Vivo per lei

"Vivo per lei"
Cover from the duet version with Hélène Ségara
Single by Andrea Bocelli
from the album Romanza
B-side	"Voglio restare così"
Released	1996 (Italian & Spanish versions) April 1997 (German version) December 1997 (French version)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Classical
Length	4:23
Label	Polydor, Polygram
Writer(s)	Gatto Panceri, Valerio Zelli
Producer	Mauro Malavasi
Andrea Bocelli singles chronology "Per amore" (1995) "Vivo per lei" (1996) "Vivo por ella" (1996) "Vivo per lei" (1996) "Vivo por ella" (1996) "Time to Say Goodbye" (1996) "Time to Say Goodbye" (1996) "Ich lebe für sie" (1997) "Je vis pour elle" (1997) "Ich lebe für sie" (1997) "Je vis pour elle" (1997) "The Prayer" (1999) Giorgia singles chronology "Riguarda noi" (1995) "Vivo per lei" (1996) "Strano il mio destino" (1996) Hélène Ségara singles chronology "Auprès de ceux que j'aimais" (1997) "Je vis pour elle" (1997) "Loin du froid de décembre" (1998)

"Vivo per lei" (English: "I Live for Her") is the name of a 1995 song recorded by Italian artist Andrea Bocelli as duet with Giorgia for his album Romanza. The song was also released as a duet with other female artists, including French singer Hélène Ségara in Francophone countries, Judy Weiss in German-speaking countries, Marta Sanchez in Spain and Sandy Leah Lima in Brazilian Portuguese.

The version with Marta Sanchez topped the Spanish singles chart in 1996 under the title "'Vivo por ella" and is available on her album One Step Closer. The version with Ségara was released in December 1997 and became a hit in Belgium (Wallonia) and France where it reached number one on the charts. It was the fifth single from Ségara's first studio album, Cœur de verre. The version with Judy Weiss was also number one in Switzerland in 1997.

Song information

The song was written by the group O.R.O. (Manzani – Mengalli – Zelli) in 1995 for their album Vivo per.... The song won the "Disco per l'estate" edition of that year. During the same year, the lyrics of the song was rewritten by Gatto Panceri and was relaunched thanks to the duet between Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia. The new lyrics are characterized by the fact that "lei" (her) in the title refers to music, whereas the original was a love song for a girl. The new version of "Vivo per lei" became a tribute to the music; that is what is referred in the title to "lei" in Italian, "elle" in French, "es" in German and "ella" in Spanish. This multilingual song mixes lyrics in Italian by Bocelli and other languages after the versions. The song's piano melody resembles an Elton John composition.

For international versions, German lyrics were written by Michael Kunze, French lyrics by Art Mengo, and Spanish lyrics by Luis Gómez Escolar. There is also a Greek version called "Se Thelo edo" sung by Dimitra Galani and Giorgos Karadimos.^{[citation needed]}

The song is currently used in a French TV advert for pastas. Only Bocelli's voice can be heard in the excerpt played.

During Ségara's first tour, the song was performed, but Bocelli was replaced by Bruno Pelletier. This version is available on the live album En concert à l'Olympia, as second track on the second CD. It was also included on Ségara's compilation Le Best of, on Bocelli's album Romanza but in duet with Giorgia, and on Bruno Pelletier's album Sur Scene (2001).

The song was covered in 2004 by Calogero, Chimène Badi and Patrick Fiori on Les Enfoirés' album Les Enfoirés dans l'espace.

Chart performances

In France, the song went straight to number 9 on 6 December 1997, and reached number one four weeks later, thus becoming the sixth bilingual number-one singles in France. It topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, then dropped slowly, remaining for 22 weeks in the top ten, 33 weeks in the top 50 and 42 weeks in the top 100. It was certified Platinum by the SNEP. In Belgium (Wallonia), the single debuted at number 18 on 20 December and achieved number one in its sixth week and stayed there for five weeks, then dropped and fell off the top ten after 15 weeks and the top 40 after 28 weeks. To date, it is the best-selling single for Ségara, and the second one for Bocelli (the first is "Con te partirò").

In Switzerland, the version with Judy Weiss entered the chart at number six on 27 April 1997. It hit number one for a sole week and remained for 26 weeks in the top 50. The song achieved moderate success in Austria where it peaked at number 22 on 18 May 1997 and fell of the top 40 after ten weeks.

Track listings

Italy

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vivo per lei"	4:23
2.	"Vivo per lei - Ich lebe für sie" (by Andrea Bocelli and Judy Weiss)	4:23

Francophone countries

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)"	4:23
2.	"Voglio restare così" (by Andrea Bocelli)	3:51

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)"	4:23
2.	"Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)" (live at the Olympia, by Hélène Ségara and Bruno Pelletier)	4:32

German-speaking countries

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vivo per lei - Ich lebe für sie"	4:23
2.	"Voglio restare così" (by Andrea Bocelli)	3:51

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Italian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1	24
Dutch Mega Top 100 1	39
Spanish Singles Chart[citation needed] 2	1
Chart (1997/98)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart 3	22
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 4	1
French SNEP Singles Chart 4	1
Swiss Singles Chart 3	1

¹ Version with Georgia
² Version with Marta Sanchez
³ Version with Judy Weiss
⁴ Version with Hélène Ségara

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	92
French Singles Chart	52
Swiss Singles Chart	8
Chart (1998)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	4
French Singles Chart	6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Belgium (BEA)	Platinum	50,000*
France (SNEP)	Platinum	500,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by "Lonely" by Nana	Swiss number-one single 15 June 1997 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Mmmbop" by Hanson
Preceded by "Savoir aimer" by Florent Pagny	French SNEP number-one single 3 January 1998 - 31 January 1998 (5 weeks)	Succeeded by "The Reason" by Céline Dion
Preceded by "Hasta siempre" by Nathalie Cardone	Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single 24 January 1998 - 21 February 1998 (5 weeks)	Succeeded by "My Heart Will Go on" by Céline Dion