Another San Remo entry in 1987 resulted in ninth place for "Come dentro un film", which was also the title of the first album he released for CBS in the same year.

[1] In 1988, Barbarossa was chosen by broadcaster RAI as the Italian Eurovision representative with the song "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" ("Alive (I Write to You)").

[2] He went forward to the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April in Dublin, where "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" finished in 12th place of 21 entries.

[1] Barbarossa would take part in the festival two more times: in 2011, and 7 years later: the first song was Fino in Fondo, performed as a duet with Spanish singer Raquel del Rosario.

The song came in 8th, and after Sanremo ended he published a compilation called Barbarossa Social Club, in collaboration with artists like Max Gazzè and Roy Paci, among others.