When Love Calls Your Name

"When Love Calls Your Name" is a song by Albanian singer Elhaida Dani, written by Richard Cocciante and Roxanne Seeman.[1] Dani performed the song as a contestant of The Voice of Italy during the finale episode on May 30, 2013. Upon being announced as winner of the competition,[2][3] Cocciante joined Dani on stage for a reprise performance of the song.[4][5][6][7] A studio recording of the song was issued as a single by Universal Music Italia, followed by inclusion in Dani's self-titled album release.[8][9][10]

For the song recorded in 1991 by Cher and 1992 by Kim Boyce, see Kim Boyce.
"When Love Calls Your Name"
Single by Elhaida Dani
from the album Elhaida Dani
Released2013
Recorded2013
GenrePop
Length3:42
LabelUniversal Music Italia Srl
Songwriter(s)Riccardo Cocciante & Roxanne Seeman
Producer(s)Riccardo Cocciante
Music video
"When Love Calls Your Name (Live The Voice of Italy, Milano) on YouTube

On July 2, 2013, Universal Music Italia released Dani's 7-song EP, including both the studio single recording and the live performance version of "When Love Calls Your Name".[11][12]

When Love Calls Your Name is track 5 on The Voice of Italy - The Originals released on May 30, 2013 by Universal Music.

Overview

Originally from Tirana, Albania, Elhaida Dani entered and won singing competitions Star Academy Albania, Top Fest and Festivali i Këngës. At 19, she auditioned for The Voice of Italy and became a member of Team Cocciante.  For the finale episode, Cocciante gave her the song When Love Calls Your Name, which she performed and won, becoming the winner of the first series of the show, with over 70% of the votes.

Cocciante later commented on the song saying it was "a rough stone that Elhaida transformed into a diamond",[13][14][15]

Zendee version

Zendee Rose Tenerefe, known mononymously as "Zendee", a Filipina singer who rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" went viral on YouTube., recorded "When Love Calls Your Name" on her album "Z", released by MCA Music Universal Philippines on August 7, 2015.[16][17][18]

References
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  2. (Italian) The Voice: Elhaida Dani vince la finale del talent show
  3. Elhaida Dani wins The Voice of Italy 2013
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  5. eurofestival. "Eurovision 2015, l'Albania sceglie Elhaida Dani con "Diell"" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  6. "Elhaida Dani: «Sanremo può attendere»". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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  8. "The Voice, Elhaida Dani vincitricedello show della bontà". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
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  10. "Radio Palco Su Radio Alfa, Il 5 luglio tocca ad Elhaida Dani" (PDF). Spettacoili. July 3, 2013. p. 45.
  11. "Elhaida Dani (Albania): "I feel very alive with this song"". EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
  12. "Classifica Settimanale WK 27(dal 01-07-2013 al 07-07-2013)". F.I.M.J Tutti i diritti riservati. December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29.
  13. S, R. (2013-06-01). "È un'albanese "The Voice of Italy" "Qui trovo il futuro"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  14. S, R. (2013-06-01). "È un'albanese «The Voice of Italy» «Qui trovo il futuro»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  15. "The Voice, Elhaida Dani vincitricedello show della bontà". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  16. "Viral star Zendee's new album". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  17. When Love Calls Your Name - Zendee | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-05-11
  18. "When Love Calls Your Name (Testo) - Zendee". MTV Testi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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