“Ti amo” – Single by Umberto Tozzi from the album È nell’aria…ti amo
B-side “Dimentica, dimentica” (original version), “Ti amo” (duet version)
Released 1977 (original version); 2002 (duet version)
Recorded 1977
Label CBS, Warner Music
Songwriters Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi
Producer Giancarlo Bigazzi
Charted No.1 in Italy; No.1 In Sweden; No.1 in Switzerland; No.1 in France; No.1 in Greece; No.4 in West Germany
Ti amo was written by Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi and produced by Bigazzi. It is about a blue-collar worker whose job has taken him away from his home and his wife. As he is about to return for Labor Day (May 1), he says goodbye to his lover, confessing that he is torn between her and his wife. Reunited with his wife, he realized how much he has missed her and asks her to forgive him his infidelity.
