I treni di Tozeur, the Italian Eurovision song contest entry in 1984 placed 5th and made both Alice and Franco Battiato even more popular abroad but also home in Italy where it was one the Top-20 most sold hits of the year peaking at #3. The song originally wasn't included in any original studio album of either artist but it was added to the Dutch print of Alice's 1983 album Falsi allarmi, and it was released on CD only in 2005 in Alice's compilation album. Both artists have made their own solo versions of the song: First Battiato with the original arrangement in 1985 Mondi lontanissimi in Italian , and Spanish and English versions in albums Ecos de danzas Sufi and Echoes of Sufi dances, and again in 1986 in Battiato's compilation with a slightly different mix in the end. In 1994 he recorded a symphonic version for Unprotected album. Alice has recorded the song twice with different arrangements, in both Elisir in 1987 and Personal Jukebox in 2000. ...