Addio, addio
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"Addio, addio" ("Farewell, Farewell") was the Template:Esccnty entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, held in Luxembourg, performed in Italian by Claudio Villa.[1]
Sanremo
The song had placed first in Sanremo Music Festival 1962 in February 1962, where it had been performed by Domenico Modugno and Claudio Villa as a duo, receiving almost 1.5 million votes from the public.[2]
Eurovision
With music by Domenico Modugno and lyrics by Franco Migliacci[3] (the same duo had collaborated on Modugno's previous entry "Nel blu dipinto di blu"),[4] the song is a ballad, in which Villa attempts to deal with the end of a relationship. He sings that "our love has become salt like sea water / our parched lips don't have words any longer", but clings to the hope that "it isn't true that our love has ended", indeed even as he farewells his former lover for the last time he sings "we love each other and that we're breaking up".[5]
The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following Template:Esccnty's Camillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme" and preceding Template:Esccnty's François Deguelt with "Dis rien". At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 9th in a field of 16. The comparatively high place for a low-scoring song is partly explained by the fact that four entries at this Contest failed to record a point.[1]
It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1963 contest by Emilio Pericoli with "Uno per tutte".[6]
Single Release
The song was released as a single by Claudio Villa with the song "Quando il vento d'aprile" as the B side.[7] In addition, Domenico Modugno also released his version of the song as a single, with the song "Lupi e pecorelle" as the B side.[8]
Charts
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] | 4 |
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