In May 1984 Alice and Franco Battiato represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest with the for its genre highly unconventional song " I treni di Tozeur " ( " The trains of Tozeur " ) , again composed by Battiato , Giusto Pio and lyricist Rosario Cosentino . The mid-tempo synth-driven ballad was based around a very brief excerpt from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's opera '' The Magic Flute '' and was performed on stage in Luxembourg with three classically trained mezzo-sopranos . Despite being tipped to win and arguably the best reception from the audiences on the night as well as receiving the coveted " twelve points " , the full mark , from countries as diverse as Spain and Finland , Alice and Battiato lost out to the Swedish song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley " , and finished 5th out of 19 entries . " I treni di Tozeur " however became that year 's bestselling entry in Continental Europe , and paradoxically enough also a Top 20 hit in Sweden . The song is also in fact one of the very few Italian Eurovision entries ever to become a commercial success in Italy itself – even topping the Italian singles chart , and some twenty-five years later it still remains the best-selling single in Bissi 's career to date . Both Alice and Battiato have since recorded several solo interpretations of " I treni di Tozeur " , both with contemporary and classical arrangements , and the song also appears on the CD set of Eurovision '' Winners and Classics '' produced to coincide with the '' Congratulations '' 50th Anniversary special of late 2005 as well as on the accompanying DVD
I treni di Tozeur
I treni di Tozeur
Alice (singer)