Coraline (song) explained

Coraline
Type:song
Artist:Måneskin
Language:Italian
Released:19 March 2021
Studio:Mulino Recording Studio in Acquapendente[1]
Genre:Rock
Length:5:00
Label:
Producer:Fabrizio Ferraguzzo, Måneskin

"Coraline" is a rock ballad by Italian rock band Måneskin, from their second studio album, (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]

Overview

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]

Charts

Chart performance for "Coraline"! Chart (2021)! Peak
position
Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)[9] 17
Global Excl. U.S. (Billboard)[10] 157
Greece International (IFPI)[11] 5
Latvia (LaIPA)[12] 26
Lithuania (AGATA)[13] 3
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[14] 83
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] 91
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 1
Ukraine (Tophit)[17] 97

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Måneskin – Teatro D'Ira - Vol.I . 27 May 2021 . Discogs.
  2. News: Måneskin, è disco d'oro con "I wanna be your slave" e "Coraline". 14 June 2021. Eurofestival News. Federico Rossini. 15 June 2021. it.
  3. Web site: Il rock secondo i Maneskin. Mattia Marzi. Rockol.it . 22 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it.
  4. Web site: Il significato di Coraline, la favola dei Maneskin sull'adolescenza, senza lieto fine. Vincenzo Nasto. Fanpage.it . 22 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it.
  5. Web site: Måneskin: "Scriviamo e parliamo di noi, senza metafore". Grazia Cicciotti. Revenews, Il Messaggero . 22 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it.
  6. Web site: Maneskin, Coraline è terza fra le tendenze YouTube: il successo dalla band romana. . 19 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it.
  7. Web site: I Måneskin ci presentano il loro nuovo album: "La vera rivoluzione è essere noi stessi". Rockon . 17 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it.
  8. Web site: Maneskin, Teatro d'Ira Vol. 1: conferenza stampa dell'album: "Un'ira catartica, non distruttiva". Alberto Graziola. Soundsblog.it . 17 March 2021. 15 June 2021. it. "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".
  9. Maneskin Chart History (Euro Digital Song Sales). Billboard. 27 August 2024.
  10. Maneskin Chart History (Billboard Global Excl. US). Billboard. 27 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 21/2021. IFPI Greece. 7 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607180055/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. 7 June 2021.
  12. Web site: LATVIJAS TOP 40. LaIPA. lv. 14 June 2021.
  13. Web site: 2021 22-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 28 d. – birželio 3 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100. lt. AGATA. 4 June 2021. 4 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210604092239/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/22s/. 4 June 2021. live.
  14. Web site: ČNS IFPI. IFPI ČR. Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 202123 into search.. 14 June 2021.
  15. Web site: Spanish Singles Chart Top 100. PROMUSICAE. es-ES. 14 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 22. Sverigetopplistan. sv. 16 June 2021.
  17. Web site: 2021-06-04. Måneskin in Ukraine Chart . . 2021-06-14.

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