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Volare is the Latin and Italian verb to fly; adding an acute accent on the final e (volaré) it is also the Spanish word for I will fly. It may refer to:

  • "Volare" (song), a popular Italian song
  • Volare Airlines, an Italian airline
  • Volare Airlines (Ukraine), a Ukrainian cargo airline
  • Plymouth Volaré, a model of automobile
  • Volare roller coaster, a ride manufactured by Zamperla
Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" (; literally "In the blue that is painted blue"), popularly known as "Volare" (meaning "To fly"), is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958.

Winning the eighth Sanremo Music Festival, the song was chosen as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958, where it won third place out of ten songs in total. The combined sales of all the versions of the song exceed 22 million copies worldwide, making it one of the most popular Eurovision songs of all time and the most successful Sanremo Music Festival song ever.

It spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in August and September 1958 and was Billboard's number-one single for the year. Modugno's recording subsequently became the first Grammy winner for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1958.

The song was later translated in several languages and it was recorded by a wide range of performers, including Bobby Rydell, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Jerry Vale, David Bowie, Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Dalida, Gipsy Kings, Chico & the Gypsies, Deana Martin and Barry White.

Volare (Deana Martin album)

Volare is the second studio album recorded by Deana Martin. The album was released in 2009 by Big Fish Records.