Senza una donna

"Senza una donna"
Single by Zucchero and Paul Young
B-side "Madre dolcissima" (7")
"Dunes of Mercy" (CD)
Released 18 March 1991
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded 1987
Genre Rock, Blues, Soft rock
Length 4:26
Label London
Writer(s) Zucchero, Frank Musker
Producer(s) Zucchero, Luciano Luisi, Corrado Rustici
Zucchero singles chronology
"Diavolo in me"
(1989)		 "Senza una donna"
(1991)		 "Diamante"
(1992)
Paul Young chronology
"Calling You"
(1991)		 "Senza una donna"
(1991)		 "Both Sides Now"
(1991)

"Senza una donna" (Without a Woman) is a song written and performed by Zucchero from his album Blue's (1987) and re-recorded in 1991 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 700,000 copies in the world.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" (7 inch) — 4:26
  2. "Dunes of Mercy" by Zucchero — 5:38
CD maxi
  1. "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"
  2. "Madre dolcissima" by Zucchero
  3. "Dunes of Mercy" by Zucchero
7" single
  1. "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"
  2. "Madre dolcissima" by Zucchero

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 8
Belgian Singles Chart 1
Dutch Top 40[2] 2
Eurochart Hot 100 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 2
German Singles Chart[3] 2
Irish Singles Chart[4] 2
Italian Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[1] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 2
UK Singles Chart[5] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary[6] 23
Poland Singles Chart 2
South African Singles Chart 2
U.S. "Billboard" Singles Chart 5
Korean Singles Chart 2
Brazilian Singles Chart 2
Danish Singles chart 2
Finnish Singles Chart 3
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[7] 42

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991) Position
Dutch Top 40[2] 26
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 4
German Singles Chart 9
Belgium Singles Chart 5
Italian Singles Chart 98
French Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 35
Brazilian Singles Chart 32
Uk Singles Chart 48
Europe Singles Chart 8
Polish Singles Chart 40

Decade-end charts

(1990-1999) Position
German Singles Chart[9] 120

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[10] Gold 1991 346,000
Sweden[11] Gold 24 July 1991 30,000
Norway Gold 1991 30,000
Italy Gold 1991 30,000
Belgium Gold 1991 30,000
USA Gold 1991 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Cher		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
29 June 1991 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters
Preceded by
"Wind of Change" by Scorpions		 Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single
24/1991 – 27/1991 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
Swedish number-one single
3 July 1991 – 7 August 1991 (6 weeks)
Belgium number-one single
22 June 1991 – 29 June 1991 (2 weeks)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Senza una donna", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1991" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  6. ↑ Billboard (Retrieved 4 March 2016)
  7. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart — Week Ending 13 Sep 1992". ARIA. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ 1991 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 10, 2008)
  9. ↑ "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download". RTL.de. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  10. ↑ "Les Ventes & Les Certifications" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved September 1, 2008)
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