Libera (song)

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Libera
Eurovision Song Contest 1977 entry
Country Italy
Artist(s) Domenica Bertè
As Mia Martini
Language Italian
Composer(s) Salvatore Fabrizio
Lyricist(s) Luigi Albertelli
Place 13th
Points 33
Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush

Libera (English translation: "Free") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Italian by Mia Martini.

The song is a ballad, with the singer describing herself as being "free" and listing a series of things she is free to do. Importantly, though, she tells her listeners that "I know well what I want, what I don't want/I have my pride, you don't even come into it/Find myself in love, but not bound to you/A woman who is used to walk on her own".

The song was performed fifteenth on the night (following Spain's Micky with Enséñame A Cantar and preceding Finland's Monica Aspelund with Lapponia). At the close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing 13th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1978 Contest by Ricchi e Poveri with Questo Amore.