Variety honored Andrea Bocelli with its inaugural achievement in international music award yesterday at his Madison Square Garden show
via Decca U.K. to handle Bocelli’s recordings, was sure the song would work for the Italian tenor. They just needed the right opportunity.“If Only” came from two of his publishing company’s writers, Lucio Quarantotto and Francesco Sartori, who had put Bocelli on the international map with “Time to Say Goodbye” aka “Con Te Partiro.” Six years after Quarantotto’s death, the time was right.
Key to getting that No. 1 in. the U.S. were three factors: A concert ticket bundle for his 2019 tour dates; the video with Dua Lipa; and a story behind the album that included Bocelli’s son Matteo and a duet that made its way into a Disney film. “The interesting thing is that Andrea is in love with the idea to record his voice because he knows that his voice is not forever,” Sugar says. “That’s a wonderful advantage for us because he’s open-minded, even sometimes when he’s not really sure about something.”
“When I listened to it — it was sent to me all in English — it just didn’t work for me in terms of the ethos of the piece,” Ezrin says. “I thought it was deeper than a regular love song.
Sugar calls “Fall on Me” “a very good example of a contemporary song that is perfectly fitted for the vocal of.” It led him to employ Ezrin to handle the entire album and the Diamond Edition “Si Forever,” which was released in November and included new duets with Jennifer Garner and Ellie Goulding. When it came to vocals, Ezrin became particularly enamored of Bocelli’s ability to lower his tenor into a baritone range. “I think it’s rich and powerful, so every chance I had to use that, I took it.”
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