Volare (song)

"Volare"
Single by Domenico Modugno
B-side	"Vecchio frac", "Nisciuno po' sapé", "Strada 'nfosa", "Lazzarella"
Released	1 February 1958
Format	7" 45 rpm record
Genre	Pop
Length	3:34
Label	Fonit Cetra, Decca Records
"Nel blu dipinto di blu" Domenico Modugno at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Eurovision Song Contest 1958 entry Country Italy Artist(s) Domenico Modugno Language Italian Composer(s) Domenico Modugno Lyricist(s) Domenico Modugno, Franco Migliacci Conductor Alberto Semprini Finals performance Final result 3rd Final points 13 Appearance chronology ◄ "Corde della mia chitarra" (1957)    "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" (1959) ►

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" (Italian pronunciation: [nel ˈblu ddiˈpinto di ˈblu]; literally "In the blue that is painted blue"), popularly known as "Volare" [voˈlaːre] (meaning "To fly"), is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958.

Winning the eighth Sanremo Music Festival, the song was chosen as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958, where it won third place out of ten songs in total. The combined sales of all the versions of the song exceed 22 million copies worldwide, making it one of the most popular Eurovision songs of all time and the most successful Sanremo Music Festival song ever.

It spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in August and September 1958 and was Billboard's number-one single for the year. Modugno's recording subsequently became the first Grammy winner for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1958.

The song was later translated in several languages and it was recorded by a wide range of performers, including Bobby Rydell, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Jerry Vale, David Bowie, Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Dalida, Gipsy Kings, Chico & the Gypsies, Deana Martin and Barry White.