{"id":328958,"date":"2026-07-14T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italien.news\/?p=328958"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:18:59","slug":"nel-blu-by-modugno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb (Volare) by Domenico Modugno: Meaning &amp; Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Wie_entstand_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB\" >How was \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb created?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB\" >What is \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\" >The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Warum_klang_das_Lied_1958_so_neu\" >Why did that song sound so fresh in 1958?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB_im_Video\" >\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb on video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Hor_das_Vorspiel_das_viele_weglassen\" >Listen to the prelude that many people skip<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Wer_hat_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB_gecovert\" >Who has covered \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Polignano_a_Mare_der_Geburtsort_des_Fliegers\" >Polignano a Mare: the birthplace of aviation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-modugno\/#Fazit_das_Lied_mit_dem_Italien_fliegen_lernte\" >Conclusion: The Song That Taught Italy to Fly<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\nOn stage, a man spreads his arms wide as if he were about to take flight, and Italy takes flight with him. With \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu,\u00bb Domenico Modugno won the Sanremo Festival on February 1, 1958; the single was released by the record label Fonit. The title translates to \u201eIn the Blue, Painted Blue,\u201c but the song is known worldwide by the first word of its chorus: \u00abVolare,\u00bb \u201eto fly.\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>It then took the world by storm. \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb topped the U.S. charts for five weeks, and in 1959 it won the first two Grammys in history for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Dean Martin, the Gipsy Kings, and David Bowie have recorded their own versions of it, and on the waterfront promenade of Polignano a Mare\u2014Modugno\u2019s birthplace in Apulia\u2014his bronze statue still stands with outstretched arms to this day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #F3F6FA 0%, #FBFCFE 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2b3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #16263f; margin: 0 0 12px;\">AT A GLANCE<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"inw-h\">\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb by Domenico Modugno: Facts and Figures<\/h3>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #16263F; margin: 0 0 20px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">A festival victory, international success, two Grammys: the key facts about Domenico Modugno's most famous song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-tiles\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(140px, 1fr)); gap: 1px; background: #E3E7EC; border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; overflow: hidden; margin: 22px 0 0;\">\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">SANREMO<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">1958<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Victory on February 1<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">USA<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">5 weeks<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">GRAMMYS<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">2<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Record and Song of the Year, 1959<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">EUROVISION<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">3rd place<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Hilversum, 1958<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tablewrap\" style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table class=\"inw-table inw-table--spec\" style=\"width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0; min-width: 480px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 36%;\" scope=\"col\">Feature<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 64%;\" scope=\"col\">Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Performer<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Domenico Modugno, alternating with Johnny Dorelli in Sanremo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Lyrics and Music<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Lyrics: Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, Music: Domenico Modugno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Arrangement<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Alberto Semprini with the Sestetto Azzurro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Single<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Fonit 1958, B-side: \u00abNisciuno po\u2018 sap\u00e8\u00bb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Album<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">\u00abLa strada dei successi,\u00bb 1958<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Award<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Grammy for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, 1959<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inw-source\" style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.5; letter-spacing: 0.01em; color: #6b747e; border-top: 1px solid #E3E7EC; padding-top: 14px; margin: 26px 0 0;\">As of October 2026 \u00b7 Information sourced from Wikipedia, Stereogum, and italia.it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wie_entstand_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB\"><\/span>How was \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb created?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Domenico Modugno was born on January 9, 1928, in Polignano a Mare, a small coastal town southeast of Bari. He grew up in San Pietro Vernotico in the Salento region starting at the age of nine and rose to fame in the 1950s as a singer, actor, and songwriter. Many consider him the first <em>cantautore<\/em> Italy's\u2014that is, the first singer to write his own songs.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the two authors have given differing accounts of how the song came to be. Lyricist Franco Migliacci, Modugno\u2019s longtime partner, spoke of two prints by the painter Marc Chagall in his apartment. In \u00abLe coq rouge,\u00bb a man is floating in the air; in \u00abLe peintre et la mod\u00e8le,\u00bb half of the painter\u2019s face is blue. This gave rise to the idea of a man who paints himself blue and can fly. The working title was \u00abSogno in blu,\u00bb \u201eDream in Blue.\u201c Modugno himself, however, spoke of gazing at the sky from the window of his apartment on Piazza Consalvi in Rome, and his widow, Franca Gandolfi, recalled in 2008 a thunderstorm that flung the window open and inspired him to say the word <em>to fly<\/em> brought.<\/p>\n<p>The jury almost didn't allow the song to be entered in the festival at all. On January 31, 1958, Modugno and singer Johnny Dorelli performed it for the first time; in the final on February 1 at the Sanremo Casino, it prevailed over \u00abL\u2019edera\u00bb by Nilla Pizzi\u2014the winner of the first two festivals\u2014and Tonina Torrielli. You can learn more about the festival in our article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/liguria\/imperia\/sanremo-festival\/\">Sanremo Festival<\/a>. The single was released by Fonit and recorded in Milan with pianist and conductor Alberto Semprini. On August 18, 1958, the U.S. version reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for a total of five weeks, and was the year\u2019s best-selling single in the U.S. by the end of the year. In Italy alone, the single sold an estimated 800,000 copies, according to RAI.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB\"><\/span>What is \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb tells the story of a dream of flying and turns it into a love song. The singer paints himself blue, soars into the sky, and feels free. But he doesn\u2019t truly feel at home until he looks into the blue eyes of the woman he loves.<\/p>\n<p>The surreal image almost looks like a painting, and it is precisely this lightheartedness that has captivated listeners around the world, even without a single word of Italian.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\"><\/span>The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can find the full lyrics on Spotify and Apple Music; here, we're focusing on the imagery. In the calm intro, the singer believes that a dream like this will never come again: He painted his hands and face blue, and then suddenly the wind swept him up and carried him into the endless sky.<\/p>\n<p>Joy bursts forth in the chorus. Two verbs drive it, <em>to fly<\/em> and <em>cantare<\/em>, \u201efly\u201c and \u201esing.\u201c The singer floats happily higher than the sun, while the world below him grows smaller and smaller and music plays for him in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>The second verse brings him back to reality. The dream ends with the dawn; the moon sets, and with it, the blue disappears. But the singer doesn\u2019t lose it: he finds it again in the eyes of his beloved, which are as blue as a sky full of stars. And so the double <em>blu<\/em> in the title, its second meaning: sky and view.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-note\">\n<div class=\"inw-note-label\">GOOD TO KNOW<\/div>\n<p>At the Eurovision Song Contest on March 12, 1958, in Hilversum, Modugno sang his song twice. During his first performance, there was a broadcast glitch and the song could not be heard in several countries, so he was allowed to take the stage again before the voting began. In the end, he finished in third place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Warum_klang_das_Lied_1958_so_neu\"><\/span>Why did that song sound so fresh in 1958?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb remains true to the classic Italian canzone in terms of harmony, but the arrangement was unusual for Sanremo. Alberto Semprini performed with his Sestetto Azzurro, a small ensemble featuring drums, bass, Hammond organ, guitar, harp, and piano. Instead of a large orchestra, the song has an American swing feel.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the structure. A quiet, narrative introduction is followed by a chorus that swells to a grand climax. In the history of Italian music, the song is therefore regarded as a break with the traditional canzone and as the beginning of a new era.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB_im_Video\"><\/span>\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb on video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the top of this post, you can see Modugno\u2019s performance at the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest in Hilversum. Below that, he sings the song on August 17, 1958, on The Ed Sullivan Show, the popular television show on the U.S. network CBS. One day later, the single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Domenico Modugno, &quot;Volare (Nel blu, dipinto di blu),&quot; on *The Ed Sullivan Show*\" width=\"413\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u99ivDAqwSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Available for listening on streaming services:<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-btnrow\"><a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/search\/Domenico%20Modugno%20Nel%20blu%20dipinto%20di%20blu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Spotify<\/a> <a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/de\/search?term=Domenico%20Modugno%20Nel%20blu%20dipinto%20di%20blu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Apple Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card inw-card--warm\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ECE6DC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #FBF8F3 0%, #FFFEFC 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2b3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #8a6b41; margin: 0 0 12px;\">EDITOR'S INSIDER TIP<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hor_das_Vorspiel_das_viele_weglassen\"><\/span>Listen to the prelude that many people skip<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #8A6B41; margin: 0 0 20px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">Many cover versions skip the beginning and start right with the chorus. So start with Modugno\u2019s original recording from 1958 and listen carefully to the beginning: the soft, narrative prelude where the dream begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">Only then do you understand why the chorus feels so liberating. It\u2019s not a cheerful pop song, but rather waking up from a dream. For us, that\u2019s the best way to listen to the song anew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wer_hat_%C2%ABNel_blu_dipinto_di_blu%C2%BB_gecovert\"><\/span>Who has covered \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most successful of the early versions was by Dean Martin, the Italian-American singer and entertainer, with a version that alternates between the Italian original and the English lyrics by U.S. lyricist Mitchell Parish. It reached No. 2 in the UK. In 1960, Italian-American pop singer Bobby Rydell reached No. 4 on the U.S. charts with his version of \u00abVolare.\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>David Bowie, the British musician, sang the song in 1986 for the movie *Absolute Beginners*, which is set in 1958. The Gipsy Kings, the French rumba-flamenco band, released a version of it in 1989 that blended Spanish and Italian, which topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, the song keeps coming back to Sanremo. In 2006, they sang it <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/la-solitudine-by-laura-pausini\/\">Laura Pausini<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/the-most-beautiful-thing-by-eros-ramazzotti\/\">Eros Ramazzotti<\/a> at the festival's closing ceremony in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/sere-nere-tiziano-ferro\/\">Tiziano Ferro<\/a>, the pop singer from Latina, headlined the first night. In 2025, singer-songwriter Lucio Corsi and the iconic mouse Topo Gigio performed \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb at the cover night and took second place.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_right wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"Aerial view of the white historic center of Polignano a Mare on the cliffs overlooking Lama Monachile Bay and the deep-blue sea\" title=\"Polignano a Mare and Lama Monachile Bay as seen from the air\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-750x562.jpg 750w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/polignano-a-mare-lama-monachile-luftbild-pexels-27274384-1140x854.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"vc_figure-caption\">The historic center of Polignano a Mare overlooking Lama Monachile Bay \u00b7 \u00a9 pexels.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Polignano_a_Mare_der_Geburtsort_des_Fliegers\"><\/span>Polignano a Mare: the birthplace of aviation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to visit Modugno, head to Polignano a Mare. In 2009, his hometown dedicated a bronze statue about three meters tall to him. It stands on the Lungomare Domenico Modugno, with its back to the beach and facing the old town, and spreads its arms just as its model did on the Sanremo stage in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Polignano has a second connection to Italian music: In 2015, the comedy adaptation of Sergio Endrigo's <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/i-love-only-you-endrigo\/\">\u00abI, Who Love Only You\u00bb<\/a> filmed. Everything you need to know about the white old town on the cliffs, Lama Monachile Beach, and how to get there can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/apulia\/bari\/polignano-a-mare\/\">Travel Guide to Polignano a Mare<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_postblock_3 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_disable jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module__0_6af1c8b3a99aa  jeg_pb_boxed    with-format-icon\" data-unique=\"jnews_module__0_6af1c8b3a99aa\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_block_container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_load_more_flag\">\n                <article class=\"jeg_post jeg_pl_md_2 format-standard\">\n                <div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n                    \n       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If you want to hear more of this spirit, keep listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/the-sky-in-a-room-by-gino-paoli\/\">\u00abThe Sky in a Room\u00bb<\/a> by Gino Paoli, the singer-songwriter from Genoa, or with <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/azzurro-adriano-celentano\/\">\u00abAzzurro\u00bb<\/a>, the next big hit in Italian music, sung by Adriano Celentano, the rock singer from Milan. You can find all the song profiles in our overview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/italian-music\/\">Italian music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_6 jeg_alignleft jnews_module__1_6af1c8b3acb49\">\n                <h3 class=\"jeg_block_title\"><span>FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb<\/span><\/h3>\n                \n            <\/div><div  class='jnews-faq-wrapper jnews_module__2_6af1c8b3ace15 style-4'>\n\t\t\t\t    \n        <div class=\"list-wrapper expand\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Was bedeutet \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb auf Deutsch?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What does \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb mean in German?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\">\n                <p>The literal translation of the title is \u201ePainted Blue, Blue.\u201c The song is also known as \u00abVolare,\u00bb meaning \u201eto fly,\u201c which is the first word of the chorus.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wie spricht man \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb aus?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How do you pronounce \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Something like \u201enel blu di-pin-to di blu\u201c\u2014the stress is on the syllable \u201cpin.\u201d The \u201cu\u201d in \u201cblu\u201d sounds like the German \u201cu.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wie erfolgreich war \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How successful was \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>The song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958 and was the best-selling U.S. single of the year. In Italy, the single sold an estimated 800,000 copies, according to RAI.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Welche Preise hat \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb gewonnen?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What awards has \u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb won?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>In 1958, it won the Sanremo Music Festival and placed third at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1959, Modugno received two Grammys for the song at the first Grammy Awards ceremony\u2014for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. To this day, it remains the only foreign-language recording to have won both of these awards.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wer hat \u00abVolare\u00bb auf Englisch gesungen?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Who sang \u00abVolare\u00bb in English?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>The best-known version is Dean Martin's 1958 rendition, which mixes Italian and English. The English lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish. In 1960, Bobby Rydell reached the U.S. Top 10 with his version of \u00abVolare.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Welche Lieder von Domenico Modugno sollte man noch kennen?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What other songs by Domenico Modugno should you know?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Above all, \u00abPiove (Ciao, ciao bambina),\u00bb with which he won Sanremo again in 1959, as well as \u00abDio, come ti amo\u00bb and \u00abVecchio frack.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wo und wann starb Domenico Modugno?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Where and when did Domenico Modugno die?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Domenico Modugno died on August 6, 1994, at the age of 66, at his home on the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<details class=\"inw-sources\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 20px 24px;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e; cursor: pointer;\">Sources and Further Information<\/summary>\n<ol style=\"font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: #6b747e; margin: 0; padding-left: 18px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nel_blu,_dipinto_di_blu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (Italian): Nel blu, dipinto di blu<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nel_blu,_dipinto_di_blu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (en.): Nel blu, dipinto di blu<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domenico_Modugno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (en.): Domenico Modugno<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/1978784\/the-number-ones-domenico-modugnos-nel-blu-dipinto-di-blu-volare\/columns\/the-number-ones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stereogum: The Number Ones, \"Nel blu dipinto di blu\"<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.italia.it\/it\/puglia\/bari\/belvedere-modugno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">italia.it: Belvedere Modugno, Polignano a Mare<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abNel blu dipinto di blu\u00bb by Domenico Modugno (1958): how the Sanremo winner came to be, what the lyrics mean, and why \u00abVolare\u00bb continues to take the world by storm to this day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":307989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"inwp_podcast_mp3":"","inwp_podcast_apple":"","inwp_podcast_spotify":"","inwp_podcast_youtube":"","inw_restaurant_url":"","inw_restaurant_lat":"","inw_restaurant_lng":"","in_event_type":"","in_event_featured":"","in_event_teaser":"","in_event_name":"","in_event_address":"","in_event_status":"","in_event_turnus":"","inw_hotel_email":"","inw_hotel_type":"","inw_hotel_name":"","inw_hotel_street":"","inw_hotel_zip":"","inw_hotel_city":"","inw_hotel_region":"","inw_hotel_country":"","inw_hotel_phone":"","inw_hotel_url":"","inw_hotel_lat":"","inw_hotel_lng":"","inw_hotel_pricerange":"","inw_hotel_stars":"","inw_hotel_amenities":"","in_event_start":"","in_event_end":"","in_event_time":"","in_event_time_end":"","in_event_location":"","in_event_city":"","in_event_region":"","in_event_price":"","in_event_organizer":"","in_event_url":"","in_event_sort":"","in_event_sort_end":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"disable_ad":"0","format":"video","image_override":[{"single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500","single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500"}],"override":[{"fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","number_popup_post":"5","parallax":"1","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","share_position":"bottom","show_author_box":"1","show_comment_section":"1","show_featured":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_category":"1","show_post_date":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_zoom_button":"1","sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","template":"1","zoom_button_in_step":"3","zoom_button_out_step":"2"}],"sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","subtitle":"Mit ausgebreiteten Armen gewann Domenico Modugno 1958 Sanremo und flog mit \u00abVolare\u00bb um die Welt. 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