Sarabanda was an Italian television show initially proposed as a variety and later as a musical game with prizes, adaption of the TV format Name That Tune, presented by Enrico Papi and broadcast on Italia 1 in the time slot of the access prime time from 8 September 1997 to 20 February 2004. After the first closing was resumed from 14 March to 10 April 2005 with the broadcasting of Super Sarabanda, a tournament among the most representative champions of the game. The program was re-proposed from 8 June to 30 August 2009 on Canale 5 in the pre-ward, presented by Teo Mammucari with Belén Rodríguez. The program is back on air for a third time with three special episodes in prime time on Italia 1 from 13 to 27 June 2017 with the return to the running of Enrico Papi.

It aired from Monday to Saturday (from April 2000 to June 2001 also on Sunday, from January 2004 only until Friday) with starting time between 7:40 pm and 8:00 pm even if the most common was between 7:56 pm and 7:58 pm, with an end between 8:40 pm and 9:00 pm (variable duration depending on the editions). In 2005 it was scheduled from Monday to Friday from 8:45 pm to 9:05 pm, and in 2009 from Monday to Friday from 6:50 pm to 8:00 pm. The three episodes in prime time 2017 are aired every Tuesday from 9:15 pm to midnight.

The program was produced by RTI-Mediaset, realized by Videotime S.p.A. licensed by Sandy Frank Entertainment and distributed by Einstein Multimedia from 1997 to 2004. In 2005 the Duck On Line s.r.l. has joined the Videotime in the realization. In 2009 production went to Endemol Italia, while in 2017 the production sees a co-participation of RTI and EndemolShine Italy with the format distributed by Sky Vision.

Until the sixth edition, the episodes were recorded in Studio 1 of the Centro Titanus Elios, Settecamini (Rome), while from the seventh they moved to the Teatro 3 of Cinecittà in Rome, then moved to the Teatro 9 in 2005. In 2009 the program is back to be registered at the Elios Studios. In 2017 the program was broadcast live from the historic Studio 1 of the Centro Titanus Elios.

With 1727 episodes (including 50 special) as well as 20 specials in prime time, it turns out to be the most enduring music-themed quiz on Italian television and one of the longest-running Italian television prizes in general. Considering also the first version, the program has 1757 total episodes.