Domenico Modugno – "Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)"

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Domenico Modugno’s “Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)” is an iconic Italian pop song that achieved worldwide fame in the late 1950s and became one of the most recognizable Italian songs in music history.

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instanceOf Italian pop song
single
song
alsoKnownAs Volare NERFINISHED
awardReceived Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED
chartPosition number one in Italy
number one on Billboard Hot 100
number one on US Cash Box chart
top ten in the United Kingdom
composer Domenico Modugno NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
coveredBy Al Martino NERFINISHED
Bobby Rydell NERFINISHED
Dean Martin NERFINISHED
Gipsy Kings NERFINISHED
creator Domenico Modugno NERFINISHED
culturalImpact became an international pop standard
one of the most famous Italian songs worldwide
eurovisionResult third place
firstPerformanceEvent Sanremo Music Festival 1958 NERFINISHED
genre pop
traditional pop
grammyYear 1959
hasBside Vecchio frac NERFINISHED
hasISRC IT-FC-58-00001
hasISWC T-900.004.415-3
hasMelodicStyle melodic Italian canzone
hasMusicVideo television performance footage from late 1950s
hasRefrain Volare, oh oh, cantare, oh oh oh oh
hasTempo moderate tempo
inception 1958
includedInList Rai list of most important Italian songs of the 20th century
Rolling Stone list of greatest songs of all time NERFINISHED
language Italian
lyricist Franco Migliacci NERFINISHED
notableFeature first Grammy winner for Record of the Year
first Grammy winner for Song of the Year
partOf Domenico Modugno’s repertoire
performer Domenico Modugno NERFINISHED
publisher Italian music publisher Curci NERFINISHED
recordLabel Fonit Cetra NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1958
representedAt Eurovision Song Contest 1958 NERFINISHED
representedCountry Italy NERFINISHED
sanremoResult first place
theme dreamlike flight in the blue sky
title Nel blu dipinto di blu NERFINISHED
vocalist Domenico Modugno NERFINISHED

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1959 Grammy Awards SongOfTheYearWinner Domenico Modugno – "Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)"