| Il sole di domenica | |
| Cover: | Dolcenera Il sole di domenica (cover).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dolcenera |
| Album: | Evoluzione della specie |
| Released: | (Italy) |
| Recorded: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Pop, Pop rock |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | EMI Music |
| Producer: | Dolcenera, Roberto Vernetti |
| Chronology: | Dolcenera |
| Prev Title: | Un dolce incantesimo |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | L'amore è un gioco |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
"Il sole di domenica" is a single by Italian singer Dolcenera, released by EMI Music on 8 April 2011.[1] It will be included in her fifth studio album, Evoluzione della specie, released in Italy on 17 May 2011.[2] The song is written by Dolcenera with Alessandro Finazzo,[3] [4] and it is produced by Dolcenera and Roberto Vernetti.[5] Dolcenera also arranged the song.[5]
Dolcenera revealed the title of the single on 2 April 2011, through her Facebook profile.[6] On 6 April 2011, Dolcenera also revealed the cover of the single,[7] while on 8 April 2011 it was first aired by Italian radio stations.[8]
It was officially released as a digital download on 8 April 2011 through iTunes. Starting from 15 April 2011, the song was released through other Italian digital stores.[5]
"Il sole di domenica" is a pop rock song with influences from electronic music.[9] The song was recorded live by the whole band, and then mixed as if the recordings were obtained through computer programming.[2]
Dolcenera explained the meaning of the song during an interview on 16 May 2011:
It is an invitation to be aware of our own personality, an invitation to our duty to express it, even if this could destroy our interior peace.[10]
Dolcenera also claimed that she wanted to express a complex concept using a "positive" pop-sound:
There are a lot of disco-songs with rhythms similar to those of my songs, but when you go to the disco, you can hear only lines such as "on the floor", and I believe that, adding deeper concepts to these sentences, you could keep your brain in training, even when you are dancing on the floor.[10]
The music video was premiered on Corriere della Sera's website on 22 April 2011.[11] Starting from 25 April 2011 it was published on Dolcenera's official YouTube channel and it was first aired by Italian musical televisions.[12]
It was directed by Alex Orlowski and filmed in Barcelona.[13] The video features contrasting frames, in order to highlight the contradictions of consumerist society.[2] It is an invitation to viewers to be aware of themselves, so that they can feel to be close to the people they love.[14]
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 8 April 2011[17] | Radio airplay | K6DN Records, Emi Music Italy |
| Digital download | |||
| 5 July 2011[18] | Digital EP |
