Con te partirò

"Con te partirò" (Italian: [kon ˈte ppartiˈrɔ]; "With You I Shall Depart"), also known as "Por ti Volare", is an Italian song written by <a href="/facts/Francesco_Sartori/2UlPBtRb">Francesco Sartori</a> (music) and <a href="/facts/Lucio_Quarantotto/z9etmqX4">Lucio Quarantotto</a> (lyrics). It was first performed by <a href="/facts/Andrea_Bocelli/BAN9kWbg">Andrea Bocelli</a> at the <a href="/facts/Sanremo_Music_Festival_1995/fF5Dr4x8">1995 Sanremo Music Festival</a> and recorded on his album of the same year, <a href="/facts/Bocelli_(album)/FsNvRy3t">Bocelli</a>. The single was first released as an <a href="/facts/A-side_and_B-side/b3X26oFc">A-side</a> single with "<a href="/facts/Vivere_(Dare_to_Live)/5pHAFVMW">Vivere</a>" in 1995, topping the charts, first in France, where it became one of the <a href="/facts/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_France/pk7ss0Dk">best-selling singles of all-time</a>, and then in Belgium, breaking the all-time record sales there.
A second version of the song, sung partly in <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>, released in 1996 as "Time to Say Goodbye", paired Bocelli with British <a href="/facts/Soprano/CeoEVKTQ">soprano</a> <a href="/facts/Sarah_Brightman/3S2E2qez">Sarah Brightman</a>, and achieved even greater success, topping charts all across Europe, including Germany, where it became the biggest-selling single in history. Brightman and Bocelli produced a version with Brightman singing in <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a> and Bocelli in <a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a>, with this version being available on the CD <a href="/facts/Timeless_(Sarah_Brightman_album)/j2bkn5VJ">Time to Say Goodbye</a>. That version alone has now sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the <a href="/facts/List_of_best-selling_singles/wP7Ak2lq">best-selling singles of all time</a>.

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