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Time To Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
Artist Biography For Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
In 1996 Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli Was Invited To Duet With English Soprano Sarah Brightman At The Final Bout Of German IBF World Light-Heavyweight Boxing Champion Henry Maske Who Was A National Icon In Germany And Was Known For Selecting Entrance Themes To His Bouts.
Brightman A Friend Of Maske Approached Bocelli After She Heard Him Singing "Con Te Partirò" Whilst She Was Dining In A Restaurant. Changing The Title Lyric Of The Song From "Con Te Partirò" I’ll Go With You To "Time To Say Goodbye" They Re-Recorded It As A Duet With Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra And Sang It As A Farewell For Maske. On 23 November Maske Lost The Match On Points Beaten By American Champion Virgil Hill And Retired From Boxing. As The German Public Paid Tribute To Their Departing Hero The Arena Was Filled With The Sound Of "Time To Say Goodbye". The Single Was Released And Went Straight To The Top Of The German Charts Where It Stayed For Fourteen Weeks. With Sales Nearing Three Million Copies And A Sextuple Platinum Award "Time To Say Goodbye" Eclipsed The Previous Best-Selling Single By More Than One Million Copies.
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In 1996 Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli Was Invited To Duet With English Soprano Sarah Brightman At The Final Bout Of German IBF World Light-Heavyweight Boxing Champion Henry Maske Who Was A National Icon In Germany And Was Known For Selecting Entrance Themes To His Bouts.
Brightman A Friend Of Maske Approached Bocelli After She Heard Him Singing "Con Te Partirò" Whilst She Was Dining In A Restaurant. Changing The Title Lyric Of The Song From "Con Te Partirò" I’ll Go With You To "Time To Say Goodbye" They Re-Recorded It As A Duet With Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra And Sang It As A Farewell For Maske. On 23 November Maske Lost The Match On Points Beaten By American Champion Virgil Hill And Retired From Boxing. As The German Public Paid Tribute To Their Departing Hero The Arena Was Filled With The Sound Of "Time To Say Goodbye". The Single Was Released And Went Straight To The Top Of The German Charts Where It Stayed For Fourteen Weeks. With Sales Nearing Three Million Copies And A Sextuple Platinum Award "Time To Say Goodbye" Eclipsed The Previous Best-Selling Single By More Than One Million Copies. read less
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Brightman A Friend Of Maske Approached Bocelli After She Heard Him Singing "Con Te Partirò" Whilst She Was Dining In A Restaurant. Changing The Title Lyric Of The Song From "Con Te Partirò" I’ll Go With You To "Time To Say Goodbye" They Re-Recorded It As A Duet With Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra And Sang It As A Farewell For Maske. On 23 November Maske Lost The Match On Points Beaten By American Champion Virgil Hill And Retired From Boxing. As The German Public Paid Tribute To Their Departing Hero The Arena Was Filled With The Sound Of "Time To Say Goodbye". The Single Was Released And Went Straight To The Top Of The German Charts Where It Stayed For Fourteen Weeks. With Sales Nearing Three Million Copies And A Sextuple Platinum Award "Time To Say Goodbye" Eclipsed The Previous Best-Selling Single By More Than One Million Copies. read less
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"Con te partirò" (literally meaning "With you I will leave") is an Italian Classical crossover song performed by Andrea Bocelli, who first sang it at the 1995 Sanremo Festival and recorded it on his album of the same year, Bocelli. A second version of the song, sung partly in English, released as "Time to Say Goodbye", paired Bocelli with English soprano Sarah Brightman, and achieved even greater success, topping charts all across Europe, including Germany, where it became the biggest-selling single in history. That version alone has now sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of best-selling singles worldwide. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.