"Ora che non ho più te" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini. It was released on 24 September 2024 through Universal Music Italy and EMI Records, as the lead single from his upcoming eighth studio album.[1]
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| Single by Cesare Cremonini | ||||
| Released | 24 September 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2024 | |||
| Studio | Mille Galassie Studio, Bologna, Italy | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:03 | |||
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| "Ora che non ho più te" on YouTube | ||||
The song peaked at number two on Italian Singles Chart, becoming Cremonini's twelfth top-ten as a solo artist and his first since "Poetica" in 2017.
Background and composition
editFollowing the publication of his seventh studio album La ragazza del futuro (2022), Cremonini took a two-year recording break, collaborating only on the song "Fantasie" by singer-songwriter Tropico.[2][3]
The song was written by the singer-songwriter himself with Tropico and produced with Alessio Natalizia and Alessandro De Crescenzo.[4][5] Cremonini explained the meaning of the song and its composition proces:[6]
"It is a real song. I chose it as an opener because it was a turning point from a music production point of view and a page-turner in my life. It's not a memory that I want to come back to, it's an experience that has to become a biography, becoming free again. I think it is important to let go of things the moment you are allowed to, there is no point in ending a relationship, a friendship, a working relationship, any piece of your life, before it is due, before it is time. There is a past in the song, there is a finished love, but there is also a new life to face for me and those who were with me. There has been nothing more true for me. You don't need metaphors, when you can't rest anymore, when you can't sleep. Then the new music coming out dresses you up again, everything suddenly changes. You are master, for a few seconds, of your destiny. "Ora che non ho più te" is the curtain that opens on a project made up of many sets that I will reveal song by song. In this song there is all the desire to return to speak a more real language, of the things I live, without hiding. I am attached to life: working, traveling, knowing, throwing myself into experiences. Even the musical choices reflect this attitude, it is a song that wants to make you sing, scream, dance with your feet on the ground."
Critical reception
editGianni Sibilla of Rockol stated that the song introduces new sounds for the singer composed of "retro sounds of the song, with filtered drums reminiscent of 80s Prince" while the melody turns out to be "typically Cremonini-esque", in which he sets a lyric that features "phrasing in the stanzas reminiscent of the classic Venditti; [...] remaining strongly himself, with his own unique poetics".[7] Alessandro Alicandri of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni also found '80s music sonorities, in which the length of the song shows that the singer "imagined an opposite, narrative and dreamlike path, a headlamp trip into the unknown" and describing it as "a night song that takes its time to tell the end of a love, whatever its nature".[8]
Music video
editThe music video for the song, directed by Enea Colombi, was released on 24 September 2024 through the singer's YouTube channel.[9] It was filmed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[10]
Commercial performances
editThe song debuted at number 59 on the Italian Singles Chart; it peaked at number three in its fifth week of release, becoming Cremonini's twelfth top-ten as a solo artist and his first since "Poetica" in 2017.[11]
Charts
edit| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Italy (FIMI)[12] | 2 |
| Italy Airplay (EarOne)[13] | 1 |
| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[14] | 1 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI)[15] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
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References
edit- ^ ""Esiste un amore finito, ma esiste anche una nuova vita da affrontare per me e per chi era con me": Cesare Cremonini torna con "Ora che non ho più te"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Cesare Cremonini, nuovo album e tour negli stadi (con tappa anche all'Olimpico): il ritorno dopo due anni". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Dondoni, Luca (23 September 2024). "Cesare Cremonini: nuovo singolo, nuovo album e nuovo tour "Ora che non ho più te non riposo mai"". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Nasto, Vincenzo (24 September 2024). "Testo, significato e video di Ora che non ho più te, per Cesare Cremonini un voltapagina nella sua vita". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Vianelli, Michela (23 September 2024). "Cesare Cremonini: a sorpresa a mezzanotte fuori il nuovo singolo "Ora che non ho più te"". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Cesare Cremonini è tornato: «Il nuovo singolo e il tour negli stadi nel 2025 dopo due anni di silenzio»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Sibilla, Gianni (24 September 2024). "Cesare Cremonini, tra suoni vintage e poetica contemporanea". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Alicandri, Alessandro (24 September 2024). ""Ora che non ho più te" di Cesare Cremonini: cinque minuti per rinascere". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Cesare Cremonini è tornato: guarda il video di 'Ora che non ho più te'". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Catanese, Jasmine (8 October 2024). "Cesare Cremonini, il dietro le quinte di "Ora che non ho più te"". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Meo (Caporedattore), Oriana (2024-10-11). "Classifiche di vendita FIMI 41 - 2024: i Coldplay debuttano alla #1... continua il successo "Devastante" di Olly". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 46 (dal 08.11.2024 al 14.11.2024))" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Classifica Airplay - Ora che non ho più te - Cesare Cremonini". EarOne. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 30/10/2024" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 30 October 2024. Archived from the original on 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Italian single certifications – Cesare Cremonini – Ora che non ho più te" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 5 November 2024.