Non è l'inferno

"Non è l'inferno"
Single by Emma
from the album Sarò libera (Sanremo Edition)
Released15 February 2012
GenrePop rock
Length3:48
LabelUMG
Songwriter(s)
  • Enrico Palmasi
  • Francesco Silvestre
  • Luca Sala
Producer(s)Enrico Palmasi
Emma singles chronology
"Tra passione e lacrime"
(2011) 		"Non è l'inferno"
(2012) 		"Cercavo amore"
(2012)
Music video
"Non è l'inferno" on YouTube

"Non è l'inferno" (English: This isn't hell) is a song recorded by Italian singer Emma. Written by Francesco Silvestre, Enrico Palmasi and Luca Sala, the recording was produced by Palmasi.[1]

It was released on 15 February 2012 by Marrone's record label Universal Music as the third single of her second studio album Sarò libera (Sanremo Edition). She participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with the song and placed first.[2][3]

Critics reception

Marinella Venegon of La Stampa described the song as "a philological project" with musical references to "the Motown world and echoes in Mina's art of the early 1960s."[4] Andrea Scanzi of Il Fatto Quotidiano wrote that the singer presents a "boisterous voice" on a song with "stanzas steeped in 'committed' rhetoric" finding it a pretext to "perpetually prove to the world that 'she's not just De Filippi's."[5]

Veronica Valli of Fanpage.it appreciated the duet version with Alessandra Amoroso presented during the Festival, writing that "the double voice absolutely benefits the interpretation of this song, which turns out to be really beautiful. Very good both of them, they interpenetrate great."[6]

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Marco Salom, was released on February 15, 2012, through the singer's YouTube channel.

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Italy[7] 1
Switzerland[7] 19

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Non è l'inferno"
Chart (2012) Rank
Italy (FIMI)[8] 19

Certifications

Certifications for "Mezzo mondo"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[9] 2× Platinum 60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Adaptations

The song was adapted in Greek as "Ποιος είμαι εγώ" (Who am I) by award-winning Cypriot singer Michalis Hatzigiannis in his 2013 album Η αγάπη δυναμώνει (Love makes you strong).[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Sanremo 2012 - Emma Marrone presenta "Non è l'inferno"". Rockol (in Italian). 10 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Sanremo 2012, vince Emma: il podio è rosa". La Repubblica (in Italian). 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ Balbi, Ilaria (19 February 2012). "Emma vince Sanremo 2012". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ Venegon, Marinella (19 February 2012). "Sanremo 2012, le pagelle finali di M. Venegoni". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ Scanzi, Andrea (17 February 2012). "Le pagelle di Sanremo 2012". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ Valli, Veronica (18 February 2012). "Un voto per Sanremo – Le pagelle di Big, ospiti e Giovani". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Italian Charts - Emma - Non è l'inferno (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Classifica annuale 2012 (dal 02.01.2012 al 30.12.2012)" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Italian single certifications – Emma – Non è l'inferno" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  10. ^ ""Ποιος είμαι εγώ" - Το νέο single του Μιχάλη Χατζηγιάννη!". GetGreekMusic (in Greek). 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  11. ^ "Μόλις κυκλοφόρησε το ολοκαίνουργιο βίντεο κλιπ του Μιχάλη Χατζηγιάννη για το «Ποιος Είμαι Εγώ» - Δείτε το - Γόβα Στιλέτο" (in Greek). 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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