"Piccola anima" is a song by Italian singer Ermal Meta featuring Elisa. It was released on 10 November 2017 through Mescal Records, as the third single from Meta second studio album Vietato morire.[1]

Composition

The song, written and composed by Ermal Meta himself, featuring the vocals of singer Elisa.[2] Meta shared his decision to collaborate with the singer during the press conference at the Sanremo Music Festival:[3]

"I've been a huge fan of Elisa since her album Pipes & Flowers. In 2016 I was lucky enough to open some of her concerts for her album On. I proposed her to collaborate and I played her this song: Elisa loved it and agreed to sing it with me. This makes me proud and proud."

Elisa also spoke about the collaboration, declaring: "thanks to you Ermal Meta, who was able to tell the voice of a woman's heart. A woman who unfortunately many times has lived and lives in all of us. And then long live all men with a capital "m". Those who use their strength to do good. Those like you."[4]

Critics reception

Fabio Fiume of All Music Italia described the song as "a ballad" in which the two artists "play between vocals and together sing and reinforce a concept that we should all make our own, namely that "nothing is more fragile than a promise and I won't even make you one" perhaps we would avoid giving others disappointments, even unintentional ones".[5] Mattia Marzi of Rockol observed that musically it presents "acoustic and sparse sounds" set to a "ternary rhythm", giving an overall "emotional" duet.[6]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on November 10, 2017, through Ermal Meta's YouTube channel. I was filmed in Priverno, Italy.[7]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[8] 54
Italy (Airplay)[9] 31

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[10] Platinum 50,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Ermal Meta: il featuring con Elisa in "Vietato morire"". Radio Italia (in Italian). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ermal Meta: 'Piccola anima' è il nuovo singolo con Elisa". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Sanremo 2017, Ermal Meta in sala stampa". Rockol (in Italian). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Meta ed Elisa insieme per "Piccola anima": "Hai raccontato la voce del cuore di una donna"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ^ Fiume, Fabio (1 March 2017). "Recensione: Vietato Morire - Ermal Meta". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ Marzi, Mattia (17 February 2017). "Ermal Meta e l'arte di scrivere canzoni pop: la recensione di 'Vietato morire'". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Ermal Meta-Elisa: sguardi, balli e giovani nel video di Piccola anima". Radio Italia (in Italian). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 1 (dal 29.12.2017 al 04.01.2018)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Classifica Airplay Radio - Piccola anima - Ermal Meta, Elisa". EarOne. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Italian single certifications – Ermal Meta e Elisa – Piccola Anima" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 10 July 2024. Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Piccola Anima" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".


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