L'amore è un attimo

"L'amore è un attimo" ("Love is a moment") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed in Italian by Massimo Ranieri.

"L'amore è un attimo"
Eurovision Song Contest 1971 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Enrico Polito
Lyricist(s)
Conductor
Enrico Polito
Finals performance
Final result
5th
Final points
91
Entry chronology
◄ "Occhi di ragazza" (1970)
"I giorni dell'arcobaleno" (1972) ►

The song is a ballad, in which Ranieri attempts to write a letter to his lover ending their relationship. He repeats the phrase "you said that the one who can tear us apart will never be born" and also tells her that "life is a storm, stronger than us" in his attempts to rationalise the breakup. It appears that he is as despondent about the end of the relationship as he believes she will be, but no reason for it is offered.

The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Belgium's Jacques Raymond & Lily Castel with Goeiemorgen, morgen and preceding Sweden's Family Four with Vita vidder). At the close of voting, it had received 91 points, placing 5th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1972 contest by Nicola di Bari with "I giorni dell'arcobaleno".

This was also the first year that the ESC decided to have preview videos promoting the songs competing in the contest. Ranieri's video was apparently filmed in color in 1970, but the Italian TV network, RAI, did not convert to color TV until 1977.

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