In honor of Mother's Day, celebrated in May in Italy, here's a classic Italian song, Mamma, performed by Luciano Pavarotti.

L'Italiano (The Italian) was recorded by Toto Cutugno in 1983 and presented at the 33rd Sanremo Festival, where it didn't win. That didn't stop it from becoming a top hit and one of Italy's best-loved songs.

Two very important question words dove (where ) and quando (when) dominate this romantic summer song. This song is very ballabile (danceable) making it a very popular summer hit. From the Italian band, Benji & Fede.

This single, Vento sulla Luna (Wind on the Moon) provides plenty of expressions and modi di dire (ways of saying things) to boost your vocabulary. It was written and is performed by Italian singer-songwriter Annalisa in collaboration with Rkomi.

Fai rumore (you make noise) was written and performed by Italian singer-songwriter Diodato. He's trying to make some sense out of his life.

The great Eros Ramazzotti sings Un'altra te (another you) written together with Piero Cassano and Adelio Cogliati. Italian actress Francesca Neri features in the video.

Ennio Morricone was best known for his unforgettable movie soundtracks. In fact his music was featured in over sixty prize-winning films.

This song, by the Sicilian singer Levante, is in praise of diversity, of those who don't just follow the pack. Double meanings, rhymes, and opposites make the lyrics interesting for those learning Italian, whether or not the music is your cup of tea.

This song is one side of a phone call made to someone after meeting her at a party. But is there anyone on the other end?

Franco Battiato sings about love philosophically. It's useless to have regrets, since we can't go back in time.

Permeating the song are images of a Sicilian beach in the hot summer and the waves that could carry you out to sea.

Here's a popular song from the past, all about spring: Mattinata fiorentina (Florentine morning)

Tozeur is a city in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border. The train line referred to in the song was originally built for the king in the early 1900s when Tunisia was still a French protectorate. More info about the song here.

In his debut at Sanremo, Lucio Corsi paints an ironic self-portrait in which a mother's advice clashes with the disillusionment of real life. “I wanted to be a tough guy,” he says in the title, but he realizes he is fragile like so many others: "How hard the world is for normal people." The video presents the song in the context of the singer-songwriter as a kid bringing home a very bad report card. Fun fact: Lucio Corsi played a San Remo contestant in the TV series Vita da Carlo 3 (Life as Carlo). He will represent Italy to Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Singer-songwriter Giorgia presented this single at the Festival of Italian Music, Sanremo 2025. She describes it like this: "'La cura' for me is a song that tells of a search through a very strong feeling, therefore also an awareness of the strength of this feeling and also moments of fear, moments of deep solitude." In short, we must be our own cure.