Quando m'innamoro

"Quando m'innamoro" is a 1968 Italian song written by Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri and Roberto Livraghi and sung with a double performance by Anna Identici and by The Sandpipers at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival, in which it came 6th.^[1]

Recording in other languages

• The song was adapted into French under the title "Comment te dire" and was recorded by Joe Dassin.^[2]
• In English as A Man Without Love and was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck
• In Spanish the song was sung as Cuando me enamoro, most famously sung by Angélica María. ^[3]
• In Japanese as Ai no hana saku toki (愛の花咲くとき),^[4] and
• In Estonian, the song has been performed by Uno Loop with lyrics by Kustas Kikerpuu, titled "Oled teinud mind õnnelikuks".^[5]
• In Finnish, the song was first recorded by Fredi with lyrics by Juha Vainio, titled "Milloinkaan en löydä samanlaista". Later versions have been performed by Kari Tapio and Jamppa Tuominen.^[6]
• In Swedish, the song has been sung as Sommaren det hände (The summer when it happened) by Anna-Lena Löfgren and as Före min tid (Before my time) by Knut Agnred as a part of the comedy musical Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro (Successful freezing of Mr Moro), performed 1994-95 by Galenskaparna and After Shave, with lyrics by Claes Eriksson.^[7]
• In Russian as Верить в свою звезду (Believing to your star) by Yury Okhochinsky.
• In Portuguese as "Quando me enamoro" by Agnaldo Rayol, Agnaldo Timóteo and George Freedman; by Simone de Oliveira.
• In Greek as "Πάντα Στη Ζωή Μου" by Zoitsa Kouroukli (1968).
• In 1969 Vico Torriani recorded a cover in German, inserted in the album Buona sera, Vico! (Good evening, Vico!) (Philips, 844 368 PY), released in Germany and Austria.
• In Hungarian as "Szívtelen teremtés" by Teréz Harangozó (1968).
• In Macedonian as Еднаш да се вљубам (Once to fall in love) by the Slovenian singer Elda Viler.

Other recordings

• The song was also released 2005 from Patrizio Buanne in Italian and English on his album The Italian (album). "Quando m'innamoro" has been covered by artists including Ray Conniff, Julio Iglesias, Lionel Hampton, Sergio Franchi, Emilio Pericoli, Gigliola Cinquetti and Andrea Bocelli.

Engelbert Humperdinck recording

"A Man Without Love"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album A Man Without Love
B-side	"Call On Me"
Released	May 1968 (U.S.)
Length	3:20
Label	Parrot Records
Songwriter(s)	Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Roberto Livraghi, Barry Mason
Producer(s)	Peter Sullivan
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"Am I That Easy to Forget" (1967) "A Man Without Love" (1968) "Quando, Quando, Quando" (1968)

The song's English lyrics were written by Barry Mason as "A Man Without Love". The most popular version was recorded in 1968 by Engelbert Humperdinck, who in the UK hit #2 on the chart.^[8] In the US, the Humperdinck version went to #19 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Easy Listening chart.^[9] It was the title track of his third LP.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1968) Peak position Australia (Go-Set) 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 1 Canada RPM Top Singles 8 Germany (GfK)[13] 6 Ireland (IRMA)[14] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[15] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 5 New Zealand (Listener)[17] 4 Norway (VG-lista)[18] 3 South Africa 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[20] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[21] 19 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[22] 18 The Sandpipers (Italian version) Chart (1968) Peak position UK Singles (OCC)[23] 33 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 124 Joe Dassin ("Comment te dire", French version) Chart (1968) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[24] 2[25]

Year-end charts Chart (1968) Rank UK[26] 17 U.S. Adult Contemporary[27] 12 U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[28] 153

In popular culture

• Humperdinck's version was used in the 2005 film^[29] Romance & Cigarettes.^[30][31]
• The song is featured in 2 episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series Moon Knight, the premiere The Goldfish Problem and the finale Gods and Monsters.^[32]
• Also used for The Fall Guy extended cut only on streaming and Blu-ray