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{{Infobox song
| name          = E poi...
| cover         = E poi... (Mina).png
| alt           = 
| type          = Single
| artist        = [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]
| album         = [[Frutta e verdura]]
| language      = Italian
| B-side        = Non tornare più
| released      = {{Start date|1973|10}}<ref name="Discografia">{{cite web|url=http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=5096|title=E poi.../Non tornare più|language=it|website=Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana|publisher=Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi|access-date=9 May 2023|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502145828/http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=5096|url-status=live}}</ref>
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = Pop
| length        = 4:47
| label         = [[PDU (record label)|PDU]]
| composer      = [[Shel Shapiro]]
| lyricist      = [[Andrea Lo Vecchio]]
| producer      = 
| prev_title    = [[Lamento d'amore]]
| prev_year     = 1973
| next_title    = [[Non gioco più]]
| next_year     = 1974
}}

"'''E poi...'''" ({{lang-en|"And then..."}}) is a song recorded by Italian singer [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]. It was released in October 1973 by [[PDU (record label)|PDU]] as a lead single from her studio album ''[[Frutta e verdura]]'' (1973). The song was written by [[Shel Shapiro]] and [[Andrea Lo Vecchio]], and arranged by [[Pino Presti]].<ref name="Discografia" />

The song was a great success in Italy. In its third week on the chart, the song entered the top five. In early January, the song became number one and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks.<ref name="Musica e dischi" />

The song "Non tornare più" was used as a [[b-side]]. It was written by [[Franco Califano]] and [[Dario Baldan Bembo]]. The French version of the song titled "Les oiseaux revent" has also become a b-side for the single "Et puis ça sert à quoi".

In 1973 and 1975 "E poi..." was used in commercials for Tassoni lemonade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://minamazzini.it/mina-e-la-pubblicita/caroselli/tassoni/|title=Tassoni|language=it|publisher=minamazzini.it|access-date=5 June 2024|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605121227/https://minamazzini.it/mina-e-la-pubblicita/caroselli/tassoni/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Other versions==
"E poi..." was recorded in other languages: English ("Runaway", adapted lyrics by Shel Shapiro), Spanish ("¿Y que?", by Caruso Genfingal), French ("Et puis ça sert à quoi", by [[Pierre Delanoë]]), and German ("Und dann", by Bert Olden). The English version was released as a single in the United States and Canada,<ref name="North America" /> the French version in France,<ref name="France" /> and the German version in [[West Germany]].<ref name="Germany" /> The Spanish version was not released as a single, but was included in the Spanish-language compilation ''Mina canta en español'' (1975).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Mina canta en español|author=[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3520859-Mina-Mina-Canta-En-Español|date=1975|access-date=27 May 2024|type=liner notes|publisher=Odeon|id=1J 062-97.196|location=Spain|language=es}}</ref> There are also two other Italian versions of the same song: in the live album ''[[Mina Live '78]]'' and in 1992 album ''[[Sorelle Lumière]]'', in which the song was [[Mashup (music)|mixed]] with [[Riccardo Cocciante]]'s hit "Un nuovo amico".

==Track listing==
;7" single (Italy, Spain, France, Portugal)
:A. "E poi..." – 4:48
:B. "Non tornare più» (Dario Baldan Bembo, Franco Califano) — 4:43

;7" single (North America, Netherlands)<ref name="North America">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Runaway|author=[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3578487-Mina-Runaway|date=1974|access-date=27 May 2024|type=liner notes|publisher=Tara Records|id=TRA-108|location=USA|archive-date=13 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513214412/https://www.discogs.com/release/3578487-Mina-Runaway|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Runaway|author=[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8828472-Mina-Runaway|date=1974|access-date=27 May 2024|type=liner notes|publisher=Omega International|id=OM.36.211|location=Netherlands|language=nl|archive-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527183437/https://www.discogs.com/release/8828472-Mina-Runaway|url-status=live}}</ref>
:A. "Runaway (E poi...)" – 4:48
:B. "I Still Love You (Fate piano)» (Shel Shapiro, Andrea Lo Vecchio) — 4:10

;7" single (France, Italy)<ref name="France">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Et puis ca sert à quoi|author=[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3391844-Mina-Et-Puis-%C3%87a-Sert-%C3%80-Quoi-|date=1974|access-date=27 May 2024|type=liner notes|publisher=[[PDU (record label)|PDU]]|id=2 C 008 95 104|location=France|language=fr|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505170453/https://www.discogs.com/release/3391844-Mina-Et-Puis-%C3%87a-Sert-%C3%80-Quoi-|url-status=live}}</ref>
:A. "Et puis ca sert à quoi (E poi...)" – 4:22
:B. "Les oises revent (Non tornare più)» (Dario Baldan Bembo, Franco Califano, Pierre Delanoë) — 4:40

;7" single (West Germany)<ref name="Germany">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Und Dann...|author=[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6326057-Mina-Und-Dann|date=1974|access-date=27 May 2024|type=liner notes|publisher=[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|id=1 C 006-95 183|location=Germany|language=de|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605121227/https://www.discogs.com/release/6326057-Mina-Und-Dann|url-status=live}}</ref>
:A. "Und Dann… (E poi...)" – 4:47
:B. "Die Liebe am Sonntag (Domenica sera)» (Corrado Castellari, Bert Olden) — 2:56

==Personnel==
* Mina – vocals
* Pino Presti – bass guitar, [[Rhodes piano]], piano, arrangement
* Shel Shapiro – acoustic quitar
* Andrea Sacchi – electric quitar, acoustic quitar
* Fabio Treves – harmonica
* Tullio De Piscopo – drums, percussion
* Renè Mantegna – congas, percussion
* [[Nuccio Rinaldis]] – audio engineer

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "E poi..."
! scope="col"| Chart (1974)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Geramno|last=Ruscitto|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1974/Billboard%201974-05-25.pdf#page=84|title=Hits of the World – Italy|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=25 May 1974|volume=86|issue=21|page=64|issn=0006-2510|access-date=22 May 2024|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519173016/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1974/Billboard%201974-05-25.pdf#page=84|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref name="Musica e dischi">{{Cite book|last=Racca|first=Guido|title=M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019|language=it|year=2019|pages=306–308|isbn=9781093264906}}</ref>
| 1
|}

==Cover versions==
* In 1976 Welsh singer [[Shirley Bassey]] recorded an English version of the song, "Runaway", which became the B-side of her single "Natali".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Natali|author=[[Shirley Bassey]]|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2120474-Shirley-Bassey-Natali|date=1976|access-date=5 June  2024|type=liner notes|publisher=[[United Artists Records]]|id=UP 36102|location=France|language=fr|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605121234/https://www.discogs.com/release/2120474-Shirley-Bassey-Natali|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|230711|E poi...|type=single}}
* {{YouTube|XPJZBTGSOT4|Mina - Runaway (E poi...)}}
* {{YouTube|gwutnwiVaE0|Mina - ¿Y qué? (E poi...)}}
* {{YouTube|CZ2R34VSpe8|Mina – Et puis ca sert à quoi (E poi..)}}
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[[Category:1973 singles]]
[[Category:1973 songs]]
[[Category:Mina (Italian singer) songs]]
[[Category:PDU singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Italy]]
[[Category:Songs in Italian]]