Parole parole

"Parole parole"
Mina and Alberto Lupo duet "Parole parole" in 1972.
Song by Mina and Alberto Lupo
English title	Words, words
Published	1972
Writer(s)	Gianni Ferrio Leo Chiosso Giancarlo Del Re.

"Parole parole" is a duet song by Gianni Ferrio, Leo Chiosso and Giancarlo Del Re. The song was originally performed by Mina and Alberto Lupo. Dalida and Alain Delon recorded the French cover that is today the most commonly known version and the one that made this song a hit.

The lyrics were written by Leo Chiosso and Giancarlo Del Re, the authors of the Italian Teatro 10 series of TV variety nights. The music and the score were by Gianni Ferrio, the conductor of the "Teatro 10" orchestra. In Spring 1972, the song was the closing number of all eight of the "Teatro 10" Saturday nights. The song is an easy listening dialogue of Mina's singing with Alberto Lupo's declamation. The song's theme are hollow words. It intertwines the female singer's lamentation of the end of love and the lies she has to hear, while the male actor simply speaks. She reacts and scoffs at the compliments that he gives her, calling them simply empty words – parole. The single was released in April 1972 under PDU, Mina's independent record label to become a top hit of Italian charts. The song was also published as one of the standout tracks of Mina's Cinquemilaquarantatrè album and included in the I'm Not Scared movie soundtrack.

A parody version of "Parole parole" was performed by Adriano Celentano, Mina and Alberto Lupo on the penultimate "Teatro 10" show on 6 May 1972. In recent years the song has been a part of the repertoire of Martina Feri accompanied by Gorni Kramer Quartet.

In 1973, "Paroles... paroles...", with the lyrics translated into French by Michaële, was performed by Dalida with Alain Delon and published by Polydor. The track became a hit in France, Japan, Mexico (#3) and Canada. On France 2's 1996 New Year's Eve programme, Alain Delon performed french cover of the song again, but this time in duet with Céline Dion, in the tribute for Dalida. In 2001, again for tributing Dalida, the french cover was remixed by the participants of the first edition of Star Academy France