L'anima vola (song)

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"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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The song reached No. 1 on the sales chart on the ITunes Store platform within six hours of its release.[8] The song debouted at number two of the Italian Singles Chart, becoming Elisa fiftheen 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[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2013) Peak

position

Italy (FIMI)[9] 2

End-year chart[edit]

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

Certifications[edit]

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

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  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. Select "L'anima vola" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".