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{{short description|1964 song by Gigliola Cinquetti}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Non ho l'età
| cover      = Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l'età.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| language   = Italian
| artist     = [[Gigliola Cinquetti]]
| album      = Gigliola Cinquetti
| B-side     = Sei un bravo ragazzo
| released   = 28 January 1964
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Ballad]]
| length     = 3:10
| label      = CGD Records
| composer   = [[Mario Panzeri]]
| lyricist   = [[Nicola Salerno]]
| producer   = Mario Panzeri
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Dio, come ti amo]]
| next_year  = 1966
| misc       = {{Infobox song contest entry
| embed        = yes
| song         = {{flagicon|Italy}} "Non ho l'età (per amarti)"
| caption      = 
| year         = 1964
| country      = Italy
| artist       = [[Gigliola Cinquetti]]
| as           = 
| with         = 
| language     = Italian
| composer     = [[Mario Panzeri]]
| lyricist     = [[Nicola Salerno]]
| conductor    = Gianfranco Monaldi
| place        = 1st
| points       = 49
| prev         = Uno per tutte
| prev_link    = Uno per tutte
| next         = Se piangi, se ridi
| next_link    = Se piangi, se ridi
}}
}}

"'''Non ho l'età (per amarti)'''" ([[Italian language|Italian]] for "I'm not old enough (to love you)"), usually given as just "'''Non ho l'età'''" ({{IPA|it|non ˈɔ lleˈta|pron}}), is a song recorded by Italian singer [[Gigliola Cinquetti]], with music composed by [[Mario Panzeri]] and lyrics by [[Nicola Salerno]]. It {{esccnty|Italy|t=represented Italy}} in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1964]], held in [[Copenhagen]], winning the contest, having previously won [[Sanremo Music Festival 1964|that year]]'s [[Sanremo Music Festival]].

== Background ==
=== Conception ===
"Non ho l'età" was written by composer [[Mario Panzeri]] and lyricist [[Nicola Salerno]].<ref name="DG">{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1964it|website=The Diggiloo Thrush|title="Non ho l'età" Detailed info and lyrics}}</ref>

=== Sanremo ===
Between 30 January and 1 February 1964, "Non ho l'età" performed by both [[Gigliola Cinquetti]] –in Italian– and [[Patricia Carli]] –in French– competed in the [[Sanremo Music Festival 1964|14th edition]] of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]], winning the competition. As the festival was used by [[RAI|Radiotelevisione italiana]] (RAI) to select their song and performer for the {{escyr|1964||9th edition}} of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], the song became the {{esccnty|Italy|t=Italian entry}}, and Cinquetti the performer, for Eurovision.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|publisher=Panini Comics|year=2009|isbn=978-8863462296}}</ref>

Cinquetti recorded the song in Italian, English –as "This is my prayer"–, Spanish –"No tengo edad"–, French –"Je suis à toi"–, German –"Luna nel blu"–, and Japanese –"Yumemiru omoi", {{lang|ja|夢みる想い}}–.<ref name="DG"/>

=== Eurovision ===
On 21 March 1964, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the {{lang|da|[[Tivolis Koncertsal]]|i=unset}} in [[Copenhagen]] hosted by {{lang|da|[[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]]|i=unset}} (DR), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Cinquetti performed "Non ho l'età" twelfth on the night, following {{esccnty|Portugal|y=1964}}'s "[[Oração]]" by [[António Calvário]] and preceding {{esccnty|Yugoslavia|y=1964}}'s "[[Život je sklopio krug]]" by [[Sabahudin Kurt]]. Gianfranco Monaldi conducted the live orchestra in the performance of the Italian entry.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1964|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1964|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] / [[EBU]]|date=21 March 1964}}</ref> No video recording of her performance is known to have survived, only footage of part of her winning reprise exists in addition to the audio of the full radio broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rare broadcast footage of Eurovision 1964 uncovered by Reddit user |url=https://escxtra.com/2021/12/14/rare-broadcast-footage-eurovision-1964/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=ESCXTRA.com}}</ref>

At the close of voting, the song had received 49 points, placing it first in a field of sixteen, winning the contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964/final|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1964 scoreboard|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]}}</ref> Cinquetti was sixteen years old, making her the youngest Eurovision winner until the {{escyr|1986||1986 contest}} when {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1986}}'s [[Sandra Kim]] won the contest with "[[J'aime la vie]]" –initially claiming to be fifteen, it was later revealed that Kim was only thirteen–.<ref>{{cite book|author=O'Connor, John Kennedy|title=The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History|publisher=Carlton Books|location=UK|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84442-994-3}}</ref> The song was followed as contest winner in {{escyr|1965}} by "[[Poupée de cire, poupée de son]]" by [[France Gall]] for {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1965}}. It was followed as Italian representative that year by "[[Se piangi, se ridi]]" by [[Bobby Solo]].

=== Aftermath ===
"Non ho l'età" became a considerable commercial success for Cinquetti, in Italy, the rest of Europe, [[Scandinavia]], and other countries worldwide.

Cinquetti later returned to compete in Eurovision at the {{escyr|1974||1974 contest}}, when she finished second with "[[Sì (Gigliola Cinquetti song)|Sì]]", behind "[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]" by [[ABBA]].<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1974|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1974|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[BBC]] / [[EBU]]|date=6 April 1974}}</ref> On 4 May 1991, she co-hosted the {{escyr|1991||1991 contest}} held in [[Rome]] alongside [[Toto Cutugno]], where they performed their Eurovision winning songs, "Non ho l'età" and "[[Insieme: 1992]]" respectively, as the opening act.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1991|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1991|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[RAI]] / [[EBU]]|date=4 May 1991}}</ref> On 14 May 2022, in the {{escyr|2022||2022 contest}} held in [[Turin]], she performed "Non ho l'età" as an interval act at the grand final.<ref>{{YouTube|TCQx-Hn2coQ|"Non ho l'età" - Eurovision Song Contest 2022}}</ref>

Cinquetti was proved not to be a UK 'one-hit-wonder' when an English recording of her 1974 Eurovision entry –titled "Go"– reached #8 in the UK chart.

== Chart history ==
=== Weekly charts ===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1964–65)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Argentina ([[Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|CAPIF]])<ref name="/worldradiohistory_1964-08-29">{{Cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-08-29.pdf |title=Hits of the world - Argentina |publisher=Billboard |date=29 August 1964 |page=26 |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
|5
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|1|song=Non ho l'età|artist=Gigliola Cinquetti|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|1|song=Non ho l'età|artist=Gigliola Cinquetti|rowheader=true|access-date=25 February 2017}}
|-
!scope="row"|Finland<ref name="/worldradiohistory_1964-08-29"/>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|France (InfoDisc)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_C.php |publisher=Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=10 June 2012 |title=Tout les Titres par Artiste - C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217054346/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_C.php |archive-date=17 February 2014 }} ''Select ''Gigliola CINQUETTI'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Germany ([[Media Control Charts|Media Control AG]])<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Gigliola+Cinquetti&title=Non+ho+l%27et%E0&cat=s&country=de | publisher = Charts.de. [[Media Control]]. | language = de | access-date = 10 June 2012 | title = Single - Gigliola Cinquetti, Non ho l'età}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Hong Kong<ref name="/worldradiohistory_1964-08-29"/>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Italy ([[Musica e dischi]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_hits_of_1964_(Italy) |title=List of number-one hits of 1964 (Italy) }}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=September 2023}}
|1
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|2|song=Non ho l'età|artist=Gigliola Cinquetti|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|3|song=Non ho l'età|artist=Gigliola Cinquetti|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|17|song=Non ho l'età per amarti|artist=Gigliola Cinquetti|songid=3507|rowheader=true|artistid=11093}}
|-
|}

==Legacy==
===Linda Scott's version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = This Is My Prayer
| cover      = 
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Linda Scott]]
| album      = Hey, Look at Me Now!
| A-side     = [[That Old Feeling (song)|That Old Feeling]]
| released   = 1964
| recorded   = 
| studio     = 
| genre      = 
| length     = 2:54
| label      = Kapp Records
| writer     = [[Buddy Kaye|Kaye]]-[[Philip Springer|Springer]]-[[Nicola Salerno|Nisa]]
| producer   = Mike Berniker
| prev_title = 
| prev_year  = 
| next_title = 
| next_year  = 
}}
[[Linda Scott]]'s recording of the song's English version, "'''This Is My Prayer'''", was released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the single "[[That Old Feeling (song)|That Old Feeling]]" in late 1964. In the Philippines, it topped the national chart for twelve straight weeks beginning on 12 December 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|access-date=29 October 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=The Billboard Publishing Company|date=12 December 1964|page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Philippines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|access-date=29 October 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=The Billboard Publishing Company|date=27 February 1965|page=22}}</ref>

=== Other covers ===
"Non ho l'età" has been recorded by a wide range of artists in other languages, for example, in Icelandic –as "Heyr mína bæn"– by [[Ellý Vilhjálms]].<ref>Thorsson, Leif. Melodifestivalen Genom Tiderna. Premium Publishing, Sweden. 1999 {{ISBN|91-89136-00-4}}</ref> [[Lili Ivanova]], a famous Bulgarian singer, and [[Hong Kong]] singer [[Rebecca Pan]], covered the song in 1964. Polish-Belarusian singer {{ill|Wiesława Drojecka|pl}} covered the song in Polish –"Nie wolno mi"–. {{ill|Anneli Sari|fi}} made a Finnish cover –"Liian nuori rakkauteen"–. [[Sandra Reemer]] recorded the song in Dutch –"Als jij maar wacht"–.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|147002|Non ho l'età|type=single}}

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{{succession box|
 before = "[[Dansevise]]" by [[Grethe Ingmann|Grethe]] and [[Jørgen Ingmann]]|
 title = [[Eurovision Song Contest winners]]|
 after = "[[Poupée de cire, poupée de son]]" by [[France Gall]]|
 years = {{escyr|1964}}|
}}
{{s-end}}

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{{Eurovision Song Contest 1964}}
{{Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{List of Eurovision Song Contest winners}}
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