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"Italian Love Song" is a pop song written by Tina Arena, Francesco De Benedittis, Davide Esposito and Paul Manners, produced by Manners for Arena's sixth album Greatest Hits 1994-2004 (2004). The song was released as a single in Australia on 5 November 2004 but failed to make a major impact on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart peaking at number thirty-three and spending two weeks in the top fifty.

Included on the single is "Take Me Apart" which is the only other new track featured on her greatest hits album and a previously unreleased remix of "Dare You to Be Happy", a single from her album Just Me (2001). The song also features a music video clip shot by Australian director Anthony Rose in a small fishing village in Southern France.

Writing

In the inside cover of her 2004 greatest hits album, Arena states:

Italians are a breed unto themselves: humorous, passionate and wildly romantic. This song was written in the hills of Emilia Romagna region, the land of Fellini, in May 2004. It was written in the springtime by Italians with a beautiful sense of melody and metaphor... need I say more.

Track listing

"Italian Love Song" – 3:51
"Take Me Apart" (Fiona Kernaghan) – 4:02
"Dare You to Be Happy" (remix) (Arena, Peter-John Vettese) – 4:34

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart	33
ARIA Australian Artist Chart	8

References

^ Australian Singles Chart - chart run. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
ARIA Charts. Retrieved 30 August 2010

Tina Arena

Studio albums

English	Tiny Tina and Little John Strong as Steel Don't Ask In Deep Just Me Songs of Love & Loss Songs of Love & Loss 2 Reset Eleven Love Saves
French	Un autre univers 7 vies Quand tout Recommence

Live albums

Compilations

Now I Can Dance

v t e Tina Arena songs
Strong as Steel	"I Need Your Body" "The Machine's Breaking Down" "Strong as Steel" "Woman's Work"
Don't Ask	"Chains" "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" "Heaven Help My Heart" "Wasn't It Good" "Show Me Heaven"
In Deep	"Burn" "If I Didn't Love You" "Now I Can Dance" "Whistle Down the Wind" "I Want to Know What Love Is" "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" "If I Was a River" "Aller plus haut" "Les Trois Cloches"
Just Me	"Soul Mate #9" "Dare You to Be Happy" "Tu es toujours là" "Symphony of Life"
Vous êtes toujours là	"Je te retrouve un peu"
Greatest Hits 1994–2004	"Italian Love Song"
Un autre univers	"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" "Je m'appelle Bagdad" "Tu aurais dû me dire (Oser parler d'amour)"
Songs of Love & Loss	"To Sir with Love"
7 vies	"Entends-tu le monde?"
Songs of Love & Loss 2	"Oh Me, Oh My"
Reset	"You Set Fire to My Life" "Only Lonely"
Eleven	"I Want to Love You"
Quand tout Recommence	"Tant que tu es là"
Other releases	"Turn Up the Beat" "Ti Voglio Qui" "Live for the One I Love" "Never (Past Tense)" "Voici les clés" "The Things We Do For Love" "A Foreign Affair"
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