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"'''Quando quando quando'''" (or "'''Quando, Quando, Quando'''", {{IPA-it|ˈkwando ˈkwando ˈkwando|pron}}; "When, When, When") is an [[Italian popular music|Italian pop song]] from 1962, in the [[bossa nova]] style, with music written by [[Tony Renis]] and lyrics by [[Alberto Testa (lyricist)|Alberto Testa]]. The song, originally recorded in two different versions by [[Tony Renis]] and [[Emilio Pericoli]], competed in the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] in 1962, where it placed fourth, and later became a commercial success in Italy, topping the ''[[Musica e dischi]]'' singles chart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=17 August 2013 |title=Billboard Music Week - Hits of the World |date=31 March 1962 |page=15}}</ref> American entertainer [[Pat Boone]], who recorded the song in 1962, sang the English lyrics written by [[Ervin Drake]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceClient/#ace/search/title/QUANDO%20QUANDO%20QUANDO |title=ASCAP |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
"'''Quando quando quando'''" (or "'''Quando, Quando, Quando'''", {{IPA|it|ˈkwando ˈkwando ˈkwando|pron}}; "When, When, When") is an [[Italian popular music|Italian pop song]] from 1962, in the [[bossa nova]] style, with music written by [[Tony Renis]] and lyrics by [[Alberto Testa (lyricist)|Alberto Testa]]. The song, originally recorded in two different versions by [[Tony Renis]] and [[Emilio Pericoli]], competed in the [[Sanremo Music Festival]] in 1962, where it placed fourth, and later became a commercial success in Italy, topping the ''[[Musica e dischi]]'' singles chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=17 August 2013 |title=Billboard Music Week - Hits of the World |date=31 March 1962 |page=15}}</ref> American entertainer [[Pat Boone]], who recorded the song in 1962, sang the English lyrics written by [[Ervin Drake]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mobile.ascap.com/aceclient/AceClient/#ace/search/title/QUANDO%20QUANDO%20QUANDO |title=ASCAP |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>


== English-language versions ==
== English-language versions ==
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:forse tu mi bacerai...
:forse tu mi bacerai...


[[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] and [[will.i.am]] covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2009 musical film ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]'', based on the [[Nine (musical)|stage musical]] based on [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[8½]]''.
(in cui means when, or in which.)


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==Notable cover versions==
Other singers who played the song include:
* [[Bobby Curtola]], Canadian singer, charted with it in 1967 (#72)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10096.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 23, 1967}}</ref>
* [[Connie Francis]], American pop singer of Italian origin, sang in Italian in 1963
* [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], English singer, in 1968, which he also performed on the [[The_Hollywood_Palace|Hollywood Palace]] television program on October 25, 1969.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128LI6_4L-s | title=Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando, quando, quando | website=[[YouTube]] | date=23 July 2011 }}</ref> This version was remixed into a dance version in 1999, which charted at number 40.
* [[Bobby Curtola]], Canadian singer, charted with it in 1967 (#10)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=6370&|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=30 September 1967 |access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
* A brief instrumental cover of the song was used as the opening theme for the British comedy series ''[[The Comic Strip#Television|The Comic Strip Presents]]''
* [[Cliff Richard]], English singer, in 1968
* [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], English singer, in 1968 (#40 in a revised dance version in 1999)
* [[Marc Ansoult]], Belgian singer in 1968
* [[Sergio Franchi]] recorded the song (mostly in Italian, with short chorus in English) on his 1965 RCA Victor album ''Live at the Coconut Grove.''<ref>http://www.discogs.com Sergio Franchi</ref>
* [[Liz Damon's Orient Express]] recorded a version in the early 1970s.
* [[Michael Bublé]] recorded a duet version with [[Nelly Furtado]] in 2005.
* [[Lovro Krišelj]] recorded a duet version with [[Neža Čadež]] with Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra in 2017.

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== Other versions ==

* [[Caterina Valente]], an Italian singer, recorded a German version in 1962 "Sag mir Quando, Quando, Quando"
* [[Tito Rodríguez]], a Puerto Rican conductor, arranger and singer, recorded this song in mambo style, entitled "Cuando, cuando, cuando".
* [[Roberto Blanco]], a singer of Cuban origins working in Germany, sings in a mixed German and Italian.
* [[Sinn Sisamouth]], a Khmer singer, recorded a Cambodian version in the 1960s.
* [[Tiiu Varik]], Estonian singer, recorded Estonian version in 1964 for [[Eesti Televisioon|Estonian Television]]. Later also other artists, for example [[Mati Nuude]] and [[Toomas Anni]] recorded that song.
* Jüri Lipp, an Estonian singer in Canada, recorded an Estonian version in 1968.
* [[Gisella Cozzo]], the Italo-Australian singer, sang both the English and Italian versions in her bilingual album "Double" released in 2015.
* Teddy Mac – The [[Songaminute Man]], in 2016, a gentleman who at 80 recorded "Quando, Quando, Quando" with "You Make Me Feel So Young" at Abbey Road after his son uploaded his videos to YouTube featuring the two of them singing along with the stereo while riding in the car. Proceeds from sales of the song are split between Teddy and his wife and the Alzheimer's Society in England, as Teddy has Alzheimer's.
* [[Deana Martin]] recorded "Quando, Quando, Quando" on her 2016 album ''Swing Street''.
* [[Marco T]], 2014 a Colombian singer recorded a Spanish version.
* [[Bunny Walters]], released as the B side of his 1973 single "Home Isn't Home Anymore".
* [[Filippa Giordano]], 2011, album: "Alma italiana, pasión latina".
* The [[Kessler Twins]] performed the song for a [[Scopitone]] music video.
* Chilean singer, based for many years in [[Spain]], [[Monna Bell]], recorded in 1962 a version in [[swing]] style arrangements with Spanish lyrics, entitled "Cuando, cuando, cuando".

== In popular culture ==
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*The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie ''[[The Easy Life]]''.
*The song was used in the movie ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, they are playing this song at the [[Holiday Inn]].
*In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film [[Stripes (film)|''Stripes'']] (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. This scene was not in the theatrical cut.
*Featured in an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati 1982
*''Quando, Quando, Quando'' is the title of a 1999 [[BBC Radio 4]] [[situation comedy]] series written by [[Rainer Hersch]] about three Italian hairdressers: it features the song as its theme music.
*The song can be heard at the beginning of the 2004 Russian movie ''[[A Driver for Vera]]''.
*[[Rory Bremner]] parodied the song in the 2006 season of the ''[[Bremner, Bird and Fortune]]'' TV series, playing Gordon Brown and Tony Blair with the former asking when the then-prime minister would be leaving office.
*It was also used in 2008 in the [[Fiat Punto]] advertisements, mimicking the "Italian Job".
*In the 2006 film ''[[Superman Returns]]'', the theme is performed by [[The Drifters]] in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
*In [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]'s movie ''[[The Merchant of Four Seasons]]'' a remake of this song plays a central role in the relationship between the two main characters.
*Dewey performs a ribbon dance whilst singing the song to distract Lois in season 5 of ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''.
*In [[Kalyeserye]], a soap opera parody in the Philippines longest running noontime variety show ''[[Eat Bulaga!]]'', all of Tinidora's dead-like bodyguards are named "Quando" which is based from this song.
*The [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] version of the song plays over the end-credits of the 2018 movie, ''[[Game Night (film)|Game Night]]''.
*Is the music behind the opening animation of each episode of ''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]''
*Was sung by [[Emilia Clarke]] for the 2019 Dolce & Gabbana 'The Only One' perfume advert.
*Performed by [[The BossHoss|Alec Völkel]] as Alien in [[The Masked Singer]] [[Germany]]
*In the 2022 [[Korean drama|''South'' ''Korean'' ''television'']] series ''[[Our Blues]]'', the original Italian song by [[Italians|Italian]] singer [[Tony Renis]] and the cover version by Korean [[Women in music|female singer]] Moon were featured and played numerous times.


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|j2etakoV-rg|Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando Quando Quando}}
* {{YouTube|j2etakoV-rg|Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando Quando Quando}}

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Latest revision as of 01:21, 28 August 2024

"Quando quando quando"
Song by Tony Renis and Emilio Pericoli
LanguageItalian (original)
English titleWhen, When, When?
Published1962
Composer(s)Tony Renis
Lyricist(s)Mogol-Testa (Italian original)

"Quando quando quando" (or "Quando, Quando, Quando", pronounced [ˈkwando ˈkwando ˈkwando]; "When, When, When") is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style, with music written by Tony Renis and lyrics by Alberto Testa. The song, originally recorded in two different versions by Tony Renis and Emilio Pericoli, competed in the Sanremo Music Festival in 1962, where it placed fourth, and later became a commercial success in Italy, topping the Musica e dischi singles chart.[1] American entertainer Pat Boone, who recorded the song in 1962, sang the English lyrics written by Ervin Drake.[2]

English-language versions

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The song has been used and remixed by many artists and in many different arrangements, including English pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck in 1968. In 2005, Michael Bublé performed the song as a duet with Nelly Furtado. There is an instrumental Latin version by Edgardo Cintron and The Tiempos Noventa Orchestra. The song was a 1962 Billboard Top 100 entry by Pat Boone.

Quando is the only Italian word normally retained in most English-language renditions of the song.

Pat Boone sang the starting piece in Italian but then carried on the rest of it in English, repeating every now and again some Italian words. The Italian words sung by Boone are:

Dimmi quando tu verrai,
dimmi quando... quando... quando...
l'anno, il giorno e l'ora in cui
forse tu mi bacerai...

Fergie and will.i.am covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2009 musical film Nine, based on the stage musical based on Federico Fellini's 8½.

Notable cover versions

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  • Bobby Curtola, Canadian singer, charted with it in 1967 (#72)[3]
  • Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer, in 1968, which he also performed on the Hollywood Palace television program on October 25, 1969.[4] This version was remixed into a dance version in 1999, which charted at number 40.
  • A brief instrumental cover of the song was used as the opening theme for the British comedy series The Comic Strip Presents

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard Music Week - Hits of the World". Billboard. 31 March 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ "ASCAP". 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 23, 1967" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando, quando, quando". YouTube. 23 July 2011.
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