Italy - \"Madness of Love\" performed by Raphael Gulazzi:
Can\'t you see
Through your eyes
There\'s a look that don\'t shine
And all the world around you seems to slip and disappear
Thought that word from your heart
Means I\'m yours, means you\'re smart
I know for certain I won\'t bother you with nostalgia
But you\'ll find other men
full of love and filled with damn
and you\'ll smile here and there
like the first of all your sighs
there you\'ll cry with your friends
like he was the first and last
spreading life wasting life
shouldn\'t be that way if you ain\'t got a tear to hide!
Here we live, with no tricks
day by day night by night
but someone hit me and I fell into your heart, my dear
And you\'ll fly over lands
Where your eyes can\'t find the end
Upon mountains down lanes
Being so far away from you just makes me feel so damned!
Show your man how to love,
show him tears and skies above,
show him worlds full of light
and your dreams that you can\'t hide
show him spells he can hear
and your wonderful life, let it shine!
Let it shine!
Let it shine!
Let it shine!
Biography
Italy returns to the Eurovision Song Contest with its first entry since 1997 (a 14-year absence!) - \"Madness of Love\", written and sung by Raphael Gulazzi.
Raphael Gulazzi
Raphael Gualazzi was born in Urbino on 11th November, 1981. He studied piano at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, and then extended his musical research to include Jazz, Blues and Fusion.
Raphael caught the attention of the general public with his cover of Fleetwood Mac\'s \"Don\'t Stop\", which was used in a TV advert. In the summer of 2010, Raphael performed at the Heineken Jammin Festival, the prestigious Pistoia Blues Festival and the Giffoni Film Festival, and went on to launch his first digital EP at the Blue Note club in Milan, which took him to the top of the iTunes charts.
In February 2011, Raphael Gualazzi took part in the San Remo Festival in Italy with the song \"Madness of Love\". The song won hands down, coming away with the prize in the Young Artists category, the \"Mia Martini\" Critics Award and the Press, Radio & TV Award.
Simultaneously, the English version of \"Madness of Love\" was included on the soundtrack of the film \"Manual of Love 3\", starring Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci.