Fai rumore (translation: Make noise) was to have been the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam performed by Diodato after winning the 70th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Despite not being able to compete the song at Eurovision, Diodato performed the song as an interval act during the first semifinal of the 2022 contest in Turin.
Lyrics[]
Sai che cosa penso
Che non dovrei pensare
Che se poi penso sono un animale
E se ti penso tu sei un’anima
Ma forse è questo temporale
Che mi porta da te
E lo so non dovrei farmi trovare
Senza un ombrello anche se
Ho capito che
Per quanto io fugga
Torno sempre a te
Che fai rumore qui
E non lo so se mi fa bene
Se il tuo rumore mi conviene
Ma fai rumore sì
Che non lo posso sopportare
Questo silenzio innaturale
Tra me e te
E me ne vado in giro senza parlare
Senza un posto a cui arrivare
Consumo le mie scarpe
E forse le mie scarpe
Sanno bene dove andare
Che mi ritrovo negli stessi posti
Proprio quei posti che dovevo evitare
E faccio finta di non ricordare
E faccio finta di dimenticare
Ma capisco che
Per quanto io fugga
Torno sempre a te
Che fai rumore qui
E non lo so se mi fa bene
Se il tuo rumore mi conviene
Ma fai rumore sì
Che non lo posso sopportare
Questo silenzio innaturale
Tra me e te
Ma fai rumore sì
Che non lo posso sopportare
Questo silenzio innaturale
E non ne voglio fare a meno oramai
Di quel bellissimo rumore che fai
You know what I think
I shouldn't think
What if I think I'm an animal
And if I think of you you're a soul
But maybe it's this storm
That brings me to you
And I know I don't I should be found
Without an umbrella even though
I understood that
As much as I run away
I always come back to you
What noise you make here
And I don't know if it does me good
If your noise suits me
But you make noise yes
That I can't stand it
This unnatural silence
Between you and me
And I walk around without talking
Without a place to get
I wear my shoes
And maybe my shoes
They know where to go
That I find myself in the same places
Just those places I had to avoid
And I pretend not to remember
And I pretend to forget
But I understand that
As much as I run away
I always come back to you
What noise you make here
And I don't know if it does me good
If your noise suits me
But you make noise yes
That I can't stand
this unnatural silence
Between you and me
But you make noise yes
That I can't stand
this unnatural silence
And I don't want to do without now
Of that beautiful noise you make
Trivia[]
- People sang "Fai rumore" among other songs to keep their spirits up during the national lockdown in Italy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This event inspired the EBU to create the Europe Shine a Light special.
- It placed the highest of all the 2020 entries on the ESC Top 250 despite the cancellation of the 2020 contest, entering the chart at #8.
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