The song has been interpreted by a great number of singers with notable recordings by Javier Solis, Alberto Vázquez, Connie Francis, Los Marcellos Ferial, Pablo Montero, Raffaella Carrà.
Mexican singer Luis Miguel covered the song on his album Soy Como Quiero Ser in 1987 which was produced by Juan Carlos Calderón.
[5] Character Bruno Cortona, played by Vittorio Gassman in the classic Il Sorpasso (1962) sings, in Spanish, the first verse of "Cuando Calienta el sol" in a beach scene.
[6] The English lyrics are not a translation of the original lyrics: The song was adapted into French language as "Quand le soleil était là" and was recorded by a great number of artists in French including Bob Azzam, John William [fr], Florence Passy and Rosy Armen (all in 1962), Ginette Ravel (1963), and Gloria Lasso.
There are many language interpretations including by Lola Novakovic as "Zalazak sunca" (in Serbo-Croat), and Croat singers Trio Tividi and Gabi Novak as "Kad zalazi sunce".