About
Robbie Williams performed That’s Amore exclusively during the 2014 Swings Both Ways Live Tour, staged in support of Swings Both Ways. The Dean Martin standard, originally released in 1953, was incorporated into the show as part of the tour’s broader celebration of mid-century popular song and stagecraft.
The arrangement was created for the tour’s orchestral band, drawing on the warm brass, woodwind and rhythm-section palette that defined the swing production. Williams used the piece as a theatrical interlude, placing it among the lighter and more humorous moments of the set rather than treating it as a centrepiece performance.
His interpretation followed the familiar waltz tempo and melodic line of the original, while allowing ample space for audience interaction. A recurring feature of the tour was Williams inviting an audience member on stage for a deliberately comic mock-wedding routine set to That’s Amore, turning the song into a structured comedic sequence within the nightly running order.
The number stands as an example of how Williams used classic popular standards to frame narrative and humour within the Swings Both Ways Live Tour, complementing the contemporary swing material drawn from the parent album and anchoring the show’s emphasis on theatrical entertainment.
Lyrics
When boy meets girl here's what they say)
(In Stoke-on-Trent where Robbie is king
When boy meets girl here's what they say)
When the moon hits your eyes like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta e fasule
That's amore
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming, signore
Scusa mi, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's amore
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta e fasule
That's amore
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming, signore
Scusa mi, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's amore
Credits
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Vocalist
Robbie Williams -
Songwriter
Jack Brooks, Harry Warren -
Original Artist
Dean Martin