Fateme cantà

"Fateme cantà"
Single by Ultimo
from the album Colpa delle favole
Released22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
StudioEnemies Lab, Rome (Italy), 2018
GenrePop
Length4:11
LabelHoniro
SongwriterNiccolò Moriconi
ProducerEnemies
Ultimo singles chronology
"I tuoi particolari"
(2019)
"Fateme cantà"
(2019)
"Rondini al guinzaglio"
(2019)
Music video
"Fateme cantà" on YouTube

Fateme cantà (transl. Let me sing) is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Ultimo. It was released on 22 February 2019 by Honiro as the second single from the third studio album Colpa delle favole.[1][2]

Description

The song is intended as a manifesto in which the singer-songwriter expresses directly, without rhetorical figures, his desire to make music simply and spontaneously. The song is sung entirely in Roman dialect, a familiar part of the everyday life of the singer, born and raised in the San Basilio neighborhood of Rome. The lyrics emphasize the effects of popularity and media overexposure, the contrasts between everyday life and sudden success, and Ultimo's desire to bring his music to the public without becoming known, thus promoting only his own songs.[3]

Regarding the song, Ultimo revealed:[4]

You can't explain certain songs; you have to "feel" them.

Music video

The music video, directed by Emanuele Pisano, was released alongside the song on Honiro's YouTube channel, and featured Antonello Venditti.[5][6]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Fateme cantà"
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[7] 12

Certifications

Certifications for "Fateme cantà"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[8] Gold 25,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Ultimo, esce il singolo Fateme cantà". ANSA (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Fateme cantà, Ultimo canta in romanesco nel suo nuovo singolo". RomaToday (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Ultimo – I brani di Colpa delle favole raccontanti canzone per canzone". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Fateme cantà". Il Pianeta degli Ultimi (in Italian).
  5. ^ "Ultimo incontra Antonello Venditti, è il "battesimo" di cantautore/VIDEO". ANSA (in Italian). 2019-02-22.
  6. ^ "Ultimo, il nuovo singolo è Fateme cantà: il video". Sky TG24 (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 9 (dal 22.02.2019 al 28.02.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Italian single certifications – Ultimo – Fateme cantà" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 10 June 2019.