Fiumi di parole - Italy 1997 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra

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"Fiumi di parole"
Country : Italy
Year : 1997
Performed by : Jalisse
Lyrics : Carmen Di Domenico, Alessandra Drusian
Music : Fabio Ricci
Arrangement : Roberto Lanzo
Conductor : Lucio Fabbri

[@tsilimigras]

Best Italian entry Angelic woman and voice

[@SlashAndLanguages]

one of the best eurovision songs of all time, easily!

[@timfischer7946]

Jes

[@hermannivision6222]

My fav

[@barryh.4220]

Are you sure ?

[@belsangel]

Sure thing!!! Mine too!!!! ❤

[@GalaxyNokiaGames]

now that they are one of the 9 finalists for Una Voce Per San Marino in 2024, lets wish them good luck

[@pogodziej]

1997 was class.

[@burakblue]

One of the best songs in Eurovision history.

[@edoardomiserocchi6220]

fun fact (not really "fun"): I don't know why, but italian record companies never loved the band. Jalisse's "Fiumi di parole" is iconic, but they didn't do any other famous songs. When Alessandra was pregnant, his husband and bandmate Fabio started working as a delivery man, because they needed to make money for the baby. That's insane, they should be more famous. Nowadays they have been excluded for years from the Festival of Sanremo. It's like if producers didn't want them to be famous, even if they're stunning and people love them.

[@sebastiaanm9122]

absolutely true. Fantastic song

[@MarioBeart]

@@edoardomiserocchi6220 Because when they won Sanremo they were under an independent discographic studio and bigger ones got mad about the outcome and made sure to never let them work again at high level. Italian studios hold huge power in the market, still today they say yes or no to many Sanremo entrants and winners, especially through journalists.

[@edoardomiserocchi6220]

@@MarioBeart that's absolutely true

[@babygrogu845]

@Edoardo Miserocchi Also, RAI didn’t want to participate in ESC anymore (due to expenses and low ESC TV rating in Italy) and in 1997 applied “by accident” (not sure how that happened), they wanted to withdrawn, but Jalisse apparently and allegedly took the matter to the court and legally won their right to go to Eurovision. And also there were plagiarism accusations, the song does resemble “Listen to Your Heart” by Swedish Roxette, but allegedly accusations were overthrown in the court. All of these claims were never proven, but if there is half the truth in them, then RAI-Jalisse relationship was tense from the start, to say at least and therefore RAI and Italian record companies probably began to marginalize Jalisse in the Italian music scene

[@laua-k413]

I was 18 years-old then. I still think it is one of the most beautiful songs ever presented at the ESC. I listen to it 25 years later with the same joy and chills.

[@MikkelJankovic]

I was 15! And still I loved it sooo much. Eventhough its not a teenage song at all. That speaks volumes to the songs quality

[@carmensirbu8585]

I was 17 in 1997 and Fiumi di parole it's the only song that I remember from all the Eurovisions

[@ronentene5607]

I was 17 also

[@Hendrik70]

me too, my winner this year!

[@sorayagonzalez2663]

I was 9 years old!

[@Euroviking86]

A haunting, magical ballad. Utterly spellbinding. Deserved to be in winning contention. One hell of a "farewell" for Italy until their well-deserved return in 2011.

[@alexanderibsen6299]

2nd in 2011 and ten years after they won !!

[@luigiborisstella-cryptoroc9978]

​@@alexanderibsen62992nd even also in 1997(!) after having skipped from 1992 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2010. 😁

[@user-jg8cc9co5b]

I was a teenager listening this song live and it really amazed me. I love it till now. She is so beautiful and with a voice of an angel. Btw I am really happy to see them as a couple till now.

[@clu756]

italy is enormously underrated *-* i mean yes, they mostly finished high but they've sent so much winner material and still only won twice

[@wellaciccio2362]

by checking the lyrics there is something that is very political

[@ananicolamisa3]

Three times now! So glad!

[@alexanderibsen6299]

and then they won in 2021

[@antonellobada5964]

Now 3 😜

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

@@wellaciccio2362 political for maybe the most regular cheesy song from italy, ha ha!!!!

[@EldaMengisto]

Alessandra's voice is heavenly, that's for sure. As for the song, it's a classic beyond measure, and should've cracked the top three. One of my favorites from Italy.

[@berniedu7185]

My number one in 1997. I Love Italian songs.

[@grambi]

Indeed... beautiful 😍😍

[@tarama6429]

Love from Grecia❤ Love fiumi di parole!!! Una faccia una razza

[@klarinetta]

the hghlight for me is the terrific performance. One of the best in ESC history. Stunning woman I must say.

[@JenLaRock]

she is a godness

[@davidnorton3581]

Bravo Italy. Stunning song performed by a stunning woman. More please!

[@Alessio19990]

BravA Italia.

[@Rich_Daniel78]

ITALIA ALWAYS BRINGS IT IN EUROVISION!!! ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN SONGS IN EUROVISION!!!

[@user-ue3on9cg8o]

Bella canzone che veramente meritava per vincere! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@Keithbarber]

se il Regno Unito non avesse inviato "Katrina & the Waves" con una canzone così popolare, "Love Shine a Light", beh, sarebbe stato possibile, ma il 1997 è stato un anno da record e nessuno si è messo in mezzo. l'amore fa brillare una luce English if the uk hadn't sent "katrina & the Waves" with such a popular song, "Love Shine a light," well, it may have been possible, but 1997 was a then record winning year and nobody was getting in the way. love shine a light

[@ilmondodifaxe8216]

Incredibile, ogni volta che la sento mi scende la lacrima, bravi davvero!

[@Flash-lm1yc]

Abbiamo 2 cose in comune , la lacrima e la birra 😂

[@vasilikizoi7012]

Α fantastic song with a magical melody and a stunning voice of Alessandra.This should have been Italy's third win (and Manskin's song the fourth). Unforgettable. Greetings and love from Greece.

[@predrag461]

One of the best songs ever performed on Eurosong!!! I

[@tatidani7749]

Bella canzone, infatti dopo mi sono trasferita in Italia per lasciare il mio cuore❤

[@ruibento7045]

She was so beautiful

[@petrosmast805]

Unbelievable that this song did not win !!! Wonderful voice and wonderful performance . No need for dancers, no need for visual effects, no need for a choreography, no need for provoking maintream or alternative sexuality. Her voice is enough to captivate all senses

[@grambi]

Italy is one of my favourite countries in Eurovision: great songs, fab artists... just classy!

[@MrBALELI356]

The very best ever eurovision song sang by an Angelic Vouce. Xx

[@cinzanobianco1]

Brilliant entry absolutely flawless vocals a terrific entry and sung by a picture book beauty .

[@jodicorbett9370]

I first heard this song in 1995 and listened to it today in 2024. Still such a beautiful song all these years later

[@stevealexR1]

This has always been one of my all time Eurovision favourites. Greetings from England!

[@youthful6098]

How this didn't win that year? UK's song is nice, but this is a masterpiece and a very radio friendly hit.

[@DeeJay_78]

Exactly the same as UK's entry but it carried a stronger message and was performed amazingly. Nobody can touch UK 1997!!

[@orangespark2340]

Italy bribed the juries not to win

[@PauloCesarLira5]

I have still to understand UK's appeal. The voice is nice, the anthemic quality is cool. But the lyrics are... Basic? So basic and repetitive. And some have the audacity to call it the best song in ESC

[@eurovisionaryvoice]

I love this song. I believe that if it had represented Italy in another year, it could have been even higher in the final ranking! ❤🙂

[@nikolasimic7891]

A song for all times ...my winner 🥇

[@massimodepalma6557]

I Jalisse sono un caso musicale tutto italiano, speciale come strane e speciali sono tante cose italiane. Eppure sono bravi, Alessandra ha una gran voce, la canzone è bella, è inutile che ci parliamo sopra … A Sanremo hanno vinto certe porcherie… Ma vogliamo scherzare ? questa è una bella canzone e questi ragazzi avrebbero meritato tutta altra carriera. Dovremmo andare fieri dei Jalisse e invece suscitano sempre la risatina (degli idioti) E poi la Rai che aveva paura di dover organizzare il contest dell’anno dopo e di dover sborsare molti soldi senza avere poi un rientro… Forse forse effettivamente all’epoca l’Eurovision tirava di meno e non era un investimento, quest’anno invece come si è visto , a Torino è andata in maniera grandiosa

[@stevebaker6149]

Beautiful song......and sung beautifully!

[@markdowd1]

stupendous singer... One of Italy's best...

[@dinopugliesedok]

Proud to be italian ❤

[@serena9362]

Mamma mia che voce! 😍😍😍😍😍 Stupenda canzone!

[@robertocicuttin718]

E pensare che avevano fatto pure polemiche sul testo,stupenda,attuale,voce incantevole,Bis.

[@Kraftymark]

This is such a stunning song...

[@ianp7661]

My favourite Italian entry ever

[@LiberoAzzurro]

Alessandra is a queen

[@TheGoaBase]

Drag?

[@LiberoAzzurro]

@@TheGoaBase maybe your mother , idiot

[@juandavilabravo1734]

2021, this is one of the best song of ESC EVER

[@kaik368]

I love this I love this, much more than winner, or second or third. They should have won!!!!

[@Ezekiel903]

italy will never in an ESC contest, until they stop to sing in their own language, i mean 2017,2018,2019, all masterpieces, sad the 2020 ESC was not disputed, Diodato, fai rumore, listen his song, another incredible masterpiece, but i'm sure, he would not have won! ESC will only english language!! the last 15 years all send singer with sons in english!!!

[@laua-k413]

100 % ok with u Kristian. 23 years later, it still gives me life. I remember the lyrics as well. And I’m French speaking. One of the most beautiful song ever.

[@mooniemuk]

@@Ezekiel903 they just won

[@berniedu7185]

@@Ezekiel903 you broke our balls !!! Finally they win this year !

[@erionpupa3042]

La canzone, la vice e la donna più bella di tutti Eurovision ❤❤❤❤❤

[@erionpupa3042]

Dovevano vincere anche l Eurovision...la migliore canzone

[@salvatorebenivegna4653]

I jalisse sono un pezzo di storia della musica italiana ed europea . Canzone che resterà eterna . Facile da ricordare . Grandi i Jalisse

[@kristintomas3448]

Such a great song and voice,never again songs like this in eurosong.The best of best,still listening💕😊

[@MiguelAngel-uh5og]

Grande Italia. Saludos desde Madrid 🇪🇸

[@joshukaunarak]

Italy, why did you go away after you sent such a fantastic song? Well, at least you're back and delivered some other fantastic songs, like 2012.

[@umegghju]

+Wavin' Racer The audience was low, and the italian television decided to don't partecipate anymore. This for 14 years. Now i re-see Eurovision, and instead to listen all languages of Europe, I listen 90% English. This is not the Eurovision i want to listen. So i don't watch anymore.

[@tramvinicyus2]

It's true, to be honest they should sing in their own language, then, if you suceed to get on the final evening, you'll be free to sing in the language you want...

[@aufaidasehn]

in 2017 every non English song qualified and the last two years songs in Crimean Tatar and Portuguese won...

[@JeSuisRene]

Apparently, back then there weren't given allocated times when they could do an advert break. By 1993, it was too expensive for RAI (the Italian broadcaster) to host 3 hours or so of TV without an advert break. By 2011, there have been breaks in the show where the broadcasters who do advert breaks can have a few minutes of adverts, hence Italy came back. Some people were glad however, as Italy wasn't able to host if not participating (given the horror show we had in 1991...)

[@joshukaunarak]

@@umegghju And this year Italy finally won, and 4 songs in the top 5 weren't in English. What do you say to that?

[@padraigoriordan9037]

Wow! Bravo Italia

[@nikkimesh]

I love it snd it reaaally should have won in my opinion! I love their voices and everything about the song❤🥰

[@MiguelAngel-uh5og]

Bellisima canción. 12 points from Spain 🇪🇸

[@muzictherpy]

the best of the best on eurosong

[@Zedd1500]

È fantastico! Mi piace! ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA!

[@MusicForever167]

As much as I love Love Shine A Light, this song would have been a great and deserved winner aswell

[@erionpupa3042]

Questa canzone doveva vincere L'Eurosong..è bellissima

[@angelus77300]

1997 was a crazy year for Eurovision ! Love shine a light, Fiumi di Parole, Mysterious Woman, Dinle and even Minn Hinsti Dans (iconic song)

[@barbaralanati8428]

La canzone può piacere o meno, ma la voce della Drusian è fantastica.

[@kaik368]

Best ever!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@giuseppinaserra2609]

Ancora bellissima. A me la canzone piace tanto.

[@debunkys]

This song remains in my Memories of Italy. I was going to college in Rome when it came out and it was a bunger at the Festivo di San Remo. I think it was 1996-97. This one and I Mie Capelli, then Mi Manca an Italian version of John Waite’s I am missing you.

[@carloartificialintelligence]

Niccolò Fabi's "Capelli" was a great song too.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Che bella la voce!

[@Botafogoplayground]

A wonderful farewell for Italy's entries until 2012...

[@joshukaunarak]

You mean 2011

[@Botafogoplayground]

Mr D. Sure! Sorry! I mixed up the dates ;-)

[@OO-gd7]

Beautiful woman beautiful voice...

[@ponyclub3198]

Sending a song like this and not winning is a perfect excuse to withdraw from the contest. Italy was right. It should have withdran again when Il Volo did not win.

[@ShelleyOurian]

Well, there’s no reason for Italy to withdraw again because they JUST had their third victory this year!

[@ianp7661]

They got there in the end!

[@janeyre82]

Actually, back then Rai would've cut their own nuts with an axe rather than win 🤣🤣🤣

[@orangespark2340]

That's not at all why we withdrew.

[@carolkeating3267]

The clear winner

[@Hemiauchenia]

This and Poland were the best songs in 1997!

[@samuelepomante9612]

Bravissima ale! Orgoglio nazionale

[@TheNathanj2009]

The best that year by miles

[@JaNeZoKu]

Fantastica!

[@pjls1972]

Canção muito bonita, cantora lindíssima! Bravo! Amazing!

[@abrahansaezsanchez9191]

La pena que se despidiera Italia hasta 2011....fue una gran canción,actual y moderna para 1997.

[@MiguelAngel-uh5og]

No llevó bien el cuarto puesto pero era un año con muchísima calidad.

[@PauloCesarLira5]

MY FAVORIIIIITE! And this year is VERY strong, I have at least 7 songs from it on my playlist

[@alphabibo]

goosebumps!

[@stephenluigismith]

still an amazing song x

[@caribbean7667]

Very underrarted, unappreciated song here in Italy but I like it.

[@lillolollo1217]

This song won Sanremo. How is underrapreciated in Italy?!

[@caribbean7667]

@@lillolollo1217, immediately after the victory a slimy smear campaign began here in Italy against the song which was accused of being copied from Roxette's "Listen to your heart". False and defamatory accusation. At the same time, a falsely intellectual campaign began which claimed that the song was ugly and banal, that no one knew the Jalisse, and bla bla bla. All this cut off from the media point of view the Jalisse who were even forced to self-produce the song in the person of the vocalist because all the record companies refused to produce it. The failure to win the Euro Song Contest was also very strange because the European audience was enthusiastic about the song. I assure you that for those who remember these events it was really a disgusting and cowardly thing that was done against the Jalisse and their song.

[@janeyre82]

It was the press and the critics (which is like saying the press) who panned them wildly for months, not Italy or Italians. All the more so as they'd surprisingly won Sanremo thanks to televoting. Wouldn't be a bad idea to make all due distinctions.

[@massimodepalma6557]

Concordo perfettamente con te. Sia in Italia che all’estero Jalisse e non avrebbero sfigurato con questa canzone. Il fatto di essere indipendenti, il fatto di aver vinto contro ogni pronostico a sorpresa, e aggiungiamo anche la volontà della Rai di non accollarsi le spese dell’organizzazione di un Eurovision successivo al lavoro Vittoria hanno fatto sì che questa canzone non vincesse. Per quanto riguarda le polemiche sul presunto plagio… Ma ci sono centinaia di canzoni copiate letteralmente, vuoi vedere che proprio questa era copiata da quella dei Roxette? Ma andatela ad ascoltare Listen to Your Heart …. cosa c’è di simile nelle due canzoni?

[@nacht98]

They should have been 2nd or even 1st..even if I do like the UK's winning song.

[@Botafogoplayground]

I agree with you.

[@escnikolas4773]

😁

[@Jabberwock2012]

До сих пор считаю эту песню лучшей на Евро 97.

[@user-br4ub4sw3w]

Очень похожа им на мою любовь.... Ну, очень похожа. Живёт в Мурманске.

[@HanikSheli]

For me the top5 should have been 1 UK 2 Italy 3 Turkey 4 Cyprus 5 Ireland. Italy was absolute magic and perfection.

[@greenisland75]

My top 6 would be 1 UK 2 Italy 3 Spain 4 Bosnia 5 Turkey 6 Cyprus

[@mickthevan]

Magical, haunting and spellbinding. You are not wrong Seth

[@zosesaylezosesayle5604]

Bellísima canción.

[@nazarenoneno631]

Linda música 🎶 massa demais. Ascolto desde Brasile.la música italiana é mágica.

[@luisfilipe9272]

Bella canzone italiana !!!! Douze points du Portugal.

[@greenisland75]

A beautiful song. If Jalisse had entered this song in any other year in the 1990s and beyond they probably would have won the contest. Unfortunately, for Jalisse the 1997 contest was full of very good songs.

[@carlobrotto7132]

....full of very good songs ?? 😂😂😂😂😂 Like the mediocre, banal, ripped UK's one ?? -:) That's a fine way to justify the decision by Eurovision bosses to award a 1st place in a contest clearly rigged ( as so many times, look at what happened this year with Sweden...).

[@murselavc7724]

ı like this song and singer so cute..so beautiful italiano...ti amo

[@franckvielcazal9799]

Magnifique.

[@Toni_Vidal]

Singer Jalisse looks to Ornella Mutti . Warm love from Azərbaycan

[@poiuytr1373]

Muti* In Italy Mutti is a tomato paste...

[@Toni_Vidal]

@@poiuytr1373 Grazia Mauro per informazione

[@Tenortalker]

Bellisimo

[@antoniopm4242]

hermosa y una gran voz

[@mjstefansson7466]

Truly one of the best ESC entries even if one of the backing singers was Italian Bono.

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

Actually they weren't italian, I think irish, just like Bono!

[@vincenzodaniello1591]

Bella, Brava, Affascinante con una Voce più Unica che Rara Donne prendete Esempio! Molto Bravo anche lui ma lei e'il Top

[@adolfinv.gundin9136]

Amazing!!!

[@SEXYMAN11127]

ITALIA

[@porfiriopascual3885]

Maravillosa, España, Portugal y Chipre ese año fueron preciosas❤

[@aivengoraj]

Могли и победить! Лучше победителя!

[@jrv1326]

I like this a lot

[@ve022]

My winner

[@jasonbo5932]

Insieme ai Treni di Tozeur e la canzone più bella dell’Italia

[@myway2869]

Uma boa canção muito bem interpretada por uma cantora lindíssima de voz cristalina

[@babygrogu845]

This is one of my top 5 ESC entries ever. I don’t understand why many Italians hated it and the rest of Europe loved it. Though I can hear similarity with “Listen to Your Heart”, I still find it moving, emotional and special. When it comes to drama with RAI, I suppose both sides are guilty to some extent, but to me as an outsider Jalisse’s marginalization in the Italian music scene seems quite unfair and undeserved

[@PauloCesarLira5]

What happened?

[@thegoat7773]

Italy doesn't hate them, Rai hates them. They have just become a meme because RAI boycotts them and every year rejects them from Sanremo (because in 1997 ESC they basically had the victory in hand but RAI didn't want to organize Eurovision in Italy)

[@giuseppegigliotta]

That was last Italy exhibition before retiring and then returning in 2011.

[@kaik368]

JALISSE, I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ruibento9840]

Italian princess