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"Sarà perché ti amo"
Single by Ricchi e Poveri
from the album ...E penso a te
Language	Italian
B-side	"Bello l'amore"
Released	February 1981
Genre	Pop
Label	Baby
Songwriter(s)	Enzo Ghinazzi Daniele Pace Dario Farina
Ricchi e Poveri singles chronology
"E no, e no" (1980) "Sarà perché ti amo" (1981) "M'innamoro di te" (1981)

"Sarà perché ti amo" (Italian: [saˈra pperˈke tti ˈaːmo]; "It must be because I love you") is a song by Italian pop group Ricchi e Poveri, released in 1981 as the lead single from their ninth studio album, E penso a te [it]. It became one of their biggest hits.

History

The song was released in February 1981 on Baby Records and premiered live at the 31st edition of the Sanremo Festival in 1981. The song featured also on the album E penso a te [it]. The song was included in the musical score of Claude Miller's An Impudent Girl (1985), and in Italy the film was subsequently released as Sarà perché ti amo. The song has been used in several movie soundtracks, among others the 2003 French horror film High Tension and Tigers, Sweden's submission to the 94th Academy Awards (2020).

Track listing

1. "Sarà perché ti amo" – 3:09
2. "Bello l'amore" – 3:21

Charts

Certifications and sales

Thalía version

"Será porque te amo"
Single by Thalía
from the album Lunada
Released	21 July 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Latin pop
Length	2:41
Label	EMI Latin
Songwriter(s)	Dario Farina Daniele Pace Luis Gómez Escolar Enzo Ghinazzi
Producer(s)	Emilio Estefan
Thalía singles chronology
"Ten Paciencia" (2008) "Será porque te amo" (2008) "Equivocada" (2009)

The Spanish cover "Será porque te amo" is the second single from Thalía's studio album Lunada (2008). The song was written by Dario Farina, Daniele Pace, Luis Gómez Escolar and Enzo Ghinazzi and produced by Emilio Estefan.

"Será porque te amo" was released only as a radio single across Latin America. Despite not having a music video and virtually no promotion, the song became a moderate hit. Also, in some cases managed higher positions at airplays than "Ten paciencia" which was fully promoted.

"Será porque te amo" is Thalía's last official single released by EMI music.

Track listing

Official Versions

1. "Será porque te amo" (album version) – 2:41

Chart performance

Other cover versions

• 1981: Los Abejorros – "Será porque te amo" (Costa Rica)
• 1982: Laban – "Hvor ska' vi sove i nat" (Denmark)
• 1982: Perikles – "Var ska vi sova i natt" (Sweden)
• 1982: Mighty Band – "Var ska vi sova i natt" (Sweden)
• 1983: Los Chicos – "Será porque te amo" (Puerto Rico)
• 1985: Alain Jomy in French for the soundtrack of drama film An Impudent Girl
• 1991: Collage – "Je m'envole avec toi" (Canada)
• 2001: Těžkej Pokondr – "Hej, volá, volá Sisa" (Czech Republic)
• 2003: Eu4ya – "Sarà perché ti amo" (remix)
• 2003: Maïwenn feat. Cécile de France – "Sarà perché ti amo" (High Tension soundtrack)
• 2007: Picazzo – "Hvor skal vi sove i natt" (Norway)
• 2008: Diana Sorbello – "Das ist weil ich dich liebe" (Germany)
• 2010: Tim Douwsma & Monique Smit – "Een zomeravond met jou" (Netherlands)
• 2011: Ninel Conde – "Será porque te amo" (Mexico)
• 2018: DJ Matrix & Matt Joe feat. Carolina Márquez – "Sarà perché ti amo"
• 2024: Jóhanna Guðrún & Sverrir Bergmann – "Skiptir engu máli" (Iceland)

See also

• List of number-one hits of 1981 (Italy)

References

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• 1981 singles
• 1981 songs
• 2008 singles
• Baby Records singles
• Songs in Italian
• Ricchi e Poveri songs
• Sanremo Music Festival songs of 1981
• Songs written by Daniele Pace
• Songs written by Dario Farina
• Thalía songs