Tornerò (I Santo California song)


"Tornerò" 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. The song has been covered by numerous artists in various languages.

Track listing

  • '''7" single'''

"Volveré"

"Volveré" is the Spanish-language version first sung by Argentine singer, Diego Verdaguer. It was included on the album Volveré. It debuted and peaked at number 5 on Billboards Latin Digital Song Sales following his death in 2022.
His version was later covered by K-Paz de la Sierra for their album Pensando En Ti. It peaked at number 6 in the same year on Billboards Hot Latin Tracks chart. The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2006 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards.

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Hot Latin Tracks6

Other cover versions

  • In 1975 Michael Holm recorded the song in German as Wart' auf mich for his album Wenn ein Mann ein Mädchen liebt. The song charted at no. 4 in Germany and no. 7 in Switzerland.
  • Flemish singer Willy Sommers recorded the single of the song in Dutch as Kom terug text by Jan De Vuyst, for the 1995 album Profumo d'amore . His version reached no. 30 in Belgium.
  • Amanda Lear covered the song as "I'll Miss You" for her 1995 album Alter Ego.
  • In 2009, Austrian singer Sandra Stumptner contributed lyrics to a new German-language cover of the song, "1000 Träume weit ". The single, released under the pseudonym Antonia aus Tirol, charted at no. 89 in Germany. 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.