Laura Pausini - La Solitudine

About "La Solitudine"

"La solitudine" ("The Loneliness") is a song by Italian pop singer Laura Pausini, released as her debut single by CGD in February 1993. Pausini sang it for the first time on 23 February 1993, during the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival. On 27 February 1993, the song was announced the winner of the competition in the newcomers' section, receiving 7,464 votes. The single reached number five on the Italian Musica e dischi Singles Chart and later became an Italian standard. A few months after its original release, "La solitudine" was included in Pausini's self-titled first album, released on 18 May 1993.

In late 1993, following the success achieved in Italy, the single was released in the rest of Europe, topping the Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart and the Belgian VRT Top 30 Singles Chart, and reaching the top five in France.

Pausini also recorded the song in Spanish, with the title "La soledad", and in English, with lyrics adapted by Tim Rice and re-titled as "La solitudine (Loneliness)". These versions of the song were released as part of her first Spanish-language album, Laura Pausini, and as the lead single from a self-titled compilation album released in the United Kingdom in 1995, respectively.Pausini re-recorded the song several times. A slower, more dramatic version with live instrumentation was featured on her 2001 compilation album The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te. The same arrangement was used for the new version of the Spanish counterpart of the song, included in Lo mejor de Laura Pausini: Volveré junto a ti.

On 26 February 2013, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Pausini released a digital single titled "La solitudine / La soledad / Loneliness", which combined lyrics from the Italian, Spanish and English versions of the song. Pausini's greatest-hits album 20 – The Greatest Hits also featured a new recording of "La solitudine", with arrangements by Ennio Morricone.