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Album: -
Genre: Ballad
Released:1958
So far, this song is the only record from an Italian artist that peaked #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was presented at the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival and won the contest. From this moment on, the song achieved a lot of popularity. It is best known as Volare (”To fly”) and talks about the feeling a man has when he is with his lover. An English version of the lyrics was written by Mitchell Parish. “Volare” peaked the top of the charts around the world and was translated into various languages: Russian, French, Spanish, Belgian, Finnish. In USA, the song spent five weeks in the #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più:
mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu,
poi d’improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
e incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito…

Volare… oh, oh!…
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!
nel blu, dipinto di blu,
felice di stare lassù.

E volavo volavo felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su,
mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiù,
una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me…

Volare… oh, oh!…
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!
nel blu, dipinto di blu,
felice di stare lassù.

Ma tutti sogni nell’alba svaniscon perché,
quando tramonta, la luna li porta con sé,
Ma io continuo a sognare negli occhi tuoi belli,
che sono blu come un cielo trapunto di stelle.

Volare… oh, oh!…
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!
nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,
felice di stare quaggiù.

E continuo a volare felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su,
mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negli occhi tuoi blu,
la tua voce è una musica dolce che suona per me…

Volare… oh, oh!…
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!
nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,
felice di stare quaggiù.

Nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,
felice di stare quaggiù,
con te!

English Translation:

I think that a dream like that won’t never return
I painted my hands and my face with blue
Then suddenly, I was taken by the wind
And I began to fly in the endless sky…

Flying….oh oh…
singing…oh oh oh oh!
In the blue sky, painted in blue,
so glad to be there

And I was flying and flying, happily higher than the sun and more
While the world was slowly disappearing so far away
A sweet music was singing only for me

Flying….oh oh…
singing…oh oh oh oh!
In the blue sky, painted in blue,
so glad to be there

But all the dreams fall away in the rise because
The moon brings them away when it falls
But I’m still dreaming in your beautiful eyes
That are blue like the sky painted with stars

Flying….oh oh…
singing…oh oh oh oh!
In the blue sky of your blue eyes,
so glad to be there

And I don’t stop flying happily higher than the sun and more
While the world is slowly disappearing in your blue eyes
Your voice is a sweet music that sings for me

Flying….oh oh…
singing…oh oh oh oh!
In the blue sky of your blue eyes,
so glad to be there
In the blue sky of your blue eyes,
so glad to be there with you