| La dolce vita | |
| Cover: | Fedez, Tananai & Mara Sattei - La dolce vita - Single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Fedez, Tananai and Mara Sattei |
| Album: | Disumano |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:08 |
| Label: | Sony Music |
| Producer: |
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| Chronology: | Fedez |
| Prev Title: | Sapore |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | Viola |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
"La dolce vita" is a song by Italian singers Fedez, Tananai and Mara Sattei, for the re-release of Fedez's sixth studio album Disumano. It was written by Davide "d.whale" Simonetta, Paolo Antonacci, Dargen D'Amico, Tananai and Fedez and produced by Simonetta.[2]
It was released by Sony Music on 3 June 2022. "La dolce vita" peaked at number one on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart and was certified platinum both in Italy and Switzerland after its release.[3]
The track, which marked the second collaboration between Fedez and Tananai after "Le madri degli altri", and the first collaboration with Mara Sattei,[4] was recorded three days before Fedez's pancreatic cancer removal operation:[5] The song musically is twist, inspired by Paul Anka's "Diana" and "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles, with a rapping part.[6] Mara Sattei spoke about the creative process behind the song's writing and musical choices:[7]
The song was mostly well received by Italian critics, being dubbed the summer hit of 2022. Gabriele Fazio from Agenzia Giornalistica Italia described the song as "a millimetre-perfect, meticulously concocted sound recipe, starting with the sound of 60s Italian classics", with a lyric that is "simple and straightforward".[8] Less enthusiastic was the review by All Music Italia, assigning a score of 6.5/10, explaining that it was "made precisely to lull us through the hot summer" and noting that although the sounds are a homage to the past, the lyrics feature "a few more daring and relatively modern passages" without, however, finding it up to the standard of the 2021 single "Mille".
On 1 September 2022, the song won two awards at the RTL 102.5 Power Hits Estate Awards, the FIMI Sales Award and the overall Summer Hit Award, respectively.[9]
The music video for the song was directed by Olmo Parenti, and features Italian influencer Alessia Lanza.[10] The filming took place on the beaches of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna.[11]
| Peak position | ||
| Italy (FIMI)[12] | 1 | |
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| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[13] | 2 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 44 |
| Position | ||
| Italy (FIMI)[15] | 6 |
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| Position | ||
| Italy (FIMI)[16] | 85 |
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