Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche
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Due Grosee Lacrime Bianche | |
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Eurovision Song Contest 1969 entry | |
Country | Italy |
Artist(s) | Iva Zanicchi |
Language | Italian |
Composer(s) | Piero Soffici |
Lyricist(s) | Carlo Daiano |
Place | 13th |
Points | 5 |
Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Due Grosse Lacrime Bianche (English translation: "Two Big White Tears") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Italian by Iva Zanicchi.
The song is a ballad, with Zanicchi addressing a former lover about her feelings at the end of a relationship. She tells him that, "Two big white tears/Like two pearls from the sea/Is all that you left for me" and also rejects the idea that she would "die because of love", although she admits to a great sadness.
The song was performed sixth on the night (following Ireland's Muriel Day with The Wages Of Love and preceding the United Kingdom's Lulu with Boom Bang-a-Bang). At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 13th in a field of 16.
It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1970 Contest by Gianni Morandi with Occhi Di Ragazza.