Senza pietà (song)

"Senza pietà" (transl. "Mercilessly", lit. "Without mercy") is a 1999 song composed by Claudio Guidetti with lyrics by Alberto Salerno, performed by Italian singer Anna Oxa. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 1999, reaching number 4 on the Italian charts and becoming a radio hit.^[1]

"Senza pietà"
Single by Anna Oxa
from the album Senza pietà
Language	Italian
B-side	"Che cosa dire di te"
Released	23 February 1999 (1999-02-23) (original release) 21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) (reissue)
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:42
Label	Columbia Records Sony Music
Composer(s)	Claudio Guidetti
Lyricist(s)	Alberto Salerno
Producer(s)	Fio Zanotti
Anna Oxa singles chronology
"Come dirsi ciao" (1999) "Senza pietà" (1999) "Camminando camminando" (1999)
Official music video
"Senza pietà" on YouTube

The lyrics were inspired by the war imagery portrayed in The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati.^[2]

Track listing

CD single, CD-maxi – Columbia 66621715, 666217 1^[3][4]

1. "Senza pietà" – 4:42
2. "Che cosa dire di te" – 5:07

CD single, vinyl – Sony 19075833467 (2018 reissue)^[5]

1. "Senza pietà" – 4:42
2. "Che cosa dire di te" – 5:07

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI)[6]	4
Italy (airplay)[1]	3

References

1. "Music Control: i brani più trasmessi della settimana dalle radio italiane". Rockol (in Italian). 6 March 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
2. Senza Pietà - ANNA OXA - Analisi del co-autore Alberto Salerno per Storie di Musica #StoriediMusica (in Italian). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via YouTube.
3. "Anna Oxa - Senza pietà". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
4. "Anna Oxa – Senza Pietà (1999, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
5. "Anna Oxa – Senza Pietà (2018, Vynil)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
6. "Classifica settimanale WK 9 (dal 26.02.1999 al 04.03.1999)" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

External links

• Senza pietà at Discogs (list of releases)