It has been translated into Vietnamese, German, Portuguese, Spanish and English. This song became a massive international hit that year.

#5 Quando, quando, quando (When, when, when) – 1962 That’s how he started writing about a man who dreams of painting himself blue and being able to fly. He woke up and looked at two paintings on the wall: Le coq rouge with a yellow man suspended in midair and Le peintre et la modelle in which the painter’s face was coloured blue. Written by singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci when the latter was waiting for Domenico to show up to go to the sea.įranco started drinking wine and eventually fell asleep and had vivid dreams. Among others by Barry White, Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong… It’s estimated that has been covered at least 100 times. #4 Volare, nel blu dipinto di blu (To fly, in the blue-painted blue ) – 1958 Talks about a boy who tries to imitate the American lifestyle of the time, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock ‘n roll, playing baseball and smoking Camel cigarettes, but he’s still dependent on his parents for money. It’s generally considered a satire of the rural and traditional Italian’s Americanization that took place in the first years after World War II. It took Carosone just 15 minutes to create one of the most popular Italian songs after seeing the lyrics of Nicola.

Nicola “Nisa” Salerno wrote and brought three texts to be set to music to Renato Carosone to entering a radio contest. #3 Tu vuò fa’ l’Americano (You Want to Be American) – 1956Ĭombining swing and jazz it became a worldwide success. It went beyond the boundaries of music as writer Proust quoted it in one of the volumes of his In search of lost time. Has been performed and covered by many artists being Luciano Pavarotti’s the one that won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his rendition of “’O sole mio”.Īnd also Elvis got a clear inspiration for his It’s now or never. It might well be the most popular Neapolitan song in the world.īeing the sun an integral part of Naples. Maybe the most famous version it’s the one sung by Luciano Pavarotti. It has appeared in films, series, shows, videogames, animes, commercials…

Since its publication, it has been widely adapted and recorded. It’s a humorous Neapolitan song composed by Luigi Denza inspired by the inauguration of a funicular to the summit of Vesuvius. I’m sure you’ll recognise this one from popular Italian songs but just never knew its name! #1 Funiculì funiculà(Funicular up, funicular down) – 1880 So, we don’t see a better way to give your Italian cultural and fluency skills a musical boost! They even serve you to improve your Italian language skills as they might be more familiar to you to start with, therefore, easier to learn the lyrics and sing along with them. You would agree that throughout the history of music, there are certain songs that convey such emotion that they become well-known songs around the world.īesides, as you know, music is a great gateway to understand and learn about the culture of a place and it’s no different from Italian. In this article you will discover the list of the most popular Italian songs ever. Top 13 most popular Italian songs that everybody sings

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