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"Quando, Quando, Quando" is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style, with music written by Tony Renis and lyrics by Alberto Testa. American entertainer Pat Boone, who recorded the song in 1962, is listed in some sources as the writer of its English-language lyrics, but other sources, including the Songwriters Hall of Fame, say veteran songwriter Ervin Drake was the lyricist.
The title translates as "When, When, When".
The song has been used and remixed by many artists and in many different arrangements. The most notable rendition in English was by pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck. In 2005, Michael Bublé performed the song as a duet with Nelly Furtado. There is an instrumental Latin version by Edgardo Cintron and The Tiempos Noventa Orchestra. The song was a 1962 Billboard Top 100 entry by Pat Boone.
Quando is the only Italian word normally retained in most English-language renditions of the song.
Pat Boone sang the starting piece in a good Italian accent but then carried on the rest of it in English, repeating every now and again some Italian words. The Italian words sung by Boone:
Quando
il mio amore torner? da me
nel cielo
una stella splender?
s'e' spenta da quando
il mio sogno e' svanito
da quando il mio amore
fugg? da me
Quando
il mio amore torner? da me
nel mare
una perla nascer?
saranno le lacrime
che ha pianto la stella
nel veder solo e triste
il mio cuor
Quando
il mio amore torner? da me
nell'aria
un violino suoner?
la musica dolce
scender? nel mio cuore
ed il tempo si fermer?
solo quando