Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)

1959 song by both Domenico Modugno and Johnny Dorelli

For the comedy film, see Ciao, ciao bambina!

"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"

Single by Domenico Modugno
Language| Italian
Released| 1959
Label| Fonit
Composer(s)| Domenico Modugno
Lyricist(s)| Dino Verde
Eurovision Song Contest 1959 entry
Country|

Italy

Artist(s)|

Domenico Modugno

Language|

Italian

Composer(s)|

Domenico Modugno

Lyricist(s)|

Dino Verde

Conductor|

William Galassini [it]

Finals performance
Final result|

6th

Final points|

Entry chronology
◄ "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (1958)
"Romantica" (1960) ►
"Piove"

Single by Johnny Dorelli
Language| Italian
Released| 1959
Label| CGD
Composer(s)| Domenico Modugno
Lyricist(s)| Dino Verde

"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" ("It's raining [Bye bye, baby girl]") is a song composed by Domenico Modugno with Italian lyrics by Eduardo Verde.[1] It won first prize at the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival, where it was performed by both Modugno and Johnny Dorelli.[2] Performed by Modugno, it represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 held in Cannes, placing sixth.

Dalida recorded a song in French as "Ciao ciao bambina", which became a big hit in France and Canada and a pop standard in the francophone world. It was used in Ralph Lauren commercial for their fall 2021 collection.[3]

## Background

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### Conception

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"Piove" was composed by Domenico Modugno with Italian lyrics by Eduardo Verde. It is a dramatic ballad, with the singer telling his lover that he knows their relationship is about to come to a close. He asks her for one more kiss and then tells her not to turn back as she walks away from him, because he still has feelings for her.[4]

### Sanremo

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On 29–31 January 1959, "Piove" performed by both Modugno and Johnny Dorelli competed in the 9th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, that was used by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) to select its song and performer for the 4th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition so it became the Italian entrant for Eurovision. The expert jury chose Modugno as the performer for the contest.[5]

Modugno recorded the song then in Italian as "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", German, Spanish, and in an Italian/English version.[4]

### Eurovision

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On 11 March 1959, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes hosted by Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Modugno performed "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" third on the evening, following Denmark's "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" by Birthe Wilke and preceding Monaco's "Mon ami Pierrot" by Jacques Pills. William Galassini [it] conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Italian entry.[6]

At the close of voting, the song had received 9 points, placing sixth in a field of eleven.[7] It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1960 contest by "Romantica" by Renato Rascel.

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Modugno's version

Chart (1959)  | Peak
position

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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] | 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] | 1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[10] | 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 100)[11] | 1
UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 29
US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 97
West Germany (GfK)[14] | 12

## Legacy

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### Dalila cover

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"Ciao ciao bambina"

Cover of EP

Song by Dalida
Language| French
Released| April 1959 (1959-4)
Recorded| 25 February 1959
Studio| Hoche
Genre|

* Chanson
* traditional pop

Length| 2:53
Label| Barclay
Composer(s)| Domenico Modugno
Lyricist(s)|

* Dino Verde
* Jacques Larue [fr]

Dalida covered it in Italian and was the first one to record a French version. The Italian version remained unreleased until a posthoumus album Italia mia in 1991. The French version was first issued on EP in 1959 and was the leading track of her album Le disque d'or de Dalida the same year.

#### Weekly charts

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Chart (1959)  | Peak
position

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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[15] | 1
Canada (BAnQ)[16] | 5
France (Bourse des chansons)[17] | 2

### Other recordings

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* In 1959 the song entered the Hong Kong Hit Parade after being recorded by a local group – The Yee Tin Tong Mandolin Band – and released by Diamond Records (B-side: "Oh Marie").
* Also in 1959, French bandleader Jacky Noguez, along with his Musuette Orchestra, recorded an instrumental version which peaked at #24 on the US Hot 100.[18]
* In 1961, this song was covered by Hong Kong female singer Kong Ling (江玲) on her LP album Off-Beat Cha Cha with the local Diamond Records.
* Italo-American tenor Sergio Franchi recorded this song on his 1966 RCA Victor album La Dolce Italy.[19]
* In 2015, Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo recorded a rendition of this song on their EP Sanremo Grande Amore.

## See also

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* List of best-selling singles by country

## References

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1. ^ Montaigne, Pierre (11 March 1959). "Onze vedettes, onze refrains, onze nations sont engagés dans le Grand Prix Eurovision 1959 de la chanson européenne". L'Espoir de Nice et du Sud-Est. p. 4\. ISSN 1166-9012.
2. ^ "Festival di Sanremo del 1954" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2011.
3. ^ Ralph Lauren - Découvrez la collection #Fall21 | Facebook, retrieved 2021-09-16
4. ^ a b "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) - lyrics". The Diggiloo Thrush.
5. ^ "Italy: Sanremo 1959". eurovisionworld.com.
6. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1959". Eurovision Song Contest. 11 March 1959. RTF / EBU.
7. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 1959 scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest.
8. ^ "Domenico Modugno – Piove (Ciao Ciao Bambina)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
9. ^ "Domenico Modugno – Piove (Ciao Ciao Bambina)" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
10. ^ "Singoli - I numeri uno (1959 - 2006)" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
11. ^ "DOMENICO MODUGNO - PIOVE (CIAO CIAO BAMBINA)". Dutch Charts.
12. ^ "Domenico Modugno: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
13. ^ "Domenico Modugno Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Domenico Modugno – Piove (Ciao Ciao Bambina)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Domenico Modugno"
15. ^ "Dalida – Ciao ciao bambina" (in French). Ultratop 50.
16. ^ "Canada Charts" (PDF). Bibnum2.banq.qc.ca.
17. ^ "La Bourse des Chansons (French sheet music charts 1955-1961)". 27 January 2014.
18. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 619.
19. ^ http://www.discogs.com Sergio Franchi

## External links

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* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) by Domenico Modugno" at Discogs (list of releases)
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) by Johnny Dorelli" at Discogs

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* e

Domenico Modugno

Songs|

* "Vecchio frac" (1955)
* "Lazzarella" (1957)
* "Resta cu'mme" (1957)
* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (1958)
* "Io" (1958)
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" (1959)
* "Dio, come ti amo" (1966)
* "Piange... il telefono" (1975)

* v
* t
* e

Sanremo Music Festival

* Winners' discography
* RAI
* Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
* Sanremo
* Teatro Ariston
* Sanremo Casino

1951–1970|

* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970

1971–1990|

* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

1991–2010|

* 1991
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* 1997
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* 2010

2011–present|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Theme music|

* "La canzone portafortuna" (1969)
* "Dichiarazione d'amore" (1971)
* "Saint Nicolas" (1972)
* "Bach's Lunch" (1973)
* "Riviera 'In'" (1976)
* "Jeans Flower" (1978)
* "La felicità" (1979)
* "Gioca Jouer" (1981)
* "Che fico!" (1982)
* "Superleo" (1983)
* "Rose su rose" (1984)
* "L'amore è un topolino" (1985)
* "Io nascerò" (1986)
* "Cantare" (1987)
* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (1988)
* "Piove" (1989)
* "La gente che canta" (1994)
* "Perché Sanremo è Sanremo" (1995–1996, 2002–2003, 2007–2008)
* "Nessun dorma" (2000)
* "È la mia musica" (2001)
* "Let the Sunshine In" (2009)
* "Hoppípolla" (2010)
* "Fanfare for the Common Man" (2015)
* "Un giorno qualunque" (2018–2019)
* "Tutta l'Italia" (2025)

* Category:Sanremo Music Festival

* v
* t
* e

Sanremo Music Festival winners

Discography

1950s|

* Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori")
* Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba")
* Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno")
* Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme")
* Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza")
* Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre")
* Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra")
* Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu")
* Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)")

1960s|

* Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica")
* Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là")
* Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio")
* Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte")
* Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età")
* Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi")
* Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo")
* Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me")
* Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te")
* Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara")

1970s|

* Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore")
* Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro")
* Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno")
* Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più")
* Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?")
* Gilda ("Ragazza del sud")
* Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più")
* Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire")
* Matia Bazar ("...e dirsi ciao")
* Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare")

1980s|

* Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi")
* Alice ("Per Elisa")
* Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni")
* Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà")
* Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà")
* Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro")
* Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu")
* Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più")
* Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore")
* Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò")

1990s|

* Pooh ("Uomini soli")
* Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme")
* Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare")
* Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero")
* Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà")
* Giorgia ("Come saprei")
* Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni")
* Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole")
* Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te")
* Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà")

2000s|

* Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento")
* Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)")
* Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore")
* Alexia ("Per dire di no")
* Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante")
* Francesco Renga ("Angelo")
* Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco")
* Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa")
* Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine")
* Marco Carta ("La forza mia")

2010s|

* Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...")
* Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore")
* Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno")
* Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale")
* Arisa ("Controvento")
* Il Volo ("Grande amore")
* Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai")
* Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma")
* Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente")
* Mahmood ("Soldi")

2020s|

* Diodato ("Fai rumore")
* Måneskin ("Zitti e buoni")
* Mahmood and Blanco ("Brividi")
* Marco Mengoni ("Due vite")
* Angelina Mango ("La noia")
* Olly ("Balorda nostalgia")

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Bob Benny
* Brita Borg
* Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
* Ferry Graf
* Alice and Ellen Kessler
* Domenico Modugno
* Jean Philippe
* Jacques Pills
* Teddy Scholten
* Birthe Wilke
* Christa Williams

Songs|

* "Augustin"
* "Een beetje"
* "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n"
* "Hou toch van mij"
* "Irgendwoher"
* "Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien"
* "Oui, oui, oui, oui"
* "Mon ami Pierrot"
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
* "Sing, Little Birdie"
* "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig"

* v
* t
* e

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

* National selections: Sanremo Music Festival
* Canzonissima

Participation|

* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1997
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Artists|

* Al Bano and Romina Power
* Alice
* Luca Barbarossa
* Franco Battiato
* Blanco
* Gigliola Cinquetti
* Lucio Corsi
* Betty Curtis
* Toto Cutugno
* Nicola Di Bari
* Peppino di Capri
* ~~Diodato~~
* Emma
* Sergio Endrigo
* Riccardo Fogli
* Francesco Gabbani
* Nunzio Gallo
* Dori Ghezzi
* Raphael Gualazzi
* Jalisse
* Fausto Leali
* Mahmood
* Måneskin
* Angelina Mango
* Mia Martini
* Matia Bazar
* Marco Mengoni
* Ermal Meta
* Francesca Michielin
* Domenico Modugno
* Gianni Morandi
* Fabrizio Moro
* Anna Oxa
* Emilio Pericoli
* Raf
* Franca Raimondi
* Massimo Ranieri
* Renato Rascel
* Ricchi e Poveri
* Enrico Ruggeri
* Bobby Solo
* Alan Sorrenti
* Tonina Torrielli
* Umberto Tozzi
* Claudio Villa
* Il Volo
* Wess
* Iva Zanicchi
* Nina Zilli

Songs|

* "Addio, addio"
* "Al di là"
* "Amami se vuoi"
* "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"
* "L'amore è un attimo"
* "Aprite le finestre"
* "Avrei voluto"
* "Brividi"
* "Chi sarà con te"
* "Comme è ddoce 'o mare"
* "Corde della mia chitarra"
* "Dio, come ti amo"
* "Due grosse lacrime bianche"
* "Due vite"
* "Era"
* "L'essenziale"
* ~~"Fai rumore"~~
* "Fiumi di parole"
* "Gente di mare"
* "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
* "Grande amore"
* "Insieme: 1992"
* "Libera"
* "Madness of Love"
* "Magic Oh Magic"
* "Marianne"
* "La mia città"
* "La noia"
* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"
* "No Degree of Separation"
* "Non andare più lontano"
* "Non ho l'età"
* "Non mi avete fatto niente"
* "Non so che darei"
* "Occhi di ragazza"
* "Occidentali's Karma"
* "Per Lucia"
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
* "Questo amore"
* "Raggio di luna"
* "Rapsodia"
* "Romantica"
* "Se piangi, se ridi"
* "Sì"
* "Soldi"
* "Sole d'Europa"
* "I treni di Tozeur"
* "Uno per tutte"
* "Vivo (Ti scrivo)"
* "Volevo essere un duro"
* "We'll Live It All Again"
* "Zitti e buoni"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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Dalida

* Discography
* List of songs
* Concerts

Studio albums|

* Son nom est Dalida
* Miguel
* Gondolier
* Les Gitans
* Le Disque d'or de Dalida
* Love in Portofino
* Les Enfants du Pirée
* Milord
* Elle, lui et l'autre....
* Dalida internationale
* Loin de moi
* Le Petit Gonzales
* Il silenzio
* Pensiamoci ogni sera
* Piccolo ragazzo
* Olympia 67
* Un po' d'amore
* Le Temps des fleurs
* Ma mère me disait
* Ils ont changé ma chanson
* Une Vie
* Il faut du temps
* Julien
* Manuel
* J'attendrai
* Coup de chapeau au passé
* Femme est la nuit
* Salma ya salama
* Dédié à toi
* Gigi in Paradisco
* Olympia 81
* Special Dalida
* Les P'tits Mots
* Dali
* Le Visage de l'amour

Other albums|

* De "Bambino" à "Il silenzio"
* Olympia 71
* Olympia 74
* Olympia 77
* Palais des Sports 80
* Mondialement vôtre

Songs|

* "Bambino"
* "Gondolier"
* "Come prima (Tu me donnes)"
* "Le Jour où la pluie viendra"
* "Ciao ciao bambina"
* "Love in Portofino"
* "T'aimer follement"
* "Romantica"
* "Les Enfants du Pirée"
* "Itsi bitsi petit bikini"
* "La Danse de Zorba"
* "Parlez-moi de lui"
* "Dans la ville endormie"
* "Le Temps des fleurs"
* "Darla dirladada"
* "Paroles, paroles"
* "Je suis malade"
* "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans"
* "Gigi l'amoroso"
* "J'attendrai"
* "Salma Ya Salama"
* "Génération 78"
* "Helwa ya baladi"
* "Monday Tuesday... Laissez moi danser"
* "Il pleut sur Bruxelles"
* "Mourir sur scène"

Related articles|

* Place Dalida
* Dalida (2005)
* Dalida (2017)
* List of Dalida music in motion pictures and TV
* Orlando Productions
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