"Insieme: 1992" | ||||
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Single by Toto Cutugno | ||||
B-side | "Instrumental" | |||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Salvatore Cutugno | |||
Producer(s) | Number Two | |||
Toto Cutugno singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1990 entry | ||||
Country | ||||
Artist(s) | Salvatore Cutugno | |||
As | ||||
With | Pepel in kri | |||
Language | ||||
Composer(s) | Salvatore Cutugno | |||
Lyricist(s) | Salvatore Cutugno | |||
Conductor | Gianni Madonini | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 1st | |||
Final points | 149 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Avrei voluto" (1989) | ||||
"Comme è ddoce 'o mare" (1991) ► |
"Insieme: 1992" (Italian pronunciation: [inˈsjɛːme ˌmilleˌnɔveˈtʃɛnto noˌvantaˈduːe]; "Together: 1992") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, performed in Italian by Toto Cutugno for Italy, the country's second victory in the contest.
Cutugno sang about bringing the disparate nations of Europe together. The "1992" of the title refers to the year in which the European Union was scheduled to begin operation, thus bringing the hope of the lyric to fruition. Cutugno sang the song with a backing group of five singers from Slovenia, the group Pepel in kri , who had represented Yugoslavia in 1975.
The song was performed nineteenth on the night, following Sweden's Edin-Ådahl with " Som en vind" and preceding Austria's Simone with " Keine Mauern mehr". At the close of voting, it had received 149 points, placing 1st in a field of 22.
As Slovenian backup singer Tadej Hrušovar remembers: "The first rehearsal was a total disaster, that's why I offered to re-arrange the song by myself. Cotugno told us (backup singers) let's just get over with it, nothing good will come out of this. We rehearsed backvocals kicking intro 'Insieme, unite, unite, Europe' really poorly for quite some time. Delegations from other countries looked at us really strangely and I was really embarrassed. I had enough and told Cotugno, that's it I will do appropriate rearrangment of the song all by mself. We can't just fool around, our band (Pepel in kri) has a great reputation in Yugoslavia. So i did correct the arrangement and studied it with the other band members. After two days we had the second rehearsal and when we 'hit' that kick intro, Cotugno turned around with his mouth open, couldn't believe how powerful it sounds. Then panic also started among the rest of the delegations, who didn't take us seriously before. Then suddenly they started coming up to us, asking who we are". [1]
All from Slovenia, standing from left to right on Eurovision stage:
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France ( SNEP) [23] | Silver | 200,000* |
Switzerland ( IFPI Switzerland) [24] | Gold | 25,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |