L'anima vola (song)

"L'anima vola"
Single by Elisa
from the album L'anima vola
ReleasedAugust 23, 2013 (2013-08-23)
Genre
Length4:04
LabelSugar Music
Songwriter(s)Elisa Toffoli
Producer(s)Elisa Toffoli
Elisa singles chronology
"Love Is Requited"
(2012)
"L'anima vola"
(2013)
"Ecco che"
(2013)
Music video
"L'anima vola" on YouTube

"L'anima vola" is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Elisa. It was released on 23 August 2015 as the lead single from her eighth studio album of the same name.[1]

Composition

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The song, written and produced by Elisa, is dedicated to her husband Andrea Rigonat.[2] The strings, as in the rest of the album, are by Davide Rossi.[3] In an interview with Fanpage.it, the artist explained the meaning of the song:[4]

"In the title track of the whole work I talk about what I would like as a woman. The lyrics tell about what we would also like from a man and about the fact that often we are not looking for complicated things but mostly for being heard and understood. I am glad that so many found themselves in what I sang"

Music video

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The official video for the song, shot in July 2013 and directed by Latino Pellegrini and Mauro Simionato, was released on September 15, 2013.[5]

In the video clip throughout the first verse of the song Elisa is framed standing still against a black background, after which she begins to perform some dance steps and simultaneously her body is multiplied with digital effects.[6] The set of the video was the house where Elisa composed the entire album, which was demolished later.[7]

Commercial performance

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The song reached No. 1 on the sales chart on the ITunes Store platform within six hours of its release.[8] The song debuted at number two of the Italian Singles Chart, becoming Elisa's fifteenth song to place among the top ten. Only three weeks after its release, "L'anima vola" was certified gold disc by Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. On June 27, 2014, it received double platinum certification.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[9] 2

Year-end charts

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Chart (2013) Position
Italy (FIMI)[10] 23

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[11] 2× Platinum 60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Elisa, ascolta qui il nuovo singolo 'L'anima vola'". Rockol (in Italian). 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ ""L'anima vola", ecco il nuovo singolo di Elisa". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ Poglio, Gianni (23 August 2013). "Elisa: in radio il nuovo singolo, L'anima vola". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Esce "L'anima vola" di Elisa: "La maternità mi ha cambiato molto"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 14 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Visto su Facebook... Elisa, Moreno, Antonio Maggio, Marco Ligabue, Jury Magliolo". Rockol (in Italian). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Guarda il video ufficiale de "L'anima vola" di Elisa". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Elisa Official - The making of "L'Anima Vola": La casa - studio di registrazione". YouTube. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  8. ^ De Duello, Gianmarco (27 August 2013). "Elisa, "L'anima vola" in testa su iTunes". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 35 (dal 26.08.2013 al 01.09.2013)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Classifica annuale 2013". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Italian single certifications – Elisa – L'anima vola" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 November 2023. Select "2014" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "L'anima vola" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".