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	Claudio Guidetti
Lyricist	Alberto Salerno
Producer	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