Amore scusami

{{Short description|1964 song performed by John Foster}}

{{For|the Dalida album|Amore scusami (album)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Amore scusami

| cover = Amore scusami cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = John Foster

| album =

| B-side = Dedicata a Paola

| released = April 1964{{Cite web |title=John Foster – Amore scusami |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Foster&titel=Amore+scusami&cat=s |website=ultratop.be}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = Style

| writer = Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini

| producer =

| prev_title = Ed ora insegnami

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Io e te

| next_year = 1964

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = My Love, Forgive Me

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Robert Goulet

| album = My Love, Forgive Me

| B-side = I'd Rather Be Rich

| released = September 4, 1964

| recorded = 1964

| studio = Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City

| venue =

| genre = Traditional pop

| length = 2:47

| label = Columbia 4-43131

| writer = Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini, Sydney Lee

| producer = Ernie Altschuler

| prev_title = Too Good

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = I Never Got To Paris

| next_year = 1965

}}

"Amore scusami" is a 1964 song composed by Gino Mescoli and Vito Pallavicini. The song premiered at the Un disco per l'estate music festival with a performance of John Foster, and then got an immediate commercial success, peaking at third place on the Italian hit parade and remaining in the top ten for five months.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Dizionario delle canzoni italiane|publisher=Elle u, 2001|isbn=8888169016|chapter=Amore scusami|year=2001}}

Background

The song portrays the crisis of a sentimental relationship, and it is regarded as an innovation for the Italian music of the time for its realistic lyrics and for the absence of pathetic and pitiful tones.

Cover versions

It was later covered by numerous artists, including:Ernesto Bassignano. "Foster, John". Gino Castaldo (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.

"Amore scusami" was adapted in French by Dalida

"Amore scusami" was adapted in English as "My Love, Forgive Me" by Sydney Lee and was recorded by:

Track listing

; 7" single – STMS 588

  1. "Amore scusami" (Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini)
  2. "Dedicata a Paola" (Bruno Lauzi, Maggiorino Icardi, Elio Isola)

Charts

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!align="left"|Chart (1964–65)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"| Argentina (CAPIF){{Cite web |date=10 July 1965 |title=Hits of the World |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-07-10.pdf |website=Billboard Magazine}}

|align="center"|1

align="left"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{Cite web |title=John Foster – Amore scusami |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Foster&titel=Amore+scusami&cat=s |website=ultratop.be}}

|align="center"|11

align="left"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

|align="center"|12

align="left"| Brazil (IBOPE){{Cite web |title=March 27, 1965 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1965/CB-1965-03-27-OCR-Page-0051.pdf |website=Cashbox}}

|align="center"|1

align="left"| Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite book |last=Dario Salvatori |title=Storia dell'Hit Parade |publisher=Gramese, 1989 |year=1989 |isbn=8876054391}}

|align="center"|3

References