"Tornerò" (
Italian for "I Will Return") is a song by the Italian musical group
I Santo California, released in 1974 as their debut single. The following year, the down-tempo love ballad became a number-one hit in Italy as well as a top five hit in
German speaking countries. In Italy, it spent 3 consecutive weeks at no. 1 in June and July 1975, and was certified gold. In Switzerland, it remained at the top for 6 consecutive weeks in September and October 1975, and was the best-selling single of the year there.[1] The song has been
covered by numerous artists in various languages.
"Volveré" (Spanish for "I Will Return") is the Spanish-language version first sung by Argentine singer,
Diego Verdaguer. It was included on the album Volveré (1976). It debuted and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's
Latin Digital Song Sales following his death in 2022.[8]
In 1975
Michael Holm recorded the song in German as Wart' auf mich (Du, wenn ich dich verlier') (
Ariola, 16 225 AT) for his album Wenn ein Mann ein Mädchen liebt (
Ariola, 55 606 DT). The song charted at no. 4 in Germany and no. 7 in Switzerland.[11]
Flemish singer
Willy Sommers recorded the single of the song in Dutch as Kom terug text by Jan De Vuyst, (
Philips Records, 856 780-2) for the 1995 album Profumo d'amore (Scent of love) (
Philips Records, 526 590-2). His version reached no. 30 in Belgium.[12]
In 2009, Austrian singer Sandra Stumptner contributed lyrics to a new German-language cover of the song, "1000 Träume weit (Tornerò)". The single, released under the pseudonym Antonia aus Tirol, charted at no. 89 in Germany.[14] She re-recorded the song in duet with Sascha Heyna in 2013.
Anna-Maria Zimmermann covered Antonia aus Tirol's version of the song reaching no. 68 in Germany in 2009.[15]