{{Infobox song | name = I maschi | cover = I Maschi.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Gianna Nannini | album = Maschi e altri | B-side = I maschi (Mini-Maxi) | released = 1987 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = | label = Dischi Ricordi | writer = Gianna Nannini and Fabio Pianigiani | producer = | prev_title = Bello e impossibile | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Hey bionda | next_year = 1988 }}
"'''I maschi'''" (Italian for "the males") is a song composed by Gianna Nannini and Fabio Pianigiani and performed by Gianna Nannini. The single peaked at second place on the Italian hit parade.<ref name=hitparade>{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Storia dell'Hit Parade|year=1989|publisher=Gramese, 1989|isbn=8876054391}}</ref> It was also an international hit, which charted in Austria, France, Germany, Belgium and Sweden. The song represented Italy at the 18th World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo.<ref name=Deregibus>{{cite book|last=Enrico Deregibus|title=Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana|date=8 October 2010|publisher=Giunti Editore, 2010|isbn=978-8809756250}}</ref> It was the title-track of the compilation album ''Maschi e altri''.<ref name=Deregibus/> The song was included in the soundtracks of several films, including the Maren Ade's drama ''Everyone Else'' and the Mika Kaurismäki's gangster-comedy ''Helsinki Napoli All Night Long''.
==Charts==
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1987–1988) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Austria|14|artist=Gianna Nannini|song=I maschi|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2021}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Gianna Nannini|song=I maschi|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2021}} |- {{single chart|France|2|artist=Gianna Nannini|song=I maschi|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref name=hitparade/> | 2 |- !scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-05.pdf|title=European Playlist Reports: RAI - Italy|magazine=Music & Media|volume=4|issue=48|page=13|date=5 December 1987}}</ref> | 18 |- {{single chart|Sweden|4|artist=Gianna Nannini|song=I maschi|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2021}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|44|songid=12352|artist=Gianna Nannini|song=I maschi|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 December 2021}} |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1988) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988|title=Jaaroverzichten 1988|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref> | 86 |}
==Track listing== *'''7" single – SRL 11066 ''' # "I maschi" <small>(Nannini - Pianigiani)</small> - 4:29 # "I maschi (Mini-Maxi)" <small>(Nannini - Pianigiani)</small> - 4:29
*'''12" maxi single/CD Single – SRLM 2074/887 211-2 ''' # "I maschi (Extra Long Version)" - 11:45 # "I maschi (Long Version)" - 6:05
*'''12" maxi single Picture Disc – 887 375-1 ''' # "I maschi (Extra Long Version)" - 11:45 # "I maschi (Long Version)" - 6:05 # "America (Live Edit 1985 from TUTTO LIVE)" - 5:05
==References== {{Reflist}} <!-- as in "songs from Italy", not "songs in Italian" --> {{Gianna Nannini}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1987 singles Category:Italian pop songs Category:1987 songs Category:Gianna Nannini songs