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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 ==

Revision as of 15:42, 24 March 2023

"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

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...

(in cui means when, or in which.)

Notable cover versions

  • Bobby Curtola, Canadian singer, charted with it in 1967 (#10)[3]
  • Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer, in 1968. This version was remixed into a dance version in 1999, which charted at number 40.

References

  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. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 30 September 1967. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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