Italian

A song that looks like a chart record and reveals itself as a portrait of the absent father. Mahmood uses t…

An anthem to being different disguised as a rock tantrum. "Zitti e buoni" (quiet and well-behaved) is what …

The loneliness of a first love split apart by distance. As a teenager, the voice describes the emptiness le…

Not a farewell but a departure together. Often misheard as a goodbye song, "Con te partirò" means "with you…

The euphoria of a daydreamer. In "Volare" the narrator dreams of painting his hands and face blue and soari…

A thank-you to the greatest love of one's life. In "Più bella cosa" the narrator looks back at the loved on…

A song of love that defies death, inspired by the tenor Enrico Caruso's last days in Sorrento. Before the s…

A proud, affectionate self-portrait of the ordinary Italian. "Let me sing", the narrator asks, then reels o…