Si (song)
 "Sì" |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) |
Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Lorenzo Pilat, Corrado Conti
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| Lyricist(s) |
Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Lorenzo Pilat, Corrado Conti
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| Conductor |
Gianfranco Monaldi
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
2nd
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| Final points |
18
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Chi sarà con te" (1973) | |
| "Era" (1975) ► | |
"Sì" (English: "Yes") is the name of the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, which finished second behind the Swedish entry "Waterloo" sung by ABBA.
The lyrics and musics were written by Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Lorenzo Pilat and Corrado Conti. It was sung in Italian by Gigliola Cinquetti.
During the preview programmes, Cinquetti sang the song alone in a dark room. The music video was broadcast in black and white as RAI did not move to full color broadcasts until 1977. On the Contest night, Cinquetti performed the ballad in a blue dress, accompanied by an orchestra and four teenage female backup singers, dressed in light yellow blouses and autumnal floral skirts. The song is sung in the first person where she reflects and describes her love for a man, and the exhilaration she feels when she finally says "yes" to him, which signifies that they can start the rest of their lives together. Throughout the song, the word "sì" is repeated sixteen times.
It was the seventeenth and final song of the evening, following Portugal's song "E depois do adeus" which was used as a signal in Portugal to begin the Carnation Revolution.
Under the scoring system of the time, each country had ten jurors, each of whom allocated one point to the song which they deemed to be the best. Sì received 18 votes in this manner, including five from the United Kingdom, four from Monaco, two each from Finland and Spain, and single votes from Israel, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland and Portugal, and went pointless from the other six participating songs It was Italy's second best result to date, with Cinquetti having won the contest with "Non Ho L'Età" ten years earlier.
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