Per Lucia
 "Per Lucia" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Eurovision Song Contest 1983 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) | |
| Lyricist(s) | Riccardo Fogli, Vincenzo Spampinato |
| Conductor | Maurizio Fabrizio |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 11th |
| Final points | 41 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Non so che darei" (1980) | |
| "I treni di Tozeur" (1984) ► | |
"Per Lucia" (Italian pronunciation: [per luˈtʃiːa]; "For Lucia") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Italian by Riccardo Fogli.
The song is a ballad, with Fogli singing about the lengths he wants to go to in order to impress Lucia, his lover. He claims at one point, for example, that he wants to make a feast for the entire country.
The song was performed fifth on the night, following Sweden's Carola Häggkvist with "Främling" and preceding Turkey's Çetin Alp & The Short Waves with "Opera". At the close of voting, it had received 41 points, placing 11th in a field of 20.
It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1984 contest by Alice & Battiato with "I treni di Tozeur".
Fogli also recorded an English-language version of the song, titled "For Lucia", which was released as a promo single.[1]
Per Lucia (Greatest Hits album)[edit]
Riccardo Fogli had already achieved overwhelming popularity in Italy and Spanish-language countries, and his victory at the Sanremo Music Festival 1982 made it spread worldwide.
After Italian broadcaster RAI had chosen the artist internally as the representative in Eurovision, they decided to release a greatest hits album including Italy's entry for the contest, "Storie di tutti i giorni" ("Everyday stories", Sanremo's winning song) and his hits from the last four studio albums at the time: "Che ne sai" (1979), "Alla fine di un lavoro" (1980), "Campione" (1981) and "Compagnia" (1982).[2]
The compilation was released in Scandinavia and Greece and reached number 20 on the Finnish album charts in June 1983.[3]
Covers[edit]
- Swedish dansband Wizex covered the song on the 1983 album Julie as "Här är sången" ("Here is the song") with lyrics in Swedish by Monica Forsberg.[4]
- There are two Finnish-language cover versions of the song: "Kirje sulle" ("A letter to you"), written by Raul Reiman and recorded by Katri Helena, and "Vielä kerran kaikki muuttuu" ("Everything changes once more"), written by Turkka Mali and recorded by Jonna Tervomaa.[5]
- A Croatian cover version, "Tebi Lucija", was sung by Slovenian singer Oto Pestner and released after the contest for the compilation album Evrovizijske melodije 2, due to the popularity of Eurovision in Yugoslavia.[6]
Charts[edit]
| Charts (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[7] | 17 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[8] | 63 |
| Italy (FIMI)[9] | 38 |
| Year-end Charts (1983) | Position |
|---|---|
| Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[10] | 75 |
References[edit]
- ^ "45cat - Riccardo Fogli - For Lucia - Per Lucia - Ariola - UK - ARO 297". Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Per Lucia". Retrieved 18 Nov 2016.
- ^ "Suomen Albumi listat" (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 Nov 2016.
- ^ "Svensk mediedatabas". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Per Lucia" (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Oto Pestner - Tebi Lucija". Archived from the original on 2021-12-18. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Search for the forum "Finnish Chart performance of Eurovision songs" at UK Mix Forum's advanced search - ukmix.org". UK Mix Forum. Retrieved 23 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Riccardo Fogli - Per Lucia - www.offiziellecharts.de". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 18 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Indice per Interprete: F (Riccardo Fogli's singles) - www.hitparadeitalia.it". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 21 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Suurimmat hitit 1983". Suomen Vuosilistat. Retrieved 18 Nov 2016.