"Tornerò" (

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for "I Will Return") is a song by the Italian musical group

I Santo California I Santo California are an Italian musical group active since 1974. They are best known for their debut single " Tornerò" which became an international no. one hit in 1975. History The group was founded by five musicians originating from Campan ...

, released in 1974 as their debut single. The following year, the down-tempo love ballad became a number-one hit in Italy as well as a top five hit in

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. In Italy, it spent 3 consecutive weeks at no. 1 in June and July 1975, and was certified gold. In Switzerland, it remained at the top for 6 consecutive weeks in September and October 1975, and was the best-selling single of the year there. The song has been

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by numerous artists in various languages.

Track listing

* 7" single :A. "Tornerò" – 4:07 :B. "Se davvero mi vuoi bene" – 3:25

Chart performance

"Volveré"

"Volveré" (Spanish for "I Will Return") is the Spanish-language version first sung by Argentine singer,

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. It was included on the album ''Volveré'' (1976). It debuted and peaked at number 5 on ''

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''s

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following his death in 2022. To use the chart, select "Latin Digital Song Sales". His version was later covered by

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for their album '' Pensando En Ti'' (2004). It peaked at number 6 in the same year on ''Billboard''s

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chart. The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2006 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards.

Chart performance

Other cover versions

* In 1975

Michael Holm Michael Holm (born Lothar Walter; on 29 July 1943) is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962 ("Lauter schöne ...

recorded the song in German as ''Wart' auf mich (Du, wenn ich dich verlier')'' (

Ariola Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international ...

, 16 225 AT) for his album ''Wenn ein Mann ein Mädchen liebt'' (

, 55 606 DT). The song charted at no. 4 in Germany and no. 7 in Switzerland. * Flemish singer

Willy Sommers Willy Sommers (born Willy Jeanne Jean De Gieter in Uccle, Belgium on 9 August 1952) is a Flanders, Flemish singer and television presenter. He sings Schlager music and is described as an "unsophisticated crooner". His hits include "Zeven Anjers Z ...

recorded the single of the song in Dutch as ''Kom terug'' text by Jan De Vuyst, (

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, 856 780-2) for the 1995 album ''Profumo d'amore'' (Scent of love) (

, 526 590-2). His version reached no. 30 in Belgium. *

Amanda Lear Amanda Lear (; born 18 June or 18 November 1939 or 1941 or 1946 or 1950) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress and former model. She began her professional career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s and went on ...

covered the song as "I'll Miss You" for her 1995 album ''

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''. * In 2009, Austrian singer Sandra Stumptner contributed lyrics to a new German-language cover of the song, "1000 Träume weit (Tornerò)". The single, released under the pseudonym Antonia aus Tirol, charted at no. 89 in Germany. She re-recorded the song in duet with Sascha Heyna in 2013. * Anna-Maria Zimmermann covered Antonia aus Tirol's version of the song reaching no. 68 in Germany in 2009.

References

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