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That's Amoreby Dean Martin

Album: Dean Martin Sings (1953)Charted: 2 2 License This Song  songfacts ®

• In Napoli where love is kingWhen boy meets girlHere's what they sayWhen the moon hits your eyeLike a big pizza pie, that's amoreWhen the world seems to shineLike you've had too much wine, that's amoreBells will ring ting-a-ling-a-lingTing-a-ling-a-ling and you'll sing, "Vita bella"Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tayTippy-tippy-tay like a gay tarantellaWhen the stars make you droolJust like a pasta fasul, that's amoreWhen you dance down the streetWith a cloud at your feet, you're in loveWhen you walk down in a dreamBut you know, you're not dreaming, signoreScusami, but you seeBack in old Napoli, that's amoreWhen the moon hits your eyeLike a big pizza pie, that's amoreThat's amoreWhen the world seems to shineLike you've had too much wine, that's amoreThat's amoreBells will ring ting-a-ling-a-lingTing-a-ling-a-ling and you'll sing, "Vita bella" (Vita be-, vita bella)Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tayTippy-tippy-tay like a gay tarantellaLucky fellaWhen the stars make you droolJust like a pasta fasul, that's amoreThat's amoreWhen you dance down the streetWith a cloud at your feet, you're in loveWhen you walk down in a dreamBut you know, you're not dreaming, signoreScusami, but you seeBack in old Napoli, that's amoreAmore, that's amore Writer/s: Harry Warren, Jack Brooks Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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Comments: 11

• Richie from MassholeToni, I owe you an apology. I thought your question was one of the show off variety, and I googled your question to, ummmm... To, uhhh... Well, to shame you is the only reason I can come up with. What a jerk I am! I googled your question for almost 6 minutes straight and came up with nothing. I'm exhausted. Lol. I am sorry I pre-judged you, and I'll get to the bottom of this back up singer business.
• Toni from FloridaOne question - the backup singers, was that norma zimmer and her ensemble?
• Anna Rae from Turin, ItalyThe correct line is "when the stars make you drool just like pasta e fagiol
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1954 {January 10th} "That's Amore" by Dean Martin peaked at #2 {for 4 weeks} on Billboard's 'Best Selling Singles In Stores'* chart, for the four weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for those four weeks was "Oh, My Papa" by Eddie Fisher... And also at the time, "That's Amore" was at position #3 on the Billboard's 'Most-Played Records On Juke Boxes' chart and at position #4 on the Billboard's 'Most-Played Records By Disk Jockeys' chart...Between 1948 and 1969 the Steubenville, Ohio native had thirty-nine records on the Billboard charts, seven made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Memories Are Made of This" for 6 weeks in 1956 and "Everybody Loves Somebody" for 1 week in 1964...Two of his seven Top 10 records peaked right at #10, "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" in 1949 and "I Will" in 1965...He just missed having an eighth Top 10 record when his "I'll Always Love You" peaked at #11 in 1950...Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, passed away at the age of 78 on Christmas Day of 1995...May he R.I.P.* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the 'Best Selling Singles In Stores' Top 10 on January 10th, 1954:At #3. "Rags To Riches" by Tony Bennett#4. "Changing Partners" by Patti Page#5. "Stranger In Paradise" by the Four Aces#6. "Stranger In Paradise" by Tony Bennett#7. "Ricochet" by Teresa Brewer#8. "Secret Love" by Doris Day#9. "What It Was, Was Football (Parts 1 and II)" by Deacon Andy Griffith#10. "Heart of My Heart" by the Four Aces
• Carolyn from California, Central ValleyJust watched ''Moonstruck" with Cher and Dennis Quade on this Sunday afternoon. The movie ended with Dean Martin singing, Thats Amore. Great movie and great song.
• Cherilyn from Houston/beaumont TexasGreat song. I have the movie The Caddy. That song should have won the Oscar though. I like Secret Love when the song went gold Jerry gave Dean the gold record on the set of The Colgate Comedy Hour.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyThis song was nominated for Best Song at the 1953 Academy Awards!!! {The song that won was "Secret Love"}
• Alice Moyer from White Plains, NyMy Daddy taught me the words to this song when I was little in White Plains, New York where I grew up. We were at a Italian restaurant when it came on the jukebox and he kept putting quarters in and playing it over and over till he taught it to me. No one could sing it better than Daddy & Dean, Not even Jerry & Dean LOL!Alice Moyer, White Plains, NY
• Lalah from Wasilla, AkWe sing this at weddings, karoke bars and pubs. You can get the crowd at any football game to sing it and I once got half a bus to sing it. I've even sung it in church. And you can't help but smile when singing it. It's an American classic. We know it better than the words to our national anthem
• Larry from Coral Springs, FlVery romantic classic.
• Andy from Halesowen, West Midlands, United KingdomNice romantic classic. I would imagine many of us who have been "smitten" at one time or another can relate to it. Works just the same in Newcastle, New York, Nashville, Nurnberg, Nairobi or New Delhi as it does in Naples :))

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