"Bella da morire" ('Drop-dead gorgeous') is a 1977 song written by Renato Pareti and
Alberto Salerno and performed by pop-rock band
Homo Sapiens. It won the
27th edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival and was a major commercial success, becoming the band's signature song.[1][2]
Reception
The song has been described as "consisting of minimalist pictorial details [...] over a subtle melody, embroidered on a light background of guitars and keyboards that serves to launch [...] a catchy refrain"[1] and as "full of falsettos and banal rhymes, certainly not shining in terms of originality".[2]
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abAnselmi, Eddy (2009). "Bella da morire". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana.
Panini Comics. p. 291.
ISBN978-8863462296.
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abSalvatori, Dario (2001). "Bella da morire". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 132.
ISBN8888169016.
^"Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2023. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Bella da morire".