"Maledetta primavera" (pronounced [maleˈdetta primaˈvɛːra];[1][2] Italian for "Damned springtime") is a song written by Paolo Cassella and Gaetano "Totò" Savio and performed by Italian singer Loretta Goggi in 1981, at the 31st edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
[citation needed] In Latin America, Mexican singer Yuri included a Spanish-language cover, "Maldita primavera", in her 1981 album Llena de dulzura, topping the single chart in Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
In 2012, Dominican singer Yiyo Sarante made a salsa version of "La maldita primavera".
In Czechoslovakia, Petra Janů sang a popular Czech cover called "Moje malá premiéra".
In 2006, singer Patrizio Buanne included a cover of the original version in his album Forever Begins Tonight (Universal Music TV).