Music and lyrics to the song were written by Italian songwriter Mogol and Battisti.

She is neither beautiful, intelligent nor bewitching, but her carelessness, sincerity and fidelity manage to make the protagonist forget his former companion, who had taken advantage of him and then left him.

Finally in the refrain, the protagonist, who is obviously happy with her choice, dedicates the whole scene to Linda and invites her to dance with enthusiasm.

According to music critic Renzo Stefanel, Linda «is so pure that her dance seems almost [...] the metaphor of the lightness of life coined by Nietzsche».

[4][5] In the autumn of 1968, a few months after Battisti's release, the song was noted by American producer Steve Barri, who decided to make a version in English and have it performed by the Californian group The Grass Roots.