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"Life Goes On" is a power ballad by the Italian singer Elisa, included in her album Pearl Days. The ballad was also released in a not Italian literal translation as "Una poesia anche per te".
| "Life Goes On" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Elisa | |
| from the album Pearl Days | |
| Language | English |
| Released | 14 October 2004 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 5:15 |
| Songwriter(s) | Elisa Toffoli |
| Producer(s) | Glen Ballard |
| "Una poesia anche per te" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Elisa | ||||
| from the album Pearl Days | ||||
| Released | 15 April 2005 | |||
| Length | 5:14 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Elisa Toffoli | |||
| Producer(s) | Glen Ballard | |||
| Elisa singles chronology | ||||
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Composition
editThe song was written and composed by Elisa with production by Glen Ballard,[1] in English with the title "Life Goes On", as part of the first edition of Pearl Days in 2004. In the re-release of the album in 2005, the song was translated into Italian with the title "Una poesia anche per te", (later renamed "Una poesia anche per te (Life Goes On)").[2]
The change from the English to the Italian version is not a literal translation of the lyrics, despite the fact that the two songs have the same instrumental base and there is a correspondence of some stanzas; the reason lies in the dedication of the Italian version of the song to the singer's grandfather, as she herself recounted in an interview with La Repubblica:"I made the decision following the death of my grandfather two months ago. An incredible man who managed to walk back from Germany after being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camps, and who always taught us a lot of things. His was always a message of life, and this is what I wanted to represent."[3]
Chart performance
edit"Una poesia anche per te" was released as a single on 15 April 2005. It sold 21,000 copies in Italy in 2005.[4]
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Italy | 2 |
Track listing
edit- Una poesia anche per te (Life goes on) - 5:14 - (E. Toffoli)
- The Waves - 4:10 - (E. Toffoli)
References
edit- ^ "Una Poesia Anche Per Te (testo) di Elisa". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ Oralndo, Antonio (September 14, 2005). "Elisa la poetessa del pop". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "Elisa: canto in italiano per mio nonno". La Repubblica (in Italian). April 15, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "Le cifre di vendita" (PDF). Musica e dischi: 9. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2021.