Non ho l'età

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"Non ho l'età"
Single by Gigliola Cinquetti
B-side"Sei un bravo ragazzo"
Released28 January 1964
GenreBallad
Length3:10
LabelCGD Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Mario Panzeri
  • Nicola Salerno
Producer(s)Mario Panzeri
Gigliola Cinquetti singles chronology
"Non ho l'età"
(1964) 		"Dio, come ti amo"
(1966)
Eurovision Song Contest 1964 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Conductor
Gianfranco Monaldi
Finals performance
Final result
1st
Final points
49
Entry chronology
◄ "Uno per tutte" (1963)
"Se piangi, se ridi" (1965) ►

"Non ho l'età (per amarti)" (

Italy. Like all previous Italian Eurovision entries, the song had also won that year's Sanremo Music Festival. Cinquetti was sixteen years old, making her the youngest Eurovision winner in history until 1986 when Belgium's Sandra Kim won the contest with "J'aime la vie" – initially claiming to be fifteen, it was later revealed that Kim was only thirteen.[1] In 1990, the EBU
made a new rule requiring contestants to be aged 16 or older before the contest; this age rule still operates.

The song was performed twelfth on the night, following

Život je sklopio krug
". By the close of voting, it had received 49 points, placing it first in a field of 16.

"Non ho l'età" became a considerable commercial success for Cinquetti, in Italy, the rest of Europe,

Ellý Vilhjálms.[2][3] Lili Ivanova, a famous Bulgarian singer, and Hong Kong singer Rebecca Pan, covered the song in 1964. Polish-Belarusian singer Wiesława Drojecka [pl] covered the song in Polish ("Nie wolno mi"). Anneli Sari [fi] made a Finnish cover ("Liian nuori rakkauteen"). Sandra Reemer
recorded the song in Dutch ("Als jij maar wacht").

The song was followed as contest winner in 1965 by France Gall singing "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" for Luxembourg. It was followed as Italian representative that year by Bobby Solo with "Se piangi, se ridi".

Cinquetti later returned to perform at the contest in

Waterloo". In 1991, she co-hosted the contest in Rome alongside Toto Cutugno. In 2022, she performed the song as an interval act at the Eurovision final in Turin
.

Cinquetti was proved not to be a UK 'one-hit-wonder' when an English recording of her 1974 Eurovision entry (titled "Go") reached #8 in the UK chart.

Charts

Chart (1964–65) Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[4] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 1
Finland[4] 5
France (InfoDisc)[7] 1
Germany (
Media Control AG)[8]
 3
Hong Kong[4] 2
Italy (Musica e dischi)[9][circular reference] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[12]
 17

Linda Scott's version

"This Is My Prayer"
Single by Linda Scott
from the album Hey, Look at Me Now!
A-side"That Old Feeling"
Released1964
Length2:54
LabelKapp Records
Songwriter(s)Kaye-Springer-Nisa
Producer(s)Mike Berniker

Linda Scott's recording of the song's English version, "This Is My Prayer", was released as the B-side of the single "That Old Feeling" in late 1964. In the Philippines, it topped the national chart for 12 straight weeks beginning on 12 December 1964.[13][14]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  2. ISBN 91-89136-00-4
  3. ^ Rateyourmusic.com, Gigliola Cinquetti, discography entry
  4. ^ a b c "Hits of the world - Argentina" (PDF). Billboard. 29 August 1964. p. 26. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Gigliola Cinquetti – Non ho l'età" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Gigliola Cinquetti – Non ho l'età" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Tout les Titres par Artiste - C" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2012. Select Gigliola CINQUETTI from the menu, then press OK.
  8. Media Control. Retrieved 10 June 2012.[dead link
    ]
  9. ^ "List of number-one hits of 1964 (Italy)".
  10. ^ "Gigliola Cinquetti – Non ho l'età" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ^ "Gigliola Cinquetti – Non ho l'età". VG-lista.
  12. ^ "Gigliola Cinquetti: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "Philippines". Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Company. 12 December 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Philippines". Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Company. 27 February 1965. p. 22. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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