Dio, come ti amo

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Background

Conception

The song was composed by Domenico Modugno. It is a ballad, in which the singer tells his/her lover how he feels about her/him. The singer expresses his/her amazement at the depth of his/her own feelings, with the title phrase being used frequently.[1]

Sanremo

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Modugno and Cinquetti celebrating their song's victory in Sanremo.

On 27–29 January 1966, "Dio, come ti amo" competed in the 16th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival performed by both Modugno and Gigliola Cinquetti, and winning the competition. As the festival was used by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) to select its song and performer for the Template:Escyr of the Eurovision Song Contest, the song became the Template:Esccnty for the contest. An experts jury appointed Modugno as the performer for Eurovision.[2]

Modugno released then the song also in English (as "Oh, how much I love you"), German (as "Script error: No such module "Lang"."), and in two Spanish versions ("Script error: No such module "Lang"." and "Script error: No such module "Lang".").[1]

Eurovision

On 5 March 1966, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg hosted by the Script error: No such module "Lang". (CLT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Modugno performed "Script error: No such module "Lang"." fourteenth on the evening, following Template:Esccnty's "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Téréza and preceding Template:Esccnty's "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Dominique Walter.[3]

The song had been rearranged since its performance at Sanremo. During rehearsals, mere hours before the live contest, Modugno performed the new arrangement with three of his own musicians as opposed to the orchestra, which went over the three minute time limit. This broke the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rules stating that the arrangement should be communicated well in advance and should not be over three minutes. Following his rehearsal, Modugno was confronted by the show's producers about exceeding the time limit and was asked to use the original arrangement with the orchestra. Modugno was so dissatisfied with the orchestra that he threatened to withdraw from the contest. Both the producers and EBU scrutineer Clifford Brown felt it was too short notice to fly Cinquetti to Luxembourg to perform the song, so the EBU gave in and allowed Modugno to use his own ensemble instead of the orchestra. Despite news reports and the official programme listing Template:Ill as the conductor, Giacomazzi actually played the piano for the entry.[4][5]

At the close of voting, the song had received nul points (zero), for the first and also the only time in Italian Eurovision history, placing seventeenth (equal last) in a field of eighteen. It was succeeded as Italian representative at the Template:Escyr by "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Claudio Villa.

Aftermath

Cinquetti starred in a Script error: No such module "Lang". film titled Template:Ill released in 1966, accompanied by Mark Damon, Raimondo Vianello, and Nino Taranto.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[6]
Gigliola Cinquetti Italian versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2
Brazil (IBOPE)[7]
Gigliola Cinquetti Italian versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		6
Italy (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[8]
Domenico Modugno Italian versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1
Peru (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[9]
Gigliola Cinquetti Spanish versionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1
Spain (AFYVE) 5

Legacy

  • Sergio Franchi recorded an English/Italian version titled "Oh How Much I Love You (Script error: No such module "Lang".)" in 1967 on his RCA Victor album From Sergio – With Love.[10]
  • Shirley Bassey recorded a version of the song titled "Script error: No such module "Lang". (Oh God How Much I Love You)" for her 1991 album Keep the Music Playing.
  • Spanish performer Vega recorded the song in 2017 accompanied by Elvis Costello. Both sang it in the original Italian.

References

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  5. ↑ Angelo Giacomazzi bio at www.andtheconductoris.eu
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External links

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