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, Apple, I Love You, Orange attitude toward production was shaped in part by the Dogme 95 movement. Kim worked on the film while managing a full-time job. Inspiration for "I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange" was drawn from a variety of sources including, Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", Kristen Kosmas's play "The Mayor of Baltimore", and the films "The Hole", "What Time Is It There?", "Alice", "The Sweet Hereafter", "Punch-Drunk Love", and "Brief Encounter". Real foods were used as stop-animated characters. A single ham, playing a major role, was used during the entire year and a