The idea behind this quartet's creation came to Simon Cowell after listening to Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's rendition of "Con Te Partirò." He realized he loved lyrical voices but not opera, so he decided to form a multinational quartet (France, Switzerland, Spain, and United States) that sounded like The Three Tenors but sang pop songs and looked like handsome Armani models.
With this idea, Cowell commenced a worldwide search for young singers who were willing to embark on the Il Divo project. His search lasted two years, from 2001 until December 2003, when the fourth member of Il Divo, American tenor David Miller, was signed. The well-established formation of Il Divo comprises a renowned Spanish opera and zarzuela baritone, Carlos Marín, a French pop singer, Sébastien Izambard, and two classically trained tenors, Swiss Urs Bühler and American David Miller. Recording of their first album started in the first half of 2004 in Sweden.
The group's debut album, the self-named Il Divo, contains renditions of Frank Sinatra's hit "My Way (A Mi Manera)," Toni Braxton's hit "Unbreak My Heart (Regresa a Mi)," an adaptation of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack titled "Gabriel's Oboe" from the movie La Misión titled "Nella Fantasia" and several songs sung in Spanish, English, Italian, and Portuguese ("Volta Pra Mim"), including 1994's San Remo Festival winner "Passerà."
Il Divo hit the #1 slot on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com after a breakout career-defining appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 5, 2005, where the quartet performed its interpretation of "Unbreak My Heart."
In the United Kingdom, the Il Divo album topped Robbie Williams as number 1 in the UK charts (allegedly Williams said to them during the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film premiere, "Oi, you're the bastards that knocked me off!"). This multiplatinum-selling CD became number one in the charts in a total of 13 countries around the world, and achieved top 5 placing in 25 countries.
Il Divo's second album, Ancora, was recorded in both Sweden and London with world-renowned recording giants Per Magnusson and David Kreuger and producer Steve Mac, who was also the producer of their first album. Released on November 7, 2005 in the UK, it hit number one both in the UK and Australia within one week. Ancora was released in the US on January 24, 2006. It entered the Billboard albums chart at number 1, selling more than 150,000 copies during its first week of sales.
Highlights on Ancora include "Isabel," "I Believe In You," a duet with Céline Dion, and Il Divo's cover of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself (Solo Otra Vez)." Two of the tracks on this CD, "O Holy Night" and "Ave Maria," appear on the 2005 US-only release, Christmas Collection.
Il Divo was the perfomer of the 2006 FIFA World Cup official song "A Time of Our Lives."
Dentro un Altro Si
Il Divo Lyrics
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Cambia forma e poi
Piano se ne va
Così rimaniamo qui
Indifesi noi
Persi e fragili
Noi che eravamo così simili
Ma io lo ritroverò l'amore che non ho
Per le vie del mondo
Io ti ritroverò
Prima o poi così
Dentro un altro sì
Io avrò la forza per
Trovare l'energia
Nella vita mia
Rinascerò da questi brividi
In territori vasti e liberi
Ed io la ritroverò l'amore che non ho
Per le vie del mondo
Io ti ritroverò
Prima o poi così
Dentro un altro sì
Io la ritroverò l'amore che non ho
Per le vie del mondo
Io ti ritroverò
Prima o poi così
Prima o poi così (prima o poi dentro un altro sì)
The lyrics of Il Divo's song "Dentro un Altro Si" explore the idea of love changing and evolving within us. The opening lines suggest that love can change its form and fade away slowly, leaving us defenseless, lost, and fragile. The singer remembers a time when they were fearless and limitless, and feels that they will find the love they have been missing by searching the streets of the world.
The singer expresses a desire to find the strength to search for the missing love, take energy from life, and be reborn from their shivers with a sense of freedom in new and vast territories. The lyrics end on a hopeful note, with the singer confident that they will find the love they have been searching for somewhere, someday, inside another yes.
Overall, the song portrays the idea that love is a changing and evolving force in our lives, and that it is possible to find it again despite feeling lost and alone.
Line by Line Meaning
Sai l'amore cambia in noi
Love changes within us
Cambia forma e poi
It changes its shape and then
Piano se ne va
Slowly fades away
Così rimaniamo qui
Leaving us here
Indifesi noi
Defenseless us
Persi e fragili
Lost and fragile
Noi che eravamo così simili
We who were so similar
Senza paure, senza limiti
Without fear, without limits
Ma io lo ritroverò l'amore che non ho
But I will find the love I do not have
Per le vie del mondo
Along the streets of the world
Io ti ritroverò
I will find you
Prima o poi così
Sooner or later, like this
Dentro un altro sì
Inside another yes
Io avrò la forza per
I will have the strength to
Trovare l'energia
Find the energy
Nella vita mia
Within my life
Rinascerò da questi brividi
I will be reborn from these shudders
In territori vasti e liberi
In vast and free territories
Ed io la ritroverò l'amore che non ho
And I will find the love I do not have
Prima o poi così
Sooner or later, like this
Prima o poi così (prima o poi dentro un altro sì)
Sooner or later, like this (sooner or later, inside another yes)
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DON BLACK, ANDREW GERARD HILL, ALFREDO RAPETTI
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