Dove si vola (album)

Dove si vola
EP by Marco Mengoni
Released	December 4, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop
Length	24:55
Language	Italian, English
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Lucio 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
"Dove si vola" Released: December 3, 2009

Dove si vola is the first studio Extended Play 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]

Background and release

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]

Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
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

Charts

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

Year-end charts

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

Personnel

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

1. "MARCO MENGONI - DOVE SI VOLA (ALBUM)". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
2. "Marco Mengoni: già oltre 70 mila copie" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
3. "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. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
7. "Marco, Mengoni Marco - Dove si vola (Cd)" (in Italian). FNAC. 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. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
9. italiancharts.com - Marco Mengoni "Dove si vola".
10. "Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009" (in Italian). FIMI. January 19, 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. Retrieved February 14, 2011.