Performed by: Umberto Tozzi & Raf
Music by: Umberto Tozzi, Raf
Lyrics by: Giancarlo Bigazzi
Conductor: Gianfranco Lombardi
Language: Italian
Placing: 3rd (103 points)

Over the course of his career, Umberto Tozzi has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: "Claridad", "Gloria","Tu" and "Ti Amo".

In 1988, Tozzi released his second live album, The Royal Albert Hall. In the 1990s, Tozzi recorded several more songs such as "Gli altri siamo noi" ("Others are us"), the album Equivocando ("Misunderstanding"), Il grido ("The outcry") and Aria e cielo ("Air and sky"). He also released a greatest hits compilation, Le mie canzoni ("My songs").

Raf aka as Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, before starting out his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the new wave scene with his English language debut album, Raf. His first single, "Self Control", which he co-wrote with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo, was a huge hit not only in his native Italy but also in Austria (No. 7), Switzerland (No. 1) and Germany, where the single climbed as high as No. 2 in the Media Control single chart and spent a total of seven weeks within the Top 10. Raf's version of the song also managed to enter the Top-40 in France. Raf continues to have a successful recording career in Italy with his latest studio albums, Metamorfosi (2008), Numeri (2011), Le ragioni del cuore (2012) reaching No. 4, No.6, No. 13 respectively in the Italian album charts.

Lyrics:

Gente di mare

A noi che siamo gente di pianura
Navigatori esperti di città
Il mare ci fa sempre un po' paura
Per quell'idea di troppa libertà

Eppure abbiamo il sale nei capelli
Del mare abbiamo le profondità
E donne infreddolite negli scialli
Che aspettano che cosa non si sa

Gente di mare, che se ne va
Dove gli pare, dove non sa
Gente che muore di nostalgia
Ma quando torna dopo un giorno, muore
Per la voglia di andare via

(Gente di mare)
E quando ci fermiamo sulla riva
(Gente che va)
Lo sguardo all'orizzonte se ne va
(Gente di mare)
Portandoci i pensieri alla deriva
Per quell'idea di troppa libertà

Gente di mare, che se ne va
Dove gli pare, dove non sa
Gente corsara che non c'è più
Gente lontana che porta nel cuore
Questo grande fratello blu

Al di là del mare, c'è qualcuno che
C'è qualcuno che non sa niente di te

Gente di mare, che se ne va
Dove gli pare, ma dove non sa
Noi, prigionieri di queste città
Viviamo sempre di oggi e di ieri
Inchiodati dalla realtà
E la gente di mare va

(Gente di mare che se ne va) Che se ne va
(Dove gli pare) Ma dove non sa
Noi, prigionieri di queste grandi città
Viviamo sempre di oggi e di ieri
Inchiodati dalla realtà
E la gente di mare va


ENGLISH translation:

People of the sea

We, people from the plains
Excellent drivers in the city
Are always a little scared of the sea
Because of the idea of too much freedom

And although we have the salt in our hair
We have the depth of the sea in our souls
And freezing women in their shawls
Waiting for something which nobody knows

People of the sea, who leave it behind
Going to where they like, they don't know where
People dying of nostalgia
But when they go back after one day, they die
Of the desire to go away

(People of the sea)
And when we stop on the shore
(People who go)
Our look goes to the horizon
(People of the sea)
Bringing our thoughts adrift
Because of the idea of too much freedom

People of the sea, who leave it behind
Going to where they like, they don't know where
Buccaneer people who are no more
Faraway people carrying in their hearts
This big blue brother

At the other side of the sea, there's someone who
There's someone who knows nothing about you

People of the sea, who leave it behind
Going to where they like, they don't know where
We, prisoners of these cities
We always live for today and for yesterday
Nailed down by reality
And the people of the sea go

(People of the sea, who leave it behind) Who leave it behind
(Going where they like) They don't know where
We, prisoners of these big cities
We always live for today and for yesterday
Nailed down by reality
And the people of the sea go

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