"Nel blu, dipinto di blu", popularly known as "Volare", was written by Domenico Modugno, who composed the music and sang the Italian lyrics, with Franco Migliacci as lyricist. Modugno recorded it in 1958 with the Fonit Orchestra, and the single was released by Fonit in Italy, Decca in the United States and Oriole in the United Kingdom. Its popular name, "Volare", is the title most listeners know it by. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival that year and served as Italy's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. In the United States it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958, and at the 1st Grammy Awards it won Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
