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]
Title Writer(s) Original artist 1. "Dove si vola " Bungaro, Saverio Grandi New song 3:58 2. "Man in the Mirror " Glen Ballard , Siedah Garrett Michael Jackson 4:06 3. "Psycho Killer " David Byrne , Chris Frantz , Tina Weymouth Talking Heads 3:20 4. "Insieme a te sto bene " Lucio Battisti , Mogol Lucio Battisti 3:19 5. "L'amore si odia " Diego Calvetti, Marco Ciappelli Noemi feat. Fiorella Mannoia 2:52 6. "Almeno tu nell'universo " Bruno Lauzi , Maurizio Fabrizio Mia Martini 4:04 7. "Lontanissimo da te" Piero Calabrese, Massimo Calabrese, Roberto Procaccini, Marco Del Bene New song 3:32
Year
Chart
Position
2009
Italian Albums Chart
47[ 10]
2010
61[ 11]
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
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^ 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 .
^ "Dove si vola di Marco" (in Italian). iTunes . Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
^ Andrea Laffranchi (December 2, 2009). "X Factor, vince Marco e va a Sanremo" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera .
^ 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 .
^ "Marco, Mengoni Marco - Dove si vola (Cd)" (in Italian). FNAC. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011 .
^ 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 .
^ italiancharts.com - Marco Mengoni "Dove si vola" Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .