ARRIVEDERCI ROMA in the world
Renato Rascel released Arrivederci Roma in September 1954, and the song was an immediate crowd-pleaser, also because it was part of that wave of tourist songs set in Italian places that were famous the world over (with some terms in English and French) typical of the 1950s. This characteristic quickly grabbed the attention of foreign artists who immediately began, already in 1955, to perform the song in their languages, which meant that Arrivederci Roma was able to move through the decades without losing any of its shine. Below we provide a fairly extensive (but certainly not exhaustive) list that gives us an idea of how much the song was appreciated throughout Europe and also in the United States of America. The instrumental versions (very numerous, probably more than the sung versions) performed by orchestras (more or less famous) all over the world are excluded from the list, because we were mainly interested in documenting the song’s spread in various languages.
Saavuthan Jälleen Roomaan – Olavi Virta – 1955 – in Finnish
Goodbye to Rome – Giorgia Gibbs – 1955 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma – The Norman Luboff Choir – 1955 – in English
Arrivederci Darling, Arrivederci Roma – Katyna Ranieri – 1955 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye to Rome) – Ralph Young – 1955 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma – Ulla Christenson – 1955 – in Swedish
Arrivederci Roma – Lys Assia – 1955 – in German
A Rivederci Roma – Fred Bertelmann – 1955 – in German
Arrivederci, Roma – Klaus Groß & Die Ping-Pongs – 1955 – in German
Arrivederci Roma – Gerhard Wendland – 1955 – in German
Na Shledanou, ?íme – Milan Chadlil – 1956 – in Czechoslovakian
Jo? jednom dovi?enja – Zvonimir Krklju? – 1956 – in Croatian
Arrivederci, Roma – Gustav Winckler – 1956 – in Danish
Saavuthan Jälleen Roomaan – Metro-Tytöt- 1956 – in Finnish
Arrivederci Roma – Georges Blanes – 1956 – in French
Arrivederci, Roma – Lucienne Delyle – 1956 – in French
Arrivedercì Roma – Les Quatre De Paris – 1956 – in French
Arrivederci Roma – Claude Robin – 1956 – in French
Arrivederci Roma – Jo Stafford – 1956 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Nora Brockstedt – 1956 – in Norwegian
Arrivederci Roma – Janusz Gniatkowski – 1956 – in Polish
Arrivederci Roma – Neuza Maria – 1956 – in Portuguese
Arrivederci RomaI – Brita Borg – 1956 – in Swedish
Arrivederci Roma – Nora Brockstedt – 1956 – in Swedish
Arrivederci, Roma – Die Sunshines – 1956 – in German
Arrivederci Roma – Jozef Boráros – 1957 – in Czechoslovakian
Au revoir, Rome – Michelle Verneuil – 1957 – in French
Arrivederci Roma – Carmen Cavallaro – 1958 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye to Rome) – Vic Damone – 1958 – in English
Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye Rome) – Joni James – 1958 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Jane Morgan – 1958 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma – Roger Williams – 1958 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Tony Wilson – 1958 – in English
Hasta la vista Roma! – Nat King Cole – 1958 – in Spanish
Arrivederci, Roma – Yoland Guérard – 1959 – in French
Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome) – The Four Aces – 1959 – in English
Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome) – The Gaylords – 1959 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma (Goodbye to Rome) – Sam Cooke – 1960 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Jimmy Mosby – 1960 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Anita Bryant – 1961 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Jane Morgan – 1961 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma – Teddy Randazzo – 1961 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – The Four Amigos – 1961 – in Spanish
Arrivederci, Roma – Dean Martin – 1962 – in English
Arrivederci, Roma – Jerry Vale – 1963 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Johnny Matis – 1965 – in English
Goodbye to Rome – Perry Como – 1966 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Solomon King – 1968 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Felicia Weathers – 1968 – in German
Arrivederci Roma – Freddy Quinn – 1973 – in German
Arrivederci Roma – Margot Eskesn – 1975 – in German
Arrivederci, Roma – Karel Gott – 1981 – in German
Saavuthan Jälleen Roomaan – Markku Arokanto – 1983 – in Finnish
Arrivederci Roma – Christophe – 1983 – in French
Arrivederci Roma (Au revoir, Rome) – Lydia Scotty – 1992 – in French
Arrivederci Roma – Die Flippers – 1996 – in German
Geen vaarwel Italië – Wendy Van Wanten – 1997 – in Dutch
Saavuthan Jälleen Roomaan – Pirkka-Pekka Petelius – 2002 – in Finnish
Arrivederci Roma – Deana Martin – 2009 – in English
Arrivederci Roma – Bjørn Tidmand – 2010 – in Danish
Saavuthan Jälleen Roomaan – Hannu Verta – 2010 – in Finnish
Arrivederci Roma – Patricia Nesci – 2016 – in English
Arrivederci Roma! – Götz Alman – 2017 – in German
Arrivederci Roma – Il Volo – 2019 – in English