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| rdfs:comment | - Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu, better known as Volare, was the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 in Hilversum performed by Domenico Modugno, which he also co-wrote with Franco Migliacci. He was inspired to write the song after viewing several paintings by artist Marc Chagall.
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| Composers | - Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno
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| Lyrics | - Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno
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| abstract | - Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu, better known as Volare, was the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 in Hilversum performed by Domenico Modugno, which he also co-wrote with Franco Migliacci. He was inspired to write the song after viewing several paintings by artist Marc Chagall. The ballad composed in the chanson style describes the feelings a man has when he is with his lover, which resembles flying. At the contest, the song was performed first preceding the Netherlands. However, many countries that aired the contest that year were not able to hear the entry due to a transmission fault, so it was also performed at the end of the presentation before the voting started. Despite this, it finished in third place with 13 points. After the contest, it became a massive global hit, even earning two American Grammy awards in 1959 for Record and Song of the Year - the only foreign-language song in the awards' history to ever achieve that honor. The song has since become the most covered Eurovision song of all time, covered by international artists ranging from Cliff Richard to Vitamin C. One of the best-known covers is a 1989 flamenco version by Spanish-speaking French group the Gipsy Kings. It was also voted the second-best Eurovision song of the first 50 years at the Congratulations gala in 2005 behind Waterloo by ABBA.
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