"Per Lucia" (; "For Lucia") was the entry in the

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, performed in

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. 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 's

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with " Främling" and preceding 's

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& The Short Waves with "

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". 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

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& Battiato with "

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". Fogli also recorded an English-language version of the song, titled "For Lucia", which was released as a promo single.

''Per Lucia'' (Greatest Hits album)

Riccardo Fogli had already achieved overwhelming popularity in Italy and Spanish-language countries, and his victory at the

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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, "" ("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). The compilation was released in

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and

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and reached number 20 on the

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in June 1983.

Covers

* Swedish

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covered the song on the 1983 album ''Julie'' as "Här är sången" ("Here is the song") with lyrics in

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. * There are two Finnish-language cover versions of the song: "Kirje sulle" ("A letter to you"), written by and recorded by

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, and "Vielä kerran kaikki muuttuu" ("Everything changes once more"), written by and recorded by

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. * A Croatian cover version, "Tebi Lucija", was sung by Slovenian singer

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and released after the contest for the compilation album ''Evrovizijske melodije 2'', due to the popularity of .

Charts

References

External links

Italian lyrics of the song and its English translation
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1983 Eurovision songs of Italy Eurovision songs of 1983 1983 songs Songs written by Maurizio Fabrizio