Avrei voluto

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Avrei Voluto
Eurovision Song Contest 1989 entry
Country Italy
Artist(s) Fauso Leali, Anna Hoxha
As Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali
Language Italian
Composer(s) Franco Fasano
Lyricist(s) Franco Ciani, Fabrizio Berlincioni
Place 9th
Points 56
Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush


"Avrei voluto" (English translation: "I Would've Wanted") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Italian by Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali.

The song is a duet, in which both singers confess their love for each other. Unfortunately, however, it appears from the lyrics that the opportunity for a relationship has already passed. They realise, for example, that "I would've wanted you too".

The song was performed first on the night (preceding Israel's Gili & Galit with "Derekh Hamelekh"). At the close of voting, suffering from a very bad start but sweeping up votes from the later half of the juries, it had received 56 points, placing 9th in a field of 22.

It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1990 Contest by Toto Cutugno with "Insieme: 1992".