Tornerò (I Santo California song) explained

Tornerò
Type:	single
Artist:	I Santo California
Album:	Se davvero mi vuoi bene... Tornerò
B-Side:	Se davvero mi vuoi bene
Released:	1974
Genre:	Pop
Length:	4:07
Label:	Yep, Philips, Ariola
Next Title:	Un angelo
Next Year:	1975

"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.

Track listing

• 7" single

A. "Tornerò" – 4:07

B. "Se davvero mi vuoi bene" – 3:25

Chart performance

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
Austria^[2]	4
Belgium (Wallonia)^[3]	4
France^[4]	44
West Germany^[5]	2
Italy^[6]	1
Switzerland^[7]	1

"Volveré"

Volveré
Type:	single
Artist:	Diego Verdaguer
Album:	Volveré
B-Side:	Partiré en Una Vieja Barca
Released:	1976
Length:	3:58
Label:	Music Hall
Next Title:	Yo pescador de amor
Next Year:	1976

"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 Billboards Latin Digital Song Sales following his death in 2022.^[8]

His version was later covered by K-Paz de la Sierra for their album Pensando En Ti (2004). It peaked at number 6 in the same year on Billboards Hot Latin Tracks chart.^[9] The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2006 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards.^[10]

Chart performance

Diego Verdaguer version! Chart (2022)! Peak
position

Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales	5

K-Paz de la Sierra version! Chart (2004)! Peak
position

	6

Other cover versions

• 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]
• Amanda Lear covered the song as "I'll Miss You" for her 1998 album Back in Your Arms.^[13]
• 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss Year-End Charts 1975 . www.swisscharts.com . German . 2018-03-30.
2. Web site: Discographie I Santo California . austriancharts.at . German . 2012-03-09.
3. Web site: Swiss Charts .
4. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par I . infodisc.fr . French . 2018-03-29.
5. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . www.offiziellecharts.de . German . 2018-03-29.
6. Web site: Indice per Interprete: S . www.hitparadeitalia.it . Italian . 2012-03-09.
7. Web site: I Santo California - Torneró . hitparade.ch . German . 2012-03-09.
8. Web site: Diego Vergaguer. Billboard. 2024-06-25. To use the chart, select "Latin Digital Song Sales".
9. Gwen Goes Indie Route. 37. 2015-04-16. 117. 6. Billboard . 0006-2510 .
10. Web site: Univision anuncia los nominados para 'Premio Lo Nuestro' 2006 . https://archive.today/20121208210433/http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=es&id=5336 . dead . 2012-12-08 . Spanish . 2005-12-12 . 2024-06-25.
11. Web site: Michael Holm - Wart' auf mich (Du, wenn ich dich verlier') . hitparade.ch . German . 2018-03-29.
12. Web site: Willy Sommers - Kom terug . www.ultratop.be . Dutch . 2018-03-29.
13. Web site: Amanda Lear - I'll Miss You. Dutch Charts. 2024-06-25.
14. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . www.offiziellecharts.de . German . 2018-03-29.
15. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . www.offiziellecharts.de . German . 2018-03-29.