"E penso a te" (English: And I think of you) is a song composed in 1970 by Lucio Battisti based on the lyrics by Mogol.
During the day, the protagonist is at work, then comes home, and has a date with his current girlfriend, but keeps on thinking to his real love and fails to appear funny and involved; he finally goes to bed but can't sleep for the same reason.
In Battisti's rendering, the coda has a final diminuendo in which all of the instruments dissolve into silence, leaving only the singer's voice, as to represent his loneliness in the world.
Mogol, who wrote the song's lyrics, told that the protagonist «still hopes in a casual encounter; the desire to see each other is such that there is the will for a miracle, for something impossible, opposed to the reality which seems impregnable.
This English version of the Italian "E penso a te" ("And I Think of You") was initially an unreleased track on the compilation "The Best of Tanita Tikaram".
The song has been covered by numerous artists including Ornella Vanoni (1986 – Ornella &...), Mietta (2003 – Abbracciati e vivi / Sentirti / E penso a te), Raf (2005 – Tutto Raf), Antonio Spadaccino (2006 – Antonino), Fiorella Mannoia (2009 – Ho imparato a sognare) e Enrico Ruggeri.
On 21 June 2009 the song was covered by Fiorella Mannoia and Laura Pausini for the Abruzzo earthquake benefit concert Amiche per l'Abruzzo.