Dio, come ti amo preceding France's Dominique Walter with Chez nous). At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded "nul points" (zero), for the first and also the only time in Italian Eurovision history, placing 17th (equal last) in a field of 18. It was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1967 Contest by Claudio Villa with "Non andare più lontano". Sergio Franchi recorded an English/Italian version of this song [titled "Oh How Much I Love You" (Dio, come ti amo!")] in 1967 on his RCA Victor album "From Sergio - With Love." Shirley Bassey recorded a version of the song titled
I Love You (The Zombies song) "Te Amo" on their April 1968 album "Internationais" (RCA Victor BBL-1460). Other cover versions include: I Love You (The Zombies song) "I Love You" is a 1965 song by the Zombies, written by their member Chris White, which was covered by People! and the Carnabeats and by several other artists, including foreign translations. "I Love You" was written by Chris White, who indicated: "The thing that came first was the riff. That was the root of writing that one. In actual fact I think I nicked it off Tommy Roe". It was recorded by the British pop band The Zombies