"Coraline" | |
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Song by Måneskin | |
from the album Teatro d'ira: Vol. I | |
Language | Italian |
Released | 19 March 2021 |
Studio | Mulino Recording Studio in Acquapendente [1] |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 5:00 |
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Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, Måneskin |
"Coraline" is a rock ballad by Italian rock band Måneskin, from their second studio album, Teatro d'ira: Vol. I (2021). Although it was not released as a single it reached a Top 5 position in Finland, Greece and Lithuania. It received the double platinum certification by FIMI. [2]
The rock ballad was initially written in a hotel room by band's vocalist Damiano David and guitarist Thomas Raggi. [3] [4] According to Thomas Raggi, the song has a progressive composition with an arpeggio. The voice and acoustic guitar from the beginning are later met with electric guitar, bass guitar and drums in a "very theatrical way". According to Ethan Torchio it is a "story with a beginning, a development and an end". [5] As explained by lyrics writer, Damiano David, the girl's name is unrelated to the same-titled novel Coraline by Neil Gaiman, but rather it was inspired by a true story. It is talking about a fragile girl's life which is withering, a knight-errant who is helpless in front of her suffering, and that the "tale ends badly, there is no happy ending". [4] [6] [7] [8]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] | 65 |
Czech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) [10] | 72 |
Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 5 |
Greece ( IFPI) [12] | 5 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [13] | 96 |
Italy ( FIMI) [14] | 13 |
Latvia ( LaIPA) [15] | 26 |
Lithuania ( AGATA) [16] | 3 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [17] | 63 |
Portugal ( AFP) [18] | 52 |
Slovakia ( Singles Digitál Top 100) [19] | 83 |
Spain ( PROMUSICAE) [20] | 91 |
Sweden Heatseeker ( Sverigetopplistan) [21] | 1 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [22] | 91 |
Ukraine ( Tophit) [23] | 97 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil ( Pro-Música Brasil) [24] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Italy ( FIMI) [25] | 2× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Poland ( ZPAV) [26] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Spain ( PROMUSICAE) [27] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Coraline" necessita di una precisazione: non è la storia di un uomo cavaliere che salva la principessa in difficoltà. La favola finisce male, non c'è il lieto fine. E' qualcosa di reale, è l'appassimento di questo fiore, di questa ragazza, e il cavaliere è inerme e impotente di fronte a quello che sta succedendo ... Per quanto riguarda Coraline, non è riferito al cartone, al film. La scelta del nome è puramente musicale, fonetica. La storia è reale, della quale non parlerò, riportata in favola e ognuno può interpretarla come preferisce