Goosebumps, longing and memories you didn't even have. There are the Italian songs that go straight to the heart. The classics that awaken that one longing from the first note. THE LONGING FOR ITALIA...
...LA BELLA VITA for your ears. Our BEST of Italian classics. There are melodies that immediately make you think of just one thing: sun on your skin, sand between your toes and a plate of pasta in front of your eyes. Life in Bella Italia, after all.
For the very motivated among us, we have selected all the music videos with lyrics - the choruses can also be sung along here (you can find the complete YouTube playlist below). Enjoy your short holiday...
Our TOP 5 Italian classics to sing along to
1. felicità
Attention, in a few seconds you will feel warm feelings of happiness. This song is a legend of Emozioni Grandi. Al Bano (1943) and Romina Power (1951) are THE couple of the Italian music scene. After their separation in 1999, they have been performing together again since 2013.
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More InformationVocal chords ready?! The Felicità video with lyrics to sing along...
Refrain
Senti nell'aria c'è già
La nostra canzone d'amore che va
Come un pensiero che sa di felicità
Senti nell'aria c'è già
Un raggio di sole più caldo che va
Come un sorriso che sa di felicità
Already felt in the air
Our love song that goes
Like a thought that tastes of happiness
Already felt in the air
A warmer ray of sunshine that goes
Like a smile that tastes of happiness
2. l'italiano
The message of all messages: I am Italian!!! Released in 1983 by singer Toto Cutugno (*1943). A megahit that then falls into oblivion - until 2006. Italy becomes football world champions. Cutugno performs at a victory celebration in Rome - the rebirth of a song.
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More InformationPeople love this feeling all over the world...
P.S. Originally, the song was written for Italy's superstar Adriano Celentano (*1938). But he didn't want to sing it.
Refrain
Lasciatemi cantare
Perché ne sono fiero
Sono un italiano
Un italiano vero
Let me sing
Because I am proud
I am an Italian
A real Italian
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3. azzurro
This song embodies everything we love about Italy: It's about daydreaming and wanderlust on a summer day in the city - and it's also about longing for a distant love. It doesn't get any better than this. Sung by Italian superstar Adriano Celentano, released in 1968 - all sales figures broken. P.S. By the way, "Azzurro" stands for the colour of the summer sky.
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More InformationSounds like a trip to the sea
Refrain
Azzurro
Il pomeriggio è troppo azzurro
E lungo per me
Mi accorgo
Di non avere più risorse
Senza di te
E allora
Io quasi prendo il treno
E vengo, vengo da te
Il treno dei desideri
Nei miei pensieri all'incontrario va
Azzurro
The afternoon is too blue
And longs for me
I know
That I no longer have any resources
Without you
And then
I almost take the train
And come, come to you
The train of desire
In my mind it goes backwards
4. nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
Longing, wanderlust and amore: legendary song to take off for more than half a century! In 1958, Domenico Modugno (*1928 † 1994) took part in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Nel blu dipinto del blu" (original title, translated: "painted blue"). Third place. In 1959 he won a Grammy (directly with the introduction of the music award), number 1 hit in the USA.
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More InformationTake off once, please. Volare becomes a world hit
Refrain
Volare, oh, oh
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh
Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassù
Flying, oh, oh
Singing, oh, oh
In blue, painted blue
Happy to be up there
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5 O SOLE MIO
THIS is what happens when a Neapolitan gets homesick in the cold. Eduardo Di Capua travels through Ukraine in 1898 with the Neapolitan State Orchestra. After a particularly sleepless night, Di Capua sees the sun in the morning - and begins to compose.
"O" is Neapolitan and stands for the Italian "il" ("il sole mio", translated "my sun").
By the way: When the Italian national anthem could not be found at a victory ceremony at the 1920 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, "O sole mio" was played without further ado. Incidentally, those were also the games where most Italian water handball players boycotted the second half because the water was too cold. Obviously, when Italians meet cold, something always happens.
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More InformationPure longing to hear....
Refrain
Ma n'atu sole
Cchiu' bello, oi ne'
O sole mio
Sta nfronte a te
O sole, 'o sole mio
Sta nfronte a te
Sta nfronte a te
But there is another sun that shines, there is no more beautiful
My sun
shines on your forehead
The sun, my sun
shines on your forehead
shines on your forehead
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written by Annie Kayser, first published 29.1.22
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