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1991 single by Zucchero and Paul Young
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" B-side
"Madre dolcissima" (record)
"Dunes of Mercy" (CD)
Released March 18, 1991 (1991-03-18 ) Recorded 1987 Genre
Length 4 :26 Label London Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Zucchero
Luciano Luisi
Corrado Rustici
"Diavolo in me" (1989)
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman) " (1991)
"Diamante" (1992)
"Senza una donna " (IPA: [ˈsɛntsa una ˈdɔnna] ) is a song written and performed by Zucchero from his album Blue's (1987). Originally recorded in Italian , in 1991 it was re-recorded in English with Paul Young . The English lyrics were contributed by Frank Musker . The song was then released as a single under the title "Senza una donna (Without a Woman) " which reached #4 in the UK Single Chart and #2 in the German Singles Chart and the French Singles Chart . It also topped the charts of Norway and Sweden . It has sold more than 3,000,000 copies worldwide. It was released along with a music video for the solo version by Zucchero and a music video was also released for the duet version with Paul Young.
Track listings
CD single
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" (7 inch) — 4:26
"Dunes of Mercy" by Zucchero — 5:38
CD maxi
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"
"Madre dolcissima" by Zucchero
"Dunes of Mercy" by Zucchero
7" single
"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"
"Madre dolcissima" by Zucchero
Charts and sales
Peak positions
Chart (1991)
Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart[1]
8
Belgian Singles Chart[1]
1
Canada Top Singles (RPM )[2]
14
Quebec Top Singles [3]
1
Denmark (IFPI )[4]
3
Dutch Top 40 [5]
2
Eurochart Hot 100 [6]
1
French SNEP Singles Chart[1]
2
German Singles Chart[7]
2
Irish Singles Chart[8]
2
Italian Singles Chart
1
Norwegian Singles Chart[1]
1
Swedish Singles Chart[1]
1
Swiss Singles Chart[1]
2
UK Singles Chart[9]
4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary[10]
23
Poland Singles Chart[11]
2
South African Singles Chart
2
Korean Singles Chart
2
Finnish Singles Chart
3
Chart (1992)
Peak position
Australian Singles Chart [12]
42
Brazilian Singles Chart[13]
2
Year-end charts
Chart (1991)
Position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[14]
6
Netherlands[15]
21
Switzerland[16]
4
Germany[17]
9
Belgium[18]
5
Italy
98
France[19]
9
Sweden
35
UK[20]
48
Europe[21]
6
Poland
40
End of year chart (1992)
Position
Brazil[22]
34
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
France[24]
Gold
1991
346,000
Sweden[25]
Gold
24 July 1991
30,000
Norway
Gold
1991
30,000
Italy
Gold
1991
30,000
Belgium
Gold
1991
30,000
References
^ a b c d e f "Senza una donna", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
^ RPM Top Singles peak RPM Magazine
^ [1]
^ "Top 10 Denmark" (PDF) . Music & Media . Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
^ "Single top 100 over 1991" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010 .
^ "Top 100 Europe" (PDF) . Music & Media . Retrieved August 31, 2019 .
^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
^ UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
^ Billboard [2] (Retrieved 4 March 2016)
^ http://www.lp3.pl/alpt.phtml?m=11&u=2283
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart — Week Ending 13 Sep 1992" . ARIA . Retrieved February 21, 2016 .
^ http://tsort.info/music/yr1991.htm
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF) . Music & Media . 8 (51–52): 21. December 21, 1991. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via American Radio History.
^ 1991 Netherlands Singles Chart [3] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ 1991 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 10, 2008)
^ 1991 German Singles Chart [4] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ 1991 Belgian Singles Chart [5] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ 1991 French Singles Chart [6] (Retrieved September 1, 2019)
^ 1991 UK Singles Chart [7] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ 1991 European Singles Chart [8] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ 1992 Brazilian Singles Chart [9] (Retrieved August 31, 2019)
^ "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download" . RTL.de. Retrieved 2012-02-23 .
^ "Les Ventes & Les Certifications" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2016 .
^ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 1, 2008)
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