Tags: Eurovision Song Contest Entry.
Gente di mare (People of the sea) was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 performed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi & Raf.The song is a blues-influenced ballad in which the singers describe the qualities of the people of the sea. They describe themselves as people of the plain who are prisoners of this city while contrasting that with the freedom of the people of the sea who leave it behind.