Grande amore
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| Single by Il Volo | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 12 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Operatic pop | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Label | Sony Music Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Grande amore" (English: Great love) is a song performed by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo, and written by Francesco Boccia and Ciro Esposito. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 and will represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Origin and recording
Composition
The song was written in 2003 by the singer Francesco Boccia, and composed by Ciro "Tommy" Esposito (member of the Italian band Il Giardino dei Semplici), with an idea to make it performed by classical music singers.[1] It was performed by the Boccia itself and proposed for Sanremo Music Festival in 2005, but it was rejected because it was considered too old.[1]
It was shelved for twelve years, and again proposed for the "Newcomers" section in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, to be performed by duo Operapop (formed by Francesca Carli and Enrico Giovagnoli), but their participation was denied due to festival age restriction.[1][2] It was also proposed to be performed by Orietta Berti, who although praised the song, refused because wasn't available to participate on the festival.[3]
Carlo Conti, artistic director and main presenter of the 65th edition of the festival, was not satisfied with the first proposed song by the trio Il Volo,[2] and after hearing the song "Grande amore", recommended to the song's editor Pasquale Mammaro (manager of Operapop) to contact manager Michele Torpedine and assign it to the operatic trio Il Volo.[1][2]
Lyrics
The song lyrics were not supposed to be changed, but on the behalf and desires by the trio, two verses were changed; "regina dei giorni miei" (queen of my days) became "respiro dei giorni miei" (breath of my days), and "sotto al tuo portone" (under your doorway) became "senza più timore" (without more fear).[1] The lyrics were changed because as the original version refers to the serenade singing by a lover under the balcony to his lady, the trio felt it was too old style for their young age.[1]
The song is not addressed to a natural person, but it's an idea of declaration of always valid love.[1]
Song contests
Sanremo Music Festival
Il Volo performed the song for the first time during the 65th Sanremo Music Festival on 11 February 2015. During the final night of the song contest, held on 14 February 2015, "Grande amore" finished in first place, receiving 39.05% of votes on the last round of the competition, beating the remaining top three entries, Nek's "Fatti avanti amore" (35.38%) and Malika Ayane's "Adesso e qui (nostalgico presente)" (25.66%).[4] According the final voting results, Il Volo won mostly thanks to the televotes (40% of the final voting results share), receiving 56.1878% of votes, while only 22.9167% of votes by the experts jury (3rd), and 32.3333% of votes by the popular jury (2nd).[4]
During Il Volo's performances, the Sanremo Festival Orchestra was directed by Carolina Bubbico.[5]
Eurovision Song Contest
On 19 February 2015, Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed "Grande amore" as the song to be performed by Il Volo during the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Since Italy is part of the "Big Five", Il Volo automatically qualified for the final of the competition, to be held in Vienna, Austria, on 23 May 2015.
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Aprile, Gabriele (19 February 2015). "Il Volo, 'Grande Amore': parla Francesco Boccia, l'autore del testo" (in Italian). Rockol.it. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sanremo: Grande amore, una canzone nata 12 anni fa" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Scarpone, Cristian (31 January 2015). "Il Volo: dopo il festival arriva l'album "Sanremo grande amore" (copertina e tracklist)" (in Italian). aLLMusicitalia. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gagliardi, Claudia (15 February 2015). "Classifica Big Sanremo 2015, risultati definitivi: il dettaglio di televoto e giurie" (in Italian). Optima Italia. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Bubbico, a 25 anni dirigo a Sanremo" (in Italian). Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ Galluzzo, Antonio (19 February 2015). "Il Volo "Grande Amore" entra subito al primo posto della Classifica Fimi/Gfk dei brani piu’ venduti" (in Italian). SpettacoliNews. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Il Volo – Grande amore". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Il Volo – Grande amore". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Italian single certifications – Il Volo – Grande amore" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 27 February 2015. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Il Volo in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
| Preceded by "La mia città" by Emma Marrone |
Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 |
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