"L'amore è un attimo" ("Love is a moment") is a song recorded by Italian singer

Massimo Ranieri Giovanni Calone (born 3 May 1951), known professionally as Massimo Ranieri, is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, the fifth of eight children ...

. It in the

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, placing fifth. The song was released on Ranieri's album, ''Via del Conservatorio'', and released through CGD in Italy, and

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internationally.

Releases

The B-side of the single has the song "A Lucia". Ranieri also recorded the song in German as "Die Liebe ist ein Traum''"'' ("Love is a Dream"), in English as "Goodbye My Love", in Spanish as "Perdón cariño mío" ("Sorry My Darling") and in French as ''Pour un instant d'amour'' ("For a moment of love")''.''

At Eurovision

The song in the

, held on 3 April at the Gaiety Theatre in

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. With this song Ranieri participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performing as the eleventh song before " Vita vidder" by the Swedish group Family Four. It scored 91 points, finishing fifth overall. The orchestra was conducted by Enrico Polito.

Charts

References

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