 "Addio, addio" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1962 entry | |
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| Final result | 9th |
| Final points | 3 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Al di là" (1961) | |
| "Uno per tutte" (1963) ► | |
"Addio, addio" ("Farewell, Farewell") was theItalian entry in theEurovision Song Contest 1962, held inLuxembourg, performed inItalian byClaudio Villa.[1]
The song had placed first inSanremo Music Festival 1962 in February 1962, where it had been performed byDomenico Modugno andClaudio Villa as a duo, receiving almost 1.5 million votes from the public.[2]
With music byDomenico Modugno and lyrics byFranco 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, followingLuxembourg'sCamillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme" and precedingMonaco'sFrançois 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 the1963 contest byEmilio Pericoli with "Uno per tutte".[6]
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]
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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| Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] | 4 |