Dove si vola is the first studio EP by Italian singer Marco Mengoni. The album peaked at number 9 in the Italian Albums Chart[1] and sold more than 70,000 copies in Italy,[2] receiving Platinum certification from the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[3]

Dove si vola
EP by
ReleasedDecember 4, 2009
Recorded2009
GenrePop
Length24:55
LanguageItalian, English
LabelSony Music
ProducerLucio Fabbri, Luca Rustici, Morgan, Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Stella Fabiani
Marco Mengoni chronology
Dove si vola
(2009)
Re matto
(2010)
Singles from Dove Si Vola
  1. "Dove si vola"
    Released: December 3, 2009

Background and release

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In December 2009, Mengoni won the third series of the Italian talent show X-Factor. The 7-track EP was recorded during his experience at the singing contest, and it was released on 4 December 2009,[4] two days after he was announced winner of The X-Factor.[5][6]

Dove si vola includes the previously unreleased song with the same title, written by Bungaro and Saverio Grandi[7] and released as lead single. Mengoni sang it for the first time on 25 November 2009, during the semi-final live show of the talent show. The other tracks are "Lontanissimo da te", and 5 covers of popular Italian and international songs, chosen from the ones that his judge Morgan assigned him during the competition.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Dove si vola"Bungaro, Saverio GrandiNew song3:58
2."Man in the Mirror"Glen Ballard, Siedah GarrettMichael Jackson4:06
3."Psycho Killer"David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina WeymouthTalking Heads3:20
4."Insieme a te sto bene"Lucio Battisti, MogolLucio Battisti3:19
5."L'amore si odia"Diego Calvetti, Marco CiappelliNoemi feat. Fiorella Mannoia2:52
6."Almeno tu nell'universo"Bruno Lauzi, Maurizio FabrizioMia Martini4:04
7."Lontanissimo da te"Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Roberto Procaccini, Marco Del BeneNew song3:32

Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Certification Sales
Italian Albums Chart[9] 9[1] Platinum[3] 70,000+[2]

Year-end charts

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Year Chart Position
2009 Italian Albums Chart 47[10]
2010 61[11]

Personnel

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  • Marco Mengoni – vocals
  • Pietro Caramelli – mastering
  • Alessandra Tisato – photography
  • Daniela Boccadoro – graphics
  • Luca Rustici – arrangements, production, recording, mixing, computer programming, guitars, keyboards
  • Valerio Gagliano – studio assistant
  • Roberto Di Falco – studio assistant
  • Lorenzo Cazzaniga – mastering
  • Giancarlo Ippolito – drums
  • Gaetano Diodato – bass
  • Luciano Luisi – piano, keyboards
  • Lucio Fabbri – production, bass, guitar, violin, viola, keyboards
  • Alessandro Marcantoni – recording, mixing
  • Roberto Gualdi – drums
  • Salvo Calvo – guitar
  • Stefano Cisotto – keyboards, computer programming
  • Carlo Palmas – keyboards, computer programming
  • Morgan – arrangements, production
  • Piero Calabrese – production, arrangements, Pro Tools programming, keyboards
  • Massimo Calabrese – production, bass
  • Stella Fabiani – production
  • Roberto Procaccini – arrangements, Pro Tools programming, keyboards
  • Stefano Calabrese – recording, electric guitar
  • Gianluca Vaccaro – mixing
  • Marco Del Bene – electric guitar
  • Alessandro Canini – drums

References

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  1. ^ a b "MARCO MENGONI - DOVE SI VOLA (ALBUM)". italiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Marco Mengoni: già oltre 70 mila copie" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Certificazioni ARTISTI - Dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 43 del 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Dove si vola di Marco" (in Italian). iTunes. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Andrea Laffranchi (December 2, 2009). "X Factor, vince Marco e va a Sanremo" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera.
  6. ^ Pippo Augliera (December 3, 2009). "Marco Mengoni vince a X Factor aggiudicandosi il Premio della Critica e vola alto in classifica con il suo Ep" (in Italian). www.musicalnews.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Marco, Mengoni Marco - Dove si vola (Cd)" (in Italian). FNAC. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  8. ^ Laura Gorini (January 7, 2010). "Marco Mengoni- Dove si vola (SonyMusic), l'ep di debutto della nuova stella della musica italiana" (in Italian). www.musicalnews.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  9. ^ italiancharts.com - Marco Mengoni "Dove si vola" Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009" (in Italian). FIMI. January 19, 2010. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  11. ^ "Classifiche annuali dei dischi più venduti e dei singoli più scaricati nel 2010" (in Italian). FIMI. January 17, 2011. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.