"When Love Calls Your Name" is a song by Albanian singer Elhaida Dani, written by

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and Roxanne Seeman. Dani performed the song as a contestant of The Voice of Italy during the finale episode on May 30, 2013. Upon being announced as winner of the competition, Cocciante joined Dani on stage for a reprise performance of the song. A studio recording of the song was issued as a single by Universal Music Italia, followed by inclusion in Dani's self-titled album release. On July 2, 2013, Universal Music Italia released Dani's 7-song EP, including both the studio single recording and the live performance version of "When Love Calls Your Name". When Love Calls Your Name is track 5 on The Voice of Italy - The Originals released on May 30, 2013 by Universal Music.

Overview

Originally from Tirana, Albania, Elhaida Dani entered and won singing competitions Star Academy Albania,

Top Fest Top Fest was an Albanian music competition organised by Top Channel. It began airing in 2004 with its last edition being in 2015. The event was annually held in Tirana, Albania. The songs were usually performed in Albanian with artists from Albani ...

and Festivali i Këngës. At 19, she auditioned for The Voice of Italy and became a member of Team Cocciante. For the finale episode, Cocciante gave her the song When Love Calls Your Name, which she performed and won, becoming the winner of the first series of the show, with over 70% of the votes. A videoclip of the recording session for "When Love Calls Your Name" by Elhaida Dani with Riccardo Cocciante, "Coach" (Judge") and producer, was posted at the Rai Television site, and the song was made available at iTunes Italy for voters. Cocciante later commented on the song saying it was "a rough stone that Elhaida transformed into a diamond".

Zendee version

Zendee Rose Tenerefe Zendee Rose Japitana Tenerefe, known mononymously as Zendee, is a Filipina singer. She rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was put on YouTube by Yuan Juan a.k.a. youngjay0 ...

, known mononymously as "Zendee", a Filipina singer who rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's "

I Will Always Love You "I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, ...

" went viral on YouTube., recorded "When Love Calls Your Name" on her album "Z", released by MCA Music Universal Philippines on August 7, 2015.

References

{{Reflist 2013 songs Italy Elhaida Dani songs Italian pop songs 2013 singles Songs written by Riccardo Cocciante Universal Music Group singles Songs written by Roxanne Seeman

External links

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovbqSMi8rKQ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXx36ZMazxs&list=OLAK5uy_m9Mf7E1iIQbEaZLtsZjyLXGJ8EcMk4