I treni di Tozeur
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| I treni di Tozeur | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 entry | |
| Country | Italy |
| Artist(s) | Carla Bissi, Franco Battiato |
| As | Alice & Battiato |
| Language | Italian |
| Composer(s) | Franco Battiato |
| Lyricist(s) | Rosario Consentino, Giusto Pio |
| Place | 5th |
| Points | 70 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
I treni di Tozeur (English translation: "The Trains of Tozeur") is an Italian song, written by Franco Battiato, Rosario Cosentino and Giusto Pio. It was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Italian (with some lyrics in German by Alice and Battiato). In a studio version sung only by Battiato, it is included in his album Mondi Lontanissimi (1985).
The song is a ballad, with the singers describing what they see and think in "frontier villages" as they watch the trains to Tozeur (a governorate of Tunisia) pass by. They describe their past lives and their desire - apparently fulfilled - for a simpler life.
Unusually for the pop songs traditionally entered in the Contest, "I treni di Tozeur" does not contain a chorus, one of the very few entries ever to do this. Despite this atypicality, it is regarded as one of the stronger entries of the 1980s, appearing on the CD sets of "winners and classics" produced to coincide with the Congratulations special of late 2005.
The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following Switzerland's Rainy Day with "Welche Farbe Hat Der Sonnenschein" and preceding Portugal's Maria Guinot with "Silêncio E Tanta Gente"). At the close of voting, it had received 70 points, placing 5th in a field of 19.
It was succeeded as Italian representative by Al Bano & Romina Power with "Magic Oh Magic".
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