Non me lo so spiegare
{{Infobox song
| name = Non me lo so spiegare
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Tiziano Ferro
| album = 111
| released = February 2004
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| genre = Pop
| length = 4:00
| label = EMI Music Italy
| writer = Tiziano Ferro
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| prev_title = Sere nere
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Universal Prayer
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lIZo65qUNTU|"Non me lo so spiegare"}}}}
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"Non me lo so spiegare" (English: "I Can't Explain") is a song written and recorded by Italian singer Tiziano Ferro. It was released as the third single from his second studio album, 111. The music video for the song was directed by Paolo Monico.{{Cite web | url = http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2006/09/01/Spettacolo/Musica/MUSICA-PRONTO-IL-NUOVO-VIDEOCLIP-DI-TIZIANO-FERRO_155006.php | publisher = Adnkronos | date = 1 September 2006 | title = Musica: Pronto il nuovo videoclip di Tiziano Ferro | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | language = Italian}} The song was also translated in Spanish and recorded by Tiziano Ferro himself for the Hispanic version of the album, under the title "No me lo puedo explicar".{{Cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/111-ciento-once-mw0000322401 | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 12 August 2012 | title = 111 Ciento Once – Tiziano Ferro}}
In 2006, Ferro re-recorded the song as a duet with Italian singer Laura Pausini. This version of the song was included in Pausini's 2006 album Io canto and it was released as a single in March 2007.
Background and composition
During an interview released in November 2003, Ferro revealed that the song was initially written for his debut album, Rosso Relativo, but it was not featured on the record for various reasons: "We didn't know if the album would have sold well, therefore we kept the song for the Sanremo Music Festival. If things would have gone bad, 'Non me lo so spiegare' would have been my entry for Sanremo".{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-58108/Tiziano-Ferro,-il--bimbo-dentro--%C3%A8-cresciuto-e-parla-del-suo-nuovo-album- | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Tiziano Ferro, il 'bimbo dentro' è cresciuto e parla del suo nuovo album | date = 7 November 2003 | language = Italian}}
The song is a pop ballad,{{Cite web | url = http://www.netmusicitalia.it/recensioni/reccdferro2.html | publisher = Netmusicitalia.it | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Tiziano Ferro – 111 (Centoundici) | author = Marco Marino | language = Italian}} described by Musica e dischi's Antonio Orlando as a "neoclassic Italian song".{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicaedischi.it/recensioni.php?genere=0&id=1554 | work = Musica e dischi | language = Italian | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Tiziano Ferro – 111 – Recensione | author = Antonio Orlando | date = November 2003 | page = 40}} Orlando also compared "Non me lo so spiegare" to Claudio Baglioni's previous songs.
Live performances
Tiziano Ferro performed the song in July 2004 during the Italian itinerant TV show Festivalbar, broadcast by Italia 1.{{Cite web | url = http://www.festivalbar.it/news/index.php?id=4839&parola=Eiffel+65&start=0 | publisher = Festivalbar.it | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Festivalbar: La scaletta | language = Italian}} He also performed the song in March 2007, when he participated as a guest artist in the semi-final of the 57th Sanremo Music Festival.{{Cite web | url = http://www.corriere.it/Speciali/Spettacoli/2007/Sanremo/articoli/index13.html | work = Corriere della Sera| language = Italian | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Il rap contro la mafia conquista Sanremo | date = 3 March 2007}} A live version of the song was also included in Ferro's live video album Alla mia età live in Roma, released on 20 November 2009 and recorded in June 2009 during his concert at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=17366&sz=5 | publisher = Musicalnews.com | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | language = Italian | author = Pippo Augliera | date = 20 November 2009 | title = Alla mia eta' Live in Roma è il primo Dvd dal vivo per Tiziano Ferro}}
Track listing
;Digital download – "Non me lo so spiegare" (2004){{Cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/non-me-lo-so-spiegare-mr0003216535 | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Tiziano Ferro – Non Me lo So Spiegare (Digital Download – EMI Digital #0724354805257)}}
- "Non me lo so spiegare" – 4:00
;CD single – "No me lo puedo explicar" (2004){{Cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/Tiziano-Ferro-No-Me-Lo-Puedo-Explicar/release/3643766 | publisher = Discogs | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Tiziano Ferro – No Me Lo Puedo Explicar}}
- "No me lo puedo explicar" – 4:00
Personnel
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;Music credits{{cite AV media notes|title=111 Centoundici|others=Tiziano Ferro|year=2003|type=booklet|publisher=EMI}}
- Michele Canova – arrangements, rhythmic programming, keyboards
- Leonardo Di Angilla – percussions
- Tiziano Ferro – vocals, composer
- Andrea Fontana – drums
- Cristian Rigano – Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, keyboards
- Pino Saracini – bass
- Davide Tagliapietra – guitars
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- Michele Canova – producer, engineer, mixing
- Sandro Franchin – additional engineer
- Mara Maionchi – producer
- Alberto Salerno – producer
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Charts
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| {{single chart|CIS|230|artist=Tiziano Ferro|song=Non me lo so spiegare|songid=1065|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2021}} |
| scope="row"|Italy Airplay (Nielsen Music){{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-61835/Music-Control--Tiziano-Ferro-ritorna-al-comando | publisher = Rockol.it | language = Italian | accessdate = 21 July 2012 | title = Music Control: Tiziano Ferro ritorna al comando | date = 4 April 2004}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2004|artist=Tiziano Ferro|title=Non me lo so spiegare|accessdate=18 December 2017}}
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Laura Pausini cover
{{Infobox song
| name = Non me lo so spiegare
| cover = Tiziano Ferro & Laura Pausini - Non me lo so spiegare.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Laura Pausini feat. Tiziano Ferro
| album = Io canto
| released = 23 March 2007
| recorded = 2006{{snd}}Logic Studio, Milan, Italy
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 4:32
| label = Atlantic Records
| writer = Tiziano Ferro
| producer =
| prev_title = Spaccacuore
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Destinazione paradiso
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lusiuzMfZVI|"Non me lo so spiegare"}}}}
}}
Laura Pausini recorded the song as a duet with Tiziano Ferro for her 2006's album Io canto. This version of the song was released on 23 March 2007 as the album's third single.{{Cite web | url = http://www.mtv.it/news/news-detail.asp?idnews=19992 | publisher = MTV Italy | language = Italian | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Non me lo so spiegare | date = 22 March 2007}} The Spanish adaptation of the song, also featuring Ferro on vocals, was also included in the Hispanic version of the album, Yo canto.{{Cite web | url = http://empleo.elpais.com/noticia-mercado-trabajo/noticias/Laura/Pausini/desvela/listado/temas/canto/nuevo/album/l40actn01/20061030l40l40not_3/Tes | work = El País | language= Spanish | accessdate = 12 August 2007 | title = Laura Pausini desvela el listado de temas de 'Yo canto', su nuevo álbum | author = Gustavo Iglesias}}
=Background=
During an interview, Pausini revealed that, before starting the recording sessions for her album Io canto, entirely composed of covers of popular songs by Italian male artists, she had decided not to record duets with Italian singers. "I was afraid to offend the artists I didn't call, I wanted to record duets with foreign artists only, so that they could give something new to these popular songs. But when I started recording Tiziano's song, there was something missing, therefore I thought it was the right chance to put our voices together".{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-85977/Pausini-e-Ferro-insieme-per-un-video,-e-Laura-risponde-a-Bersani | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate = 12 August 2012 | title = Pausini e Ferro insieme per un video, e Laura risponde a Bersani | date = 26 March 2007 | language = Italian}}
=Live performances=
Laura Pausini and Tiziano Ferro performed the song live for the first time on 30 January 2007 in Milan, during a venue of Tiziano Ferro's Nessuno è solo tour.{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-85704/Comunicato-Stampa--Terminer%C3%A0-domani-a-Verona-il-tour-di-Tiziano-Ferro | publisher = Rockol.it | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Comunicato Stampa: Terminerà domani a Verona il tour di Tiziano Ferro | date = 15 March 2007 | language = Italian}} "Non me lo so spiegare" was also performed as a duet with Ferro during Pausini's only 2007 concert, held at the San Siro Stadium on 2 July 2007.{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2007/06/04/un-trionfo-per-laura-pausini-settantamila-in.html | work = la Repubblica | language = Italian | title = Un trionfo per Laura Pausini settantamila in delirio a S.Siro | date = 4 July 2007 | author = Gino Castaldo | page = 39 | accessdate = 11 August 2012}} The concert was later released as a DVD under the title San Siro 2007,{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/vetrina-4859/Laura-Pausini-SAN-SIRO-2007 | publisher = Rockol.it | language = Italian| accessdate = 12 August 2012 | title = Laura Pausini – San Siro 2007 | date = 12 January 2008}} and it was broadcast by Italia 1 on 11 December 2007.{{Cite web | url = http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2007/12/10/Spettacolo/Musica/MUSICA-PAUSINI-LIVE-SANSIRO-DOMANI-IN-PRIMA-VISIONE_124756.php | publisher = Adnkronos | date = 10 December 2007 | language = Italian | title = Musica: Pausini, Live Sansiro domani in prima visione}}
In December 2009, Pausini and Ferro performed together the song during an episode of Rai 2's TV programme Due, entirely dedicated to them.{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2009/12/06/laura-pausini.html | work = la Repubblica | accessdate = 11 August 2012 | title = Laura Pausini: smetto di cantare per Due | date = 6 December 2009 | language = Italian| author = Fulvio Paloscia | page = 14}}{{Cite web | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/10/Pausini_Ferro_tenerezza_funziona_co_9_091210104.shtml | work = Corriere della Sera | language = Italian | date = 10 December 2009 | title = Pausini e Ferro la tenerezza funziona | author = Aldo Grasso | page = 67}}
=Music video=
The music video for the song, directed by Gaetano Morbioli, was filmed at the Dino Studios in Rome.{{Cite web | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2007/03/26/pausini-ferro-sul-set-un-video.html | work = la Repubblica | accessdate = 29 July 2011 | title = Pausini & Ferro sul set un video per la super-coppia | date = 26 March 2007 | author = Gino Castaldo | language = Italian}} The ambientation of the video recreates a desert, with an old petrol pump and roadsigns pointing to the Midwest. Pausini and Ferro are shown on opposite sides of a parked car, representing two aching souls who cannot look at each other.
=Personnel=
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;Music credits{{cite AV media notes|title=Io canto|others=Laura Pausini|year=2006|type=booklet|publisher=Atlantic Records}}
- Riccardo Capanni – concert master
- Max Costa – programming, additional keyboards
- Cesare Chiodo – bass
- Emiliano Fantuzzi – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tiziano Ferro – vocals, composer
- Gabriele Fersini – electric guitar
- Alfredo Golino – drums
- Filippo Martelli – string arrangement, string conductor
- Omersea Orchestra – strings
- Dado Parisini – keyboards, string arrangement
- Laura Pausini – vocals
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- Max Costa – pre-producer, mixing
- Emiliano Fantuzzi – pre-producer
- Dado Parisini – producer
- Jon Jacobs – engineer, mixing
- Francesco Luzzi – engineer
- Gabriele Gigli – assistant
- Matteo Bolzoni – assistant
- Dado Parisini – mixing
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=Charts=
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| Chart (2007)
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| scope="row"|Italy Airplay (Music Control){{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-86122/Music-Control--Mika-ancora-in-testa,-risale-Cristicchi | publisher = Rockol.it | language = Italian | accessdate = 12 August 2012 | title = Music Control: Mika ancora in testa, risale Cristicchi | date = 1 April 2007}}
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| scope="row"|Italy Digital Downloads (FIMI){{Cite web | url = https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/3/2007/18 | publisher = Federation of the Italian Music Industry | accessdate = 28 May 2019 | language = Italian | title = Classifiche – Top singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 18}}
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