"Dio, come ti amo" was the Italian

Italy

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition and was held on 5 March 1966 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The rule stating that a country could only sing in any of its national languages was originally created in this year. This was possibly created due to the 1965 Swedish entry, "Absent...

, performed in Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 by Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu "...

.

The song is a ballad, in which Modugno tells his lover how he feels about her. He expresses his amazement at the depth of his own feelings, with the title phrase being used frequently.

The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Monaco

Monaco

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's Téréza

Tereza Kesovija

Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...

 with Bien plus fort

Bien Plus Fort

"Bien plus fort" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in French by Croatian singer Téréza, the first non-French artist to represent the principality in the Contest....

 and preceding France

France

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's Dominique Walter

Dominique Walter

Dominique Walter is a French singer. He was born in Paris and is the son of singer Michèle Arnaud.-Biography:In 1966 Walter represented France in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Chez nous...

 with Chez nous

Chez Nous

Chez nous was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in French by Dominique Walter.The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following Italy's Domenico Modugno with "Dio, come ti amo" and preceding the Netherlands' Milly Scott with "Fernando en Filippo"...

). At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded nul points (zero), for the first time in Italian Eurovision history, placing 17th (equal last) in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Italian representative

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest frequently from 1956 to 1997. It was one of only seven countries that competed at the very first contest...

 at the 1967 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1967

The Eurovision Song Contest 1967 was the twelfth Eurovision Song Contest. The presenter became confused whilst the voting was taking place, and declared the United Kingdom's entry to be the winner before the last country, Ireland, had announced its votes...

 by Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa

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 with "Non andare più lontano

Non Andare Più Lontano

"Non andare più lontano" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, performed in Italian by Claudio Villa....

".

Recordings

Sergio Franchi

Sergio Franchi

Sergio Franchi was an Italian tenor.Franchi was born in Cremona, Italy. His father wanted him to become an electrical engineer, so he studied both music and engineering simultaneously. The family moved to South Africa in 1952, where Sergio worked part-time as a draftsman, while continuing to study...

recorded the English version of this song (titled "Oh How Much I Love You") in 1967 0n his RCA Victor album From Sergio - With Love.