“Il mare calmo della sera” is a song written by Zucchero Fornaciari, Giampiero Felisatti and Gloria Nuti, for Andrea Bocelli. Bocelli won the Sanremo Festival in 1994,… singing the song, which was later released as his debut single. It is among Bocelli’s most popular and well-known songs.

The chorus opening phrase is virtually the same as the chorus phrase in “She Believes in Me”, the title of a song recorded by American  singer Kenny Rogers released in 1979 as the 2nd single from his album The Gambler.