{{Short description|1951 Neapolitan song}} {{distinguish|Malafemmina}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2021}} "'''Malafemmena'''" ({{IPA|nap|malaˈfemmənə|pron}}; "Bad Woman") is a song written by the Neapolitan actor Totò (Antonio de Curtis) in 1951. It has become one of the most popular Italian songs, a classic of the Canzone Napoletana genre, and has been recorded by many artists.
==Background== Totò dedicated the song, which is in the Neapolitan language, to his wife, Diana Bandini, after they separated in 1950. It was first sung by Antonio Basurto, then by Mario Abbate before becoming a hit for Giacomo Rondinella.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xn--tot-ena.com/biografia/|title=Biografia | Totò.com|website=Xn--tot-ena.com|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
==Film music== The song was used in the film ''Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina'' directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1956), sung by Teddy Reno. It was the top-grossing movie of the year in Italy with a 1,751,300 Italian lire (about 40 million Euros in 2009) turnover.<ref name="RAI">[http://www.cinematre.rai.it/R2_paginaSpalla/0,11017,247-1074498,00.html Italian national network page about the movie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029164152/http://www.cinematre.rai.it/R2_paginaSpalla/0,11017,247-1074498,00.html |date=2009-10-29 }} in Italian</ref>
==Covers== Among the many artists who have covered this song are the following:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pamabu.altervista.org/canzonitoto.html|title=Le lista completa delle canzoni di Totò e i relativi interpreti|website=Pamabu.altervista.org|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
*Mario Abbate *Francesco Albanese *Renzo Arbore *Francesco Benigno *Andrea Bocelli *Patrizio Buanne *Franco Califano *Renato Carosone *Gigi D'Alessio *Lucio Dalla *Maria Pia De Vito *Peppino Di Capri *Giuseppe Di Stefano *Gabriella Ferri *Nico Fidenco *Sergio Franchi *Connie Francis *Nunzio Gallo *Robert Goulet *Enzo Jannacci *Fausto Leali *Manhattan Express *Bruno Martino *Leopoldo Mastelloni *Mina *Mario Merola *Lou Monte *Pietra Montecorvino *Roberto Murolo *Negramaro *Tony Palermo *Gino Paoli *Nino Porzio *Zizi Possi *Patty Pravo *Gigi Proietti *Ruggero Raimondi *Massimo Ranieri *Aldo Romano *Enzo Stuarti *Jerry Vale *Claudio Villa *Jimmy Roselli
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.antoniodecurtis.org/canzoni.htm "Malafemmena, lyrics, video-clip and MP3]
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