Destinazione paradiso (song) explained

Destinazione paradiso
Cover:Ginaluca Grignani - Destinazione paradiso (single).jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Gianluca Grignani
Album:Destinazione paradiso
B-Side:Il gioco di Sandy
Released:February 1995
Genre:Rock, pop
Length:3:46
Label:PolyGram, Mercury
Producer:Massimo Luca, Vince Tempera
Prev Title:La mia storia tra le dita
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Falco a metà
Next Year:1995

"Destinazione paradiso" is a song written and recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Gianluca Grignani together with Massimo Luca, who produced the track for Grignani's debut album with the same title.

The song was first performed by Grignani during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1995, when he competed in the newcomers' section, finishing in sixth place.[1] It later became Grignani's first big success, launching his career in Italy.[2] The song was also recorded by Grignani in a Spanish-language version, titled "Destino paraíso" and included in the Hispanic edition of his album, released with the same title in 1995. This version of the song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart.

In 2006, Italian singer Laura Pausini recorded a cover of both versions of the song, including "Destinazione paradiso" on Io canto and "Destino paraíso" on the Spanish-language version of the album, Yo canto. After being performed during her 2007's concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan, the live performance of the song was released as a single promoting the video album San Siro 2007.

Background and composition

The song was composed by Grignani with Italian songwriter and record producer Massimo Luca. During an interview released in 1995, Grignani revealed that he wrote the lyrics of the song in a moment of deep suffering, while he was one step from suicide: "It was more than one year ago [in 1994], my lack of self-confidence exploded in a single moment. That days, my parents were divorcing".[3] Grignani also explained that he didn't intend to extend the message of his song to his whole generation: "I just wanted to express my personal way of being or not being".[3]

The song was performed for the first time on 23 February 1995, during the third night of the 45th Sanremo Music Festival, as Grignani's entry for the newcomers' competition.[4] Grignani was scheduled to perform as the second artist on the night but,[4] for the first time in the contest's history, the order was changed at the last moment, therefore Grignani opened the competition, replacing Danilo Amerio who was late because of a traffic jam.During the night, it received 6,541 placing first on his semi-final and being admitted to the newcomers' final, held on the following day.[5] After performing the song for a second time, Grignani received 9,434 votes, placing sixth in the newcomers' section.[6]

In 2016, Grignani re-recorded the song as a duet with Italian singer Elisa, included in his compilation album Una strada in mezzo al cielo.[7]

Track listing

CD single – "Destinazione paradiso"[8]
  1. "Destinazione paradiso" – 3:45
  2. "Il gioco di Sandy" 3:35

Laura Pausini version

Destinazione paradiso
Cover:Laura Pausini - Destinazione Paradiso-Y mi banda toca el rock.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Laura Pausini
Album:San Siro 2007
B-Side:Y mi banda toca el rock
Released:2 November 2007
Recorded:2 June 2007; San Siro stadium, Milan, Italy
Genre:Pop
Length:3:50
Label:Atlantic Records
Prev Title:Non me lo so spiegare
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Y mi banda toca el rock
Next Year:2007

Italian singer Laura Pausini recorded the song in 2006 for her album Io canto, entirely composed of covers of songs by Italian male singer-songwriters.[9] The Spanish-language version of the song, "Destino paraíso", was also recorded and included in the Hispanic version of the album, Yo canto, released in Spain, South America and in the United States.[9]

Pausini performed the song live during her 2007 only concert, held at the San Siro stadium in Milan.[10] This performance was included in the live and video album San Siro 2007,[11] released on 30 November 2007, and it was chosen as a single from the album, together with "Y mi banda toca el rock".[12]

Commercial performance

Immediately after its release, the song entered the Italian Top Digital Download, compiled by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, debuting and peaking at number eight. However, until January 2008, FIMI considered the physical singles chart as the official one in Italy,[13] and "Destinazione paradiso" was released as a digital download only. In January 2008, when the Top Digital Download became the primary singles chart in Italy, the song spent three additional weeks on the chart's top 20, reaching number 14 in the week of 10 January 2008.[14] According to Musica e Dischi, Pausini's version of "Destinazione paradiso" sold 15,000 digital copies in Italy in 2008.[15]

Personnel

Live version

Music credits[16]
Production credits

Studio version

Music credits[17]
Production credits[17]

Track listing

Digital download[18]
  1. "Destinazione paradiso" – 3:50
  2. "Y mi banda toca el rock" – 3:58

Charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=5cdvbGGtuIQC&pg=PA1457 . 1457 . Gianluca Grignani . Ventiquattromila dischi. Guida a tutti i dischi degli artisti e gruppi più importanti . Italian . Riccardo Bertoncelli, Cris Thellung . 9788860181510 . Dalai Editore . 2006.
  2. Web site: Un juke box unplugged con qualche tentazione punk . . Italian . 16 August 2012 . 16 December 2008 . Angela Zocco . 14.
  3. Web site: Grignani: volevo farla finita, invece ora le ragazzine mi adorano . . Italian . 25 February 1995 . Gloria Pozzi . 16 August 2012 . 31.
  4. Web site: Sanremo: Giorgia vola, 883 scivola sul computer . . Italian . 16 August 2012 . Luzzatto Fegiz Mario, Parodi Enrico . 35 . 23 February 1995.
  5. Web site: Fiorello balza in testa, tallonato da Amerio. . Italian . 24 February 1995 . 37 . 16 August 2012 .
  6. Web site: Il 1995 – 45a edizione . Sanremostory.it . Italian . 16 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110603142801/http://www.sanremostory.it/festival/anni/il-1995/ . 3 June 2011 . dead .
  7. Web site: Gianluca Grignani: duetti con Max Pezzali, Ligabue, Elisa e altri nel nuovo album Una strada in mezzo al cielo. Rockol.it. Italian. 11 April 2016. 27 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Gianluca Grignani – Destinazione Paradiso. . 16 August 2012 .
  9. Web site: Ufficiale la tracklist del nuovo album di Laura Pausini. Rockol.it . Italian . 19 October 2006 .
  10. Web site: Luci a San Siro, il trionfo di Laura Pausini . . Italian . 17 August 2012 . 4 June 2007 . Mario Luzzatto Fegiz.
  11. Web site: Laura Pausini – San Siro 2007. 12 January 2008 . Italian . 17 August 2012 .
  12. Web site: Latin Grammy, vince la Pausini . . Italian . 17 August 2012 . 9 November 2007.
  13. Web site: Una rivoluzione nella musica Addio alla hit dei cd "singoli" . . Italian. Andrea Laffranchi . 3 January 2008.
  14. Web site: Italian Charts – Laura Pausini – Destinazione paradiso (song). Italiancharts.com . 17 August 2012 .
  15. Web site: Le cifre di vendita – 2008. Musica e dischi. 27 October 2017. 8. Italian. February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125084131/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7267.pdf. 25 January 2016.
  16. San Siro 2007. Laura Pausini. 2007. booklet. Atlantic Records.
  17. Io canto. Laura Pausini. 2006. booklet. Atlantic Records.
  18. Web site: Destinazione Paradiso / Y Mi Banda Toca el Rock (Live) – Single di Laura Pausini. . Italian . 16 August 2012 .
  19. Web site: Top Digital Download – Classifica settimanale dal 09/11/2007 al 15/11/2007 . . Italian . 17 August 2012 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181845/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_digital.php?anno=2007&mese=11&id=46 . dead .