Con te partirò (completely Italian lyrics; no “time to say goodbye”)
~ Song
Wikipedia
"Con te partirò" (Italian: [kon ˈte ppartiˈrɔ]; "With You I Shall Depart"), also known as "Por ti Volare", is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year, Bocelli. The single was first released as an A-side single with "Vivere" in 1995, topping the charts, first in France, where it became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, and then in Belgium, breaking the all-time record sales there.
A second version of the song, sung partly in English, released in 1996 as "Time to Say Goodbye", paired Bocelli with British soprano Sarah Brightman, and achieved even greater success, topping charts all across Europe, including Germany, where it became the biggest-selling single in history. Brightman and Bocelli produced a version with Brightman singing in German and Bocelli in Italian, with this version being available on the CD Time to Say Goodbye. That version alone has now sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Relationships
| lyricist: | Lucio Quarantotto |
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| composer: | Francesco Sartori |
| publisher: | Sugar S.r.l. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) Sugar Songs UK Limited Double Marpot Edizione Musicali (in 1995) Insieme S.r.l. (not for release label use!) (in 1995) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/13208 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q153202 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Je pars loin de toi 'Con te partiro' |
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| later translated versions: | Con te partiro (Ποτέ ξανά) Por ti volaré (Spanish version of Bocelli’s “Con te partirò”) Time to Say Goodbye (version with predominantly Italian lyrics, except for the phrase “time to say goodbye”) |
| later versions: | I Will Go With You (Con te partirò) |