Tintarella di luna (song)

"Tintarella di luna" (transl. "Moon tan") is a song recorded by Italian singer Mina. It was written by Bruno De Filippi, at the time a member of the group I Campioni, and Franco Migliacci.^[3] The song became the first major hit for the singer,^[3] reaching number three in the Italian chart, and its sales exceeded 200,000 copies.^[4]

"Tintarella di luna"
Single by Mina
from the album Tintarella di luna
Language	Italian
B-side	"Mai"
Released	September 1959 (1959-09)[1]
Genre	Pop rock and roll[2]
Length	3:00
Label	Italdisc
Composer(s)	Bruno De Filippi
Lyricist(s)	Franco Migliacci
Mina singles chronology
"T'ho vista piangere" (1959) "Tintarella di luna" (1959) "Te vulevo scurdà" (1959)

Later in 1960, the song was included on Mina's debut studio album of the same name.^[5] Mina also recorded a French version called "Un petit clair de lune".^[6]

"Tintarella di luna" was also performed in the 1960 musicarello titled Howlers in the Dock, in which Mina played herself.^[3][2]

The song "Mai", written by Arturo Casadei, Aldo Locatelli, Silvana Simoni, and Aldo Valleroni, was used as the B-side.

Charts

Chart performance for "Tintarella di luna"

Chart (1959–60)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7]	47
Italy (Musica e dischi)[8]	3

Cover versions

The song has been covered in Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese (as "Banho de Lua"), Finnish (as ”Oli kuu oli ilta”), and Japanese (as 月影のナポリ/"Tsukikage no Napori"), by a number of artists, including Dalida, Celly Campello, Bob Azzam, Os Mutantes, The Peanuts, W, Gloria Christian, Ivan Cattaneo, Kai Lind, and Jenny Luna.^[9]