Peak
60
Weeks
7
Score
378
Chart Year
1959
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position60
Peak DateJan 12, 1959
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted7
Weeks in Top 400
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc41
Weekly Calc337
Total Score378
Rankings
Year Ranking#348
Decade Ranking#1,446
Billboard Year#343
Top 5000#20,962
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Genre
- Dance-pop
- Duration
- 1:00
- Composer(s)
- Alfred Di Paola;Mario Panzeri;Sandro Taccani
- Entered Chart
- Dec 8, 1958
- Peak Date
- Jan 12, 1959
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Mercury 71327
- B-Side
- Condannami
Music Video
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Notes
Come prima" (English: As Before) is an Italian song, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and music by Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani. The first and most popular version in Italy was by Tony Dallara (Antonio Lardera) in 1957. A recording by the Marino Marini Quartet made the United Kingdom charts in 1958. That same year, the song was also recorded by Domenico Modugno, Nicola Arigliano and Armando Trovajoli's orchestra with singer Miranda Martino. "Come prima" was Tony Dallara's first and breakthrough single. Although it was rejected for admission to the Sanremo Festival, it was an instant success and sold 300,000 copies, becoming the biggest selling single in Italy up to that point. The melody was used for a French language song entitled "Tu me donnes", a hit for Dalida in 1959. It was also used for an English language song, "More Than Ever" (lyrics by Mary Bond), recorded in the United Kingdom by Malcolm Vaughan with the Michael Sammes Singers (HMV catalogue number POP 538) (14 weeks on the UK chart, peaking at #5), Robert Earl (4 weeks on the UK chart, peaking at #26), Eve Boswell, and others. Another English language lyric by Buck Ram, under the title "For the First Time", was recorded in the United States by Polly Bergen in 1958 (Columbia Records catalog number 41275). This version was also performed by Mario Lanza in his last film, For the First Time (1959)
Come prima Più di prima T'amerò Per la vita La mia vita Ti darò Sembra un sogno Rivederti, accarezzarti Le tue mani Tra le mani Stringere ancor I-il mio mondo Tutto il mondo sei per me E a nessuno Voglio bene Come a te Ogni giorno Ogni istante Dolcemente Ti dirò «Come prima Più di prima T'amerò» Sembra un sogno Rivederti, accarezzarti Le tue mani Tra le mani Stringere ancor I-il mio mondo Tutto il mondo sei per me E a nessuna Voglio bene Come a te Ogni giorno Ogni istante Dolcemente Ti dirò «Come prima Più di prima T'amerò» Come prima Più di prima T'amerò Per la vita La mia vita Ti darò Sembra un sogno Rivederti, accarezzarti Le tue mani Tra le mani Stringere ancor I-il mio mondo Tutto il mondo sei per me E a nessuna Voglio bene Come a te Ogni giorno Ogni istante Dolcemente Ti dirò «Come prima Più di prima T'amerò T'amerò»
Chart History (7 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 8, 1958 | 80 | 46 |
| 2 | Dec 15, 1958 | 72 | 54 |
| 3 | Dec 22, 1958 | 70 | 56 |
| 4 | Dec 29, 1958 | 94 | 32 |
| 5 | Jan 5, 1959 | 70 | 56 |
| 6 | Jan 12, 1959 | 60 | 66 |
| 7 | Jan 19, 1959 | 99 | 27 |