Italian song calendar
Days each year when Italian Wikipedia readers look up a song far more than usual: lookups, not plays or sales.
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January
7 entries- 1 JANVa, pensiero
New Year's Day — the Concerto di Capodanno from La Fenice in Venice, broadcast nationally on 1 January, traditionally closes with this Verdi chorus.
- 4 JANQuando
Death of Pino Daniele, 4 January 2015.
- 4 JANSara
Death of Pino Daniele, 4 January 2015.
- 6 JANLa Befana trullallà/In cambio che mi dai
Epiphany (6 January), the Befana holiday.
- 9 JANImmigrato
Anniversary of the single's release by Checco Zalone in January 2019.
- 27 JANAuschwitz
Giorno della Memoria, Italy's Holocaust remembrance day marking the liberation of Auschwitz.
- 27 JANPreghiera in gennaio/Si chiamava Gesù
Anniversary of Luigi Tenco's death, 27 January 1967 — De André wrote it for him.
February
52 entriesSanremo week
51 entriesSanremo week moves every year, so these songs are grouped together; each date is the song’s own lookup peak.
- 5 FEBLa prima cosa bella/...e lavorare
The song competed at Sanremo 1970.
- 6 FEBE non finisce mica il cielo/Voglio te
The song is a Sanremo Festival entry (1982) revived in coverage each festival.
- 6 FEBFai rumore
The 2020 winning entry.
- 6 FEBIl cuore è uno zingaro
Past Sanremo winner (1971 edition).
- 6 FEBLa ragazza con il cuore di latta
Irama's 2019 Sanremo entry.
- 7 FEBBrividi
Winner of Sanremo 2022.
- 7 FEBDi sole e d'azzurro
Giorgia's 2001 Festival-winning entry.
- 7 FEBI giorni dell'arcobaleno/Era di primavera
1972 winning entry.
- 7 FEBNon pensare a me/Vita
Italians revisit past Festival winners (this was the 1967 winning song) while the current edition airs in early February.
- 7 FEBStorie di tutti i giorni/L'amore che verrà
Riccardo Fogli's 1982 Festival-winning entry resurfaces each year as the contest runs in early-to-mid February.
- 7 FEBTi regalerò una rosa
The song won the Festival di Sanremo (2007), so it resurfaces each year as the festival runs in early February.
- 8 FEBChiamami per nome
The song was a Sanremo entry (2021).
- 8 FEBCiao cara come stai?/Vendetta
1974 winning entry.
- 8 FEBGioventù bruciata
Mahmood's Sanremo run.
- 8 FEBSarà quel che sarà
Winning song of the 1983 Festival di Sanremo.
- 8 FEBVola colomba/Papaveri e papere
1952 contest winner and runner-up.
- 9 FEBAbbi cura di te
The song was a Sanremo 2022 competition entry.
- 9 FEBFinalmente piove
Competed in the 2016 Festival di Sanremo.
- 9 FEBFollia d'amore
Festival di Sanremo 2011 entry (Giovani winner).
- 9 FEBIn amore
The song competed at Sanremo 1995.
- 9 FEBLuce (tramonti a nord est)
Elisa's 2001 Festival-winning entry, re-searched each year as the festival airs in early-to-mid February.
- 9 FEBTuo padre, mia madre, Lucia
The song was a Sanremo 2022 competing entry.
- 9 FEBUn milione di cose da dirti
Song was a Sanremo 2021 competing entry.
- 9 FEBZitti e buoni
2021 winning entry.
- 10 FEBAbbi cura di me
The song was a 2019 Festival di Sanremo entry (Simone Cristicchi).
- 10 FEBAddio... Addio.../Lupi e pecorelle
1962 winning song, final night 10 February 1962.
- 10 FEBCorde della mia chitarra
It won the 1957 Festival di Sanremo.
- 10 FEBGrazie dei fiori/Sorrentinella
The record that won the first Sanremo (1951).
- 10 FEBTerra promessa
The song won the Nuove Proposte section of the Festival di Sanremo in 1984, and interest recurs during the festival's February run.
- 11 FEBLa genesi del tuo colore
2021 competition entry.
- 11 FEBMai dire mai (la locura)
The song's Sanremo entry.
- 11 FEBO forse sei tu
Elisa's 2022 Sanremo entry.
- 11 FEBOvunque sarai
Irama's 2022 Festival entry.
- 11 FEBPer tutta la vita
2010 Festival entry.
- 11 FEBSenza pietà
Winner of the 1999 Festival di Sanremo.
- 11 FEBSoldi
Winner of Sanremo 2019.
- 12 FEBAndromeda
The song was Elodie's 2020 Sanremo competition entry.
- 12 FEBArgentovivo
The song competed at Sanremo 2019.
- 12 FEBEden
Rancore's 2020 competing entry.
- 12 FEBLa forza mia
Sanremo Festival 2009 winning song.
- 12 FEBLuca era gay
Povia's controversial 2009 Festival entry gets re-looked-up each Sanremo.
- 12 FEBMalamorenò
Malika Ayane's 2010 Sanremo entry.
- 12 FEBMusica e parole
1998/2008 competition entry resurfaces each February.
- 12 FEBNon è l'inferno
The 2012 Festival winner resurfaces each year as the contest runs.
- 12 FEBVirale
A 2022 Festival di Sanremo competition entry.
- 13 FEBItalia amore mio
The song competed at Sanremo 2010.
- 13 FEBVoce
Madame's 2021 competing entry.
- 15 FEBAdesso tu/Un nuovo amore
Winner of the Festival di Sanremo 1986.
- 19 FEBGrazie dei fiori
Winner of the first Festival di Sanremo, 1951.
- 20 FEBCiao cara come stai?/Vendetta
A 1974 Festival entry (Iva Zanicchi), looked up as the contest runs each February.
- 20 FEBStripper
2022 competition entry.
- 11 FEBLettera di là dal mare
Giorno del Ricordo (10 February), the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus remembrance day Cristicchi's piece is tied to.
March
11 entries- 1 MARCaruso
Death of Lucio Dalla, 1 March 2012.
- 4 MAR4/3/1943
Birthday of Lucio Dalla, born 4 March 1943 — marked annually, especially since his 2012 death.
- 4 MAR4/3/1943/Il fiume e la città
Birthday of Lucio Dalla, born 4 March 1943.
- 4 MARDisperato erotico stomp
Birthday of Lucio Dalla, born 4 March 1943, marked yearly in Italy.
- 8 MAR8 marzo
Festa della Donna / International Women's Day, marked in Italy every 8 March.
- 8 MARDonne/Ti farò morire
Festa della Donna, International Women's Day playlists.
- 8 MARLe donne lo sanno
Festa della Donna (International Women's Day), when this Ligabue track is a standard Italian playlist pick.
- 8 MARQuello che le donne non dicono/Ti ruberò
Festa della Donna, 8 March — standard of Italian Women's Day playlists.
- 8 MARSiamo donne
Festa della donna, 8 March — its perennial Women's Day anthem in Italy.
- 19 MARSei forte papà/Sei già qui
Festa del Papà (19 March), the standard sung on Italian Father's Day.
- 21 MARPrimavera
First day of spring in Italy (21 March), when spring-titled songs are looked up.
April
10 entries- 25 APRAddio a Lugano
Festa della Liberazione, 25 April — sung as part of the Italian anarchist/Resistance-adjacent protest repertoire.
- 25 APRBandiera rossa
Festa della Liberazione, 25 April — sung at Liberation Day commemorations alongside Resistance songs.
- 25 APRBella ciao
Festa della Liberazione, the Resistance anthem.
- 25 APRFigli di nessuno
Festa della Liberazione, Italian Resistance commemoration.
- 25 APRFischia il vento
Festa della Liberazione, the partisan Resistance anthem.
- 25 APRIl silenzio
Festa della Liberazione — bugle call sounded at Italian commemoration ceremonies for the fallen.
- 25 APRLa guerra di Piero
Festa della Liberazione, 25 April — sung and shared as an antiwar/Resistance-day standard.
- 25 APRLa leggenda del Piave
Festa della Liberazione, 25 April — national patriotic anthem played at civic commemorations.
- 25 APROltre il ponte
Festa della Liberazione — sung as a Resistance song.
- 25 APRPer i morti di Reggio Emilia
Festa della Liberazione — part of the antifascist/Resistance song repertoire sung on 25 April.
May
20 entries- 1 MAYAyrton
Anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death at Imola, 1 May 1994 — the Lucio Dalla song dedicated to him.
- 1 MAYComplesso del primo maggio
Festa dei Lavoratori, Italy's 1 May Labour Day holiday and its annual Concerto del Primo Maggio.
- 1 MAYContessa
Festa dei Lavoratori (1 May), the emblematic song of the Italian workers' and student movement.
- 1 MAYEra de maggio
Start of May — Primo Maggio, when this May-titled Neapolitan classic recirculates.
- 8 MAYSul cappello
Adunata Nazionale degli Alpini, the mid-May national gathering of the Alpini, whose marching-song repertoire this belongs to.
- 9 MAYNove maggio
Italy's civic Day of Remembrance for the victims of terrorism, marked every 9 May.
- 10 MAYMadre dolcissima
Festa della Mamma, Italian Mother's Day in mid-May.
- 11 MAYCiao mamma
Festa della Mamma, Italian Mother's Day (second Sunday of May).
- 11 MAYMamma
Festa della Mamma, Italian Mother's Day (second Sunday of May).
- 11 MAYPortami a ballare/Ho fatto l'eroe
Birthday of Luca Barbarossa (born in Rome, 11 May).
- 11 MAYTutte le mamme
Festa della Mamma, Italy's Mother's Day (second Sunday of May).
- 14 MAYFollia d'amore
Eurovision Song Contest final week — Italy's 2011 entry, final held 14 May 2011.
- 14 MAYInsieme: 1992
Eurovision Song Contest final night (mid-May), as Italy's 1990 winning entry.
- 14 MAYL'amore è femmina
Eurovision Song Contest week — the Italian entry of 2012, looked up as each May's contest airs.
- 14 MAYNessun grado di separazione
Eurovision Song Contest final — Italy's 2016 entry, sung at the Stockholm final on 14 May 2016; spikes each year with Eurovision final week.
- 14 MAYNon ho l'età
Eurovision Song Contest final week (mid-May), Italy's first winning entry.
- 14 MAYZitti e buoni
Eurovision Song Contest week, Italy's 2021 winning entry.
- 23 MAYPensa
Anniversary of the Capaci bombing (Giovanni Falcone, 23 May 1992) — the song is a standard at anti-mafia commemorations.
- 23 MAYSignor tenente
Anniversary of the Capaci bombing (Giovanni Falcone, 23 May 1992) and Italy's Giornata della Legalità, which this Sanremo 1994 song is associated with.
- 24 MAYLa leggenda del Piave
Anniversary of Italy's entry into WWI, 24 May 1915 — the patriotic anthem of that war.
June
2 entries- 5 JUNLa Fedelissima
Festa dell'Arma dei Carabinieri, 5 June — official march of the Carabinieri.
- 17 JUNCi vorrebbe un amico/Notte prima degli esami
Eve of the maturità written exams, the traditional students' anthem for that night.
July
2 entries- 1 JULLuglio/Il temporale
Start of July / Italian summer season.
- 7 JULPer i morti di Reggio Emilia
Anniversary of the police killing of five demonstrators in Reggio Emilia, 7 July 1960, during the anti-Tambroni protests.
August
7 entries- 10 AUGLa notte dei desideri
Notte di San Lorenzo, the 10 August night-of-wishes tradition.
- 10 AUGLa notte di San Lorenzo
Notte di San Lorenzo, 10 August — the Italian shooting-star night people mark every year.
- 10 AUGSan Lorenzo
Notte di San Lorenzo, 10 August — the annual feast day/Perseid night the title names.
- 14 AUGLi Candareri
Faradda di li Candelieri in Sassari, held every 14 August.
- 20 AUGAlghero/Occhiali colorati
Peak August holiday season in Italy (Ferragosto week), when this Sardinian-seaside summer hit gets replayed.
- 23 AUGHere's to You
Anniversary of the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, 23 August 1927 — the song was written by Ennio Morricone and Joan Baez for Giuliano Montaldo's film "Sacco e Vanzetti".
- 28 AUGL'estate sta finendo/Prima dell'estate
End of the Italian summer holidays, late August.
October
4 entries- 4 OCTFratello sole sorella luna/Preghiera semplice/Canzone di San Damiano
Feast of St Francis of Assisi, 4 October, patron saint of Italy.
- 23 OCTAvanti ragazzi di Buda
Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which began 23 October 1956.
- 26 OCTLa campana di San Giusto
Anniversary of Trieste's return to Italy, 26 October 1954 — the city's emblematic song.
- 31 OCTLa danza delle streghe
Halloween (31 October), when Italian children's-repertoire witch songs are sought out.
November
6 entries- 1 NOVNovembre
Start of November — the month-named song is revived each 1 November (Ognissanti holiday weekend).
- 2 NOVNun je da' retta Roma
Anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini's death, 2 November 1975 — song associated with his annual Roman commemoration.
- 2 NOVUna storia sbagliata/Titti
Anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini's death, 2 November 1975, which the song was written in connection with.
- 4 NOVLa leggenda del Piave
4 November, Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate — anniversary of the WWI armistice taking effect; the song is a staple of the ceremonies.
- 4 NOVO Gorizia tu sei maledetta
4 November, Giornata dell'Unità Nazionale e delle Forze Armate — anniversary of the WWI armistice; the best-known Italian WWI anti-war song.
- 25 NOVVietato morire
Giornata internazionale contro la violenza sulle donne (25 November) — Ermal Meta's Sanremo 2017 entry is a fixture of that day's campaigns and commemorations.
December
8 entries- 14 DECBuon Natale
Christmas season lookups in the run-up to 25 December.
- 23 DECLacreme napulitane
Christmas season — a Neapolitan Christmas-time standard.
- 24 DECThe Prayer
Christmas Eve — sung as a Christmas-season standard (Bocelli/Dion duet on holiday albums and broadcasts).
- 29 DECTu scendi dalle stelle
Christmas season — the canonical Italian Christmas carol.
- 31 DECAndiamo a comandare
New Year's Eve (Capodanno) party playlists and end-of-year TV recaps of the year's viral hits.
- 31 DECSplendido splendente
New Year's Eve (Capodanno) party and TV playlists.
- 31 DECTutto molto interessante
New Year's Eve (Capodanno) party playlists and year-end recaps of 2016's hits.
- 31 DECVolare
Capodanno / New Year's Eve playlists.
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