Marianne (Sergio Endrigo song)

"Marianne"
Eurovision Song Contest 1968 entry
Country	Italy
Artist(s)	Sergio Endrigo
Language	Italian
Composer(s)	Sergio Endrigo
Lyricist(s)	Sergio Endrigo
Finals performance
Final result	10th
Final points	7
Appearance chronology
◄ "Non andare più lontano" (1967)
"Due grosse lacrime bianche" (1969) ►

"Marianne" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Italian by Sergio Endrigo.

The song is a ballad, with Endrigo expressing his love for the title character. He sings, however, that she never stays with him, and he wonders about what she is doing. Nonetheless, his feelings for her remain unaltered.

The song was performed eleventh on the night (following France's Isabelle Aubret with "La source" and preceding the United Kingdom's Cliff Richard with "Congratulations)". At the close of voting, it had received 7 points, placing it 10th in a field of 17.

Following the Contest, it was rewritten in English by Mike Sammes and Bill Owen for Cliff Richard to perform. Richard recorded a minor hit with his rendition of the song.

It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1969 Contest by Iva Zanicchi with "Due grosse lacrime bianche".

External links

• Marianne at The Originals

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Albums (UK)	1950s: Cliff (1959, live) Cliff Sings (1959) 1960s: Me and My Shadows (1960) 21 Today (1961) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) The Young Ones (1962, soundtrack) Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) When in Spain (1963) Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1964, stage show album) Cliff Richard (1965) When in Rome (1965) Love is Forever (1965) Kinda Latin Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) Cinderella (1967, soundtrack) Don't Stop Me Now (1967) Good News (1967, gospel) Cliff in Japan (1968, live) Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) Established 1958 (1968) Sincerely Cliff (1969) 1970s: About that Man (1970, gospel) His Land (1970, gospel) Cliff: Live at the Talk of the Town (1970, live) Tracks 'n Grooves (1970) Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) Help It Along (1974, gospel) The 31st February Street (1974) I'm Nearly Famous (1976) Every Face Tells a Story (1977) Small Corners (1978, gospel) Green Light (1978) Thank You Very Much (1979, live) Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) 1980s: I'm No Hero (1980) Wired for Sound (1981) Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1982, gospel) Dressed for the Occasion (1983, live) Silver (1983) The Rock Connection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Stronger (1989) 1990s: From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) Together with Cliff Richard (1991) The Album (1993) Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) Heathcliff Live (1996, stage show album, live) Real as I Wanna Be (1998) 2000s: Wanted (2001) Live at the ABC Kingston, 1962 (2002, live) Cliff at Christmas (2003) Something's Goin' On (2004) Cliff Richard - The World Tour (2004, live) Two's Company The Duets (2006) Love... The Album (2007, Part new songs, part compilation) Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009) 2010s: Bold as Brass (2010) Soulicious (2011) The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook (2013) Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll (2016)
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Filmography	Serious Charge (1959) Expresso Bongo (1959) The Young Ones (Soundtrack album) (1961) Summer Holiday (Soundtrack album) (1963) Wonderful Life (Soundtrack album) (1964) Finders Keepers (1966) Two a Penny (1967) Take Me High (1973)
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Cliff Richard singles discography
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" (1959)
1960s	"Please Don't Tease" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms..." (1961) "The Young Ones" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968)
1970s	"Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "Yesterday Once More" (2006) "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Mistletoe and Wine" (re-entry) (2008) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016)
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