[1] It was first performed during the 15th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, in January 1965, when Italian singer Bobby Solo and American folk band The New Christy Minstrels performed two different versions of the song, winning the competition.

The song was performed thirteenth on the night, following Portugal's Simone de Oliveira with "Sol de inverno" and preceding Denmark's Birgit Brüel with "For din skyld".

The song is a love ballad, with Solo telling his lover that he feels the same way she does because of the closeness of their relationship.

It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1966 contest by Domenico Modugno with "Dio, come ti amo".

[citation needed] In 2005, the band Deerhoof released an electronic/experimental reworking of the song on a non-album single.