single, reaching number 7 on the Italian chart,[2] and was later included in the album Studio Uno (1965).[3]
There is also a Spanish-language version titled "Un Hoyo en la Arena", released in Spain in 1964 on the EP Mina Canta en Español.[4]
In 1965, a Japanese version of the song with lyrics by Kenji Sazanami was released in Japan.[5] The song achieved extraordinary success, taking the second position on the chart, and sales exceeded 400,000 copies;[6] at the end of the year, Mina was also recognized as the best international artist.[7][8]
- 7" single (Italy)[9]
- A. "Un buco nella sabbia" – 2:18
- B. "Se mi compri un gelato" (Vito Pallavicini, Italo Terzoli, Bernardino Zapponi, Gorni Kramer) – 1:58
- 7" single (Japan)[10]
- A. "砂にきえた涙の歌詞 (Suna ni kieta namida)" – 2:22
- B. "Un buco nella sabbia" – 2:18
