Al di là

"Al di là"
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry
Country	Italy
Artist(s)	Betty Curtis
Language	Italian
Composer(s)	Carlo Donida
Lyricist(s)	Mogol Ervin Drake (english lyrics)
Conductor	Gianfranco Intra
Finals performance
Final result	5th
Final points	12
Appearance chronology
◄ "Romantica" (1960)
"Addio, addio" (1962) ►

"Al di là" (English translation: "Beyond") is a song written by Italian composer Carlo Donida and lyricist Mogol, and recorded by Betty Curtis. The English lyrics were written by Ervin Drake. The song was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Italian by Curtis at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on 18 March 1961, after Curtis had won the 1961 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival on 2 February 1961, which served as the Italian national selection from 1958 to 1966.

It was also recorded by Italian-American singer Connie Francis in Italian in 1962, and she re-recorded it in a bilingual version later during the same year. NOTE: While recording her all-Italian version, Connie wrote her own English lyrics to the song. It is Connie's lyric that appears on her recordings, not those by Ervin Drake. Connie reveals this in her autobiography to be published in Summer 2017.

Composer Donida is best known in America for writing "Uno Die Tanta," or "I (Who Have Nothing)". English lyricist Drake also wrote the lyrics for such songs as "Quando, quando, quando" and "Good Morning Heartache", and both the music and lyrics for "It Was a Very Good Year".

Other notable recording include Milva (1961),Ace Cannon - Sweet and Tough (1966), Jerry Adriani (1996). Janice Harper, Capitol Records, 1961.