Balorda nostalgia

"Balorda nostalgia"
"Balorda nostalgia"
Single by Olly
from the album Tutta vita
Language	Italian
Released	12 February 2025
Genre	Pop; power ballad;
Length	3:17
Label	Epic
Composers	Olly; Jvli; Pierfrancesco Pasini;
Lyricist	Olly
Producer	Jvli
Olly singles chronology
Music video
	"Balorda nostalgia" on YouTube

"Balorda nostalgia" (Italian pronunciation: [baˈlorda nostalˈdʒiːa]; "Foolish Nostalgia") is a 2025 song by Italian singer and songwriter Olly. Released by Epic Records on 12 February 2025,^[1] the song won the Sanremo Music Festival 2025.^[2] The single has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

Music video

A music video of "Balorda nostalgia", directed by Giulio Rosati, was released on 12 February 2025 via Olly's YouTube channel.^[3]

Sanremo Music Festival

Italian broadcaster RAI organised the 75th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival between 11 and 15 February 2024. On 1 December 2024, Olly was announced among the participants of the festival, with the title of his competing entry revealed the following 18 December.^[4] Olly went on to win the festival, coming first with the public and second with the press and radio juries in the final round of voting.^[5]

Having won Sanremo, Olly could represent Italy at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, being granted the right of first refusal, as had been the case since 2015. He first declared he was unsure about accepting or not representing the country, ^[6] ultimately declining on February 22. His replacement was runner-up Lucio Corsi with the song "Volevo essere un duro".

Charts

Chart performance for "Balorda nostalgia"
Chart (2025)	Peak position
Croatia International Airplay (Top lista)^[7]	39
Global 200 (Billboard)^[8]	56
Italy (FIMI)^[9]	1
Italy Airplay (EarOne)^[10]	3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	6

Certifications

Certifications for "Balorda nostalgia"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)^[12]	2× Platinum	400,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Tg24, Sky (12 February 2025). "Sanremo 2025, Olly con Balorda nostalgia: il preascolto". Sky TG24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
^ "Olly racconta il backstage del videoclip di "Balorda nostalgia"". Radio 105. 13 February 2025.
^ "Italy 2025: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
^ "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
^ "Olly: "I'm Considering Not Going to Eurovision 2025"". EurovisionFun. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
^ "Airplay Radio Chart Top40 – 24 veljače". HRT. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
^ "Billboard Global 200: Week of March 1, 2025". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 7" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
^ "Balorda nostalgia - Olly". EarOne. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
^ "Olly – Balorda nostalgia". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
^ "Italian single certifications – Olly – Balorda nostalgia" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved May 31, 2025.

[1] Tg24, Sky (12 February 2025). "Sanremo 2025, Olly con Balorda nostalgia: il preascolto". Sky TG24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-02-16.

[3] "Olly racconta il backstage del videoclip di "Balorda nostalgia"". Radio 105. 13 February 2025.

[4] "Italy 2025: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2024-12-01.

[5] "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-02-16.

[6] "Olly: "I'm Considering Not Going to Eurovision 2025"". EurovisionFun. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-02-22.

[7] "Airplay Radio Chart Top40 – 24 veljače". HRT. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.

[8] "Billboard Global 200: Week of March 1, 2025". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

[9] "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 7" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

[10] "Balorda nostalgia - Olly". EarOne. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[sc_Switzerland_Olly-11] "Olly – Balorda nostalgia". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

[ItalyOllyBalorda_nostalgiasingleCertRef-12] "Italian single certifications – Olly – Balorda nostalgia" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved May 31, 2025.

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v t e Olly
Studio albums	Gira, il mondo gira (2023) Tutta vita (2024)
Singles	"Polvere" "Devastante" "Per due come noi" "Balorda nostalgia" "Depresso fortunato" "Questa domenica"
Related articles	Sanremo Music Festival 2023 2025

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Discography
1950s	Nilla Pizzi ("Grazie dei fiori") Nilla Pizzi ("Vola colomba") Carla Boni / Flo Sandon's ("Viale d'autunno") Giorgio Consolini / Gino Latilla ("Tutte le mamme") Claudio Villa / Tullio Pane ("Buongiorno tristezza") Franca Raimondi ("Aprite le finestre") Claudio Villa / Nunzio Gallo ("Corde della mia chitarra") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Nel blu, dipinto di blu") Domenico Modugno / Johnny Dorelli ("Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)")
1960s	Tony Dallara / Renato Rascel ("Romantica") Betty Curtis / Luciano Tajoli ("Al di là") Domenico Modugno / Claudio Villa ("Addio, addio") Tony Renis / Emilio Pericoli ("Uno per tutte") Gigliola Cinquetti / Patricia Carli ("Non ho l'età") Bobby Solo / The New Christy Minstrels ("Se piangi, se ridi") Domenico Modugno / Gigliola Cinquetti ("Dio, come ti amo") Claudio Villa / Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me") Sergio Endrigo / Roberto Carlos ("Canzone per te") Bobby Solo / Iva Zanicchi ("Zingara")
1970s	Adriano Celentano / Claudia Mori ("Chi non lavora non fa l'amore") Nada / Nicola Di Bari ("Il cuore è uno zingaro") Nicola Di Bari ("I giorni dell'arcobaleno") Peppino di Capri ("Un grande amore e niente più") Iva Zanicchi ("Ciao cara come stai?") Gilda ("Ragazza del sud") Peppino di Capri ("Non lo faccio più") Homo Sapiens ("Bella da morire") Matia Bazar ("...e dirsi ciao") Mino Vergnaghi ("Amare")
1980s	Toto Cutugno ("Solo noi") Alice ("Per Elisa") Riccardo Fogli ("Storie di tutti i giorni") Tiziana Rivale ("Sarà quel che sarà") Al Bano and Romina Power ("Ci sarà") Ricchi e Poveri ("Se m'innamoro") Eros Ramazzotti ("Adesso tu") Gianni Morandi, Umberto Tozzi and Enrico Ruggeri ("Si può dare di più") Massimo Ranieri ("Perdere l'amore") Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali ("Ti lascerò")
1990s	Pooh ("Uomini soli") Riccardo Cocciante ("Se stiamo insieme") Luca Barbarossa ("Portami a ballare") Enrico Ruggeri ("Mistero") Aleandro Baldi ("Passerà") Giorgia ("Come saprei") Ron and Tosca ("Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni") Jalisse ("Fiumi di parole") Annalisa Minetti ("Senza te o con te") Anna Oxa ("Senza pietà")
2000s	Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel ("Sentimento") Elisa ("Luce (Tramonti a nord est)") Matia Bazar ("Messaggio d'amore") Alexia ("Per dire di no") Marco Masini ("L'uomo volante") Francesco Renga ("Angelo") Povia ("Vorrei avere il becco") Simone Cristicchi ("Ti regalerò una rosa") Giò Di Tonno and Lola Ponce ("Colpo di fulmine") Marco Carta ("La forza mia")
2010s	Valerio Scanu ("Per tutte le volte che...") Roberto Vecchioni ("Chiamami ancora amore") Emma Marrone ("Non è l'inferno") Marco Mengoni ("L'essenziale") Arisa ("Controvento") Il Volo ("Grande amore") Stadio ("Un giorno mi dirai") Francesco Gabbani ("Occidentali's Karma") Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro ("Non mi avete fatto niente") Mahmood ("Soldi")
2020s	Diodato ("Fai rumore") Måneskin ("Zitti e buoni") Mahmood and Blanco ("Brividi") Marco Mengoni ("Due vite") Angelina Mango ("La noia") Olly ("Balorda nostalgia")

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