| Lo Stato Sociale | |
| Origin: | Bologna, Italy |
| Years Active: | – |
| Label: | Garrincha Dischi |
Lo Stato Sociale (Italian for "The Welfare State") were an Italian band, formed in 2009 and consisting of Alberto Cazzola, Lodo Guenzi, Enrico Roberto, Francesco Draicchio and Alberto Guidetti.[1]
The group released four studio albums, two compilation albums, and eight EPs, along with a series of singles. They participated in the Sanremo Music Festival twice: in 2018 with "Una vita in vacanza" and in 2021 with "Combat Pop". "Una vita in vacanza" is also the band's biggest hit, having reached second place at Sanremo, first place on the FIMI's singles chart, and being certified double platinum.
In 2024, following the death of their manager and mentor Matteo Romagnoli, the band announced their retirement from the scene.
They made their debut in 2010 with the extended play, Welfare Pop, then releasing Amore ai tempi dell'Ikea in 2011.[2] [3] Their debut full-length studio album, Turisti della democrazia, was released by independent record label Garrincha Dischi in 2012.[4] Its follow-up, L'Italia peggiore, became their first charting album, peaking at number 11 on the Italian FIMI Albums Chart in 2014. In 2015, they performed for the first time at the Concerto del Primo Maggio, a televised concert promoted by Italian trade unions to celebrate the International Workers' Day.[5] They performed at the show again in 2017 and 2018.[6] [7]
Their 2017 album, Amore, lavoro e altri miti da sfatare, reached number 6 in Italy.[8] [9] They reached mainstream success in 2018, after placing second in the 68th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una vita in vacanza".[10] The performance featured 83-year-old Dancer Paddy Jones, appearing on stage with her partner Nico.[11] The song topped the Italian Singles Chart and was featured on the band's first compilation album, Primati.[12] [13]
In 2021, they returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with "Combat Pop".[14] That same year, they released five EPs ―Bebo, Checco, Carota, Lodo, and Albi― one for each member of the group (titled after their nicknames), with each EP sung by the respective member.[15] The five records were collected into an album titled Attentato alla musica italiana, which came out following their Sanremo performance.[16]
On 5 May 2023, they released the fourth studio album Stupido sexy futuro.[17] On 15 June, the group announced the death of their manager Matteo Romagnoli, also mentor, producer and author for the group.[18] [19] The track "Non la vedo bene", produced by the band Management in collaboration with Lo Stato Sociale, and one of Romagnoli's last works, was released ten days after his passing.[20] In early 2024, Lo Stato Sociale organized "Impubblicabile!", a festival in Bologna in memory of Romagnoli, featuring various artists associated with label Garrincha Dischi.[21] On 25 June of the same year, after their performance at the Sherwood Festival in Padua, the band announced their intention to withdraw from the scene.[22] [23]
| Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [24] | ||||
| Turisti della democrazia |
| 11 | ||
| L'Italia peggiore |
| 11 | ||
| Amore, lavoro e altri miti da sfatare |
| 3 | ||
| Stupido sexy futuro |
| — |
| Year | Peak position | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | |||
| Primati |
| 6 | |
| Attentato alla musica italiana | 42 | ||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [25] | SWI [26] | |||||
| "C'eravamo tanto sbagliati" | 2014 | 17 | — | L'Italia peggiore | ||
| "Il cassetto del dipendente" | 29 | — | ||||
| "Questo è un grande Paese" | — | — | L'Italia peggiore | |||
| "La rivoluzione non passerà in TV" | 2015 | — | — | |||
| "La musica non è una cosa seria" | — | — | ||||
| "Campetto" | 2016 | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Pubbliche dimostrazioni d'odio" | — | — | ||||
| "Amarsi male" | — | — |
| Amore, lavoro e altri miti da sfatare | ||
| "Mai stato meglio" | 2017 | — | — | |||
| "Vorrei essere una canzone" | — | — | ||||
| "Buona sfortuna" | — | — | ||||
| "Niente di speciale" | — | — | ||||
| "Socialismo tropicale" | — | — | ||||
| "Una vita in vacanza" | 2018 | 1 | 64 |
| Primati | |
| "Facile" | — | — | ||||
| "Il paese dell'amore" | — | — | Attentato alla musica italiana | |||
| "Sentimento estero" | 2019 | — | — | |||
| "DJ di m****" | — | — | ||||
| "Autocertificanzone" | 2020 | — | — | Attentato alla musica italiana | ||
| "Combat Pop" | 2021 | 15 | — | |||
| "Fottuti per sempre" | 2023 | — | — | Stupido sexy futuro | ||
| "Che benessere | ?" | — | — | |||
| "Per farti ridere di me" | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA | SWI | |||||
| "Ti voglio bene Denver" | 2018 | — | — | Duets Forever: Tutti cantano Cristina | ||
| "Una canzone come gli 883" | 2020 | — | — | |||
| "Lungomare" | 2021 | — | — | Sdeng | ||
| "Che sarà mai" | — | — | Lato A | |||
| "Non la vedo bene" | 2023 | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||