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"Volare" ( Italian for "flying") is another popular name for Domenico Modugno 's Signature Song "'''Nel blu dipinto di blu'''" (literally "In the blue painted blue"). Written by Domenico Modugno (music and lyrics) and Franco Migliacci (lyrics), "Nel blu dipinto di blu" was presented by Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli at the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival , winning the contest and suddenly becoming an enormous discographical success. It also represented Italy in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest , where it came third. Become widely known as "Volare", from its Refrain , it was translated in many languages ("Dans le bleu du ciel bleu", France, translated by Jacques Larue in 1958; "En el azul del cielo", Spain; "Jown ogen", Belgium; "Taivaan sinessa", Finland; "Azul pintado de azul", Mexico, Argentina, Brazil) reaching the top of the charts all over the world; the year later the first Grammy Award s was held and Modugno received (as an author of the song) both the Song Of The Year and the Record Of The Year awards. As Of 2006 , this is the only time an Italian artist received a Grammy award. The Billboard Magazine also conferred him a prize for the best song of the year and he got three Gold Record s from the recording industry: best singer, best song, best-seller album. The song also fared very well in the long run, and was voted as the second favourite song in the Eurovision Song Contest history at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen , Denmark , 2005 . The song has received many Cover Version s over the course of the years. QUOTATIONS Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus , creators of ABBA ’s " Waterloo ", voted as "all times favourite song of the Eurovision Song Contest" so expressed themselves when they received the prize ("Volare" came second): Congratulation - 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest :"I myself voted for "Volare" but I am pleased that so many people voted for us" :: ― Benny Andersson :"I say as Napoleon: Waterloo can obviously not be forgotten" :: ― Björn Ulvaeus RECORDED VERSIONS
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