“Un’estate al mare” (lit. ’A summer at the beach’) is a 1982 song written by Franco Battiato and Giusto Pio and performed by Giuni Russo.
Following the tepid reception of the Battiato-produced Russo’s previous album Energie, Battiato, who was fresh from the massive success of the album La voce del padrone, decided to pen a more commercial song for Russo to push her career.
The song tells the story of a prostitute dreaming to take a break from her job to go on a vacation. Originally the lyrics were more sexually explicit, as they included the word “erezioni” (‘erections’), later modified in “illusioni” (‘illusions’).



Giuni Russo – Un’estate Al Mare (Soulful Mashup)
3,00 €