| Taxi sulla Luna | |
| Cover: | Cover of Taxi sulla Luna by Tony Effe and Emma Marrone 2023.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tony Effe and Emma Marrone |
| Album: | Icon |
| Language: | Italian |
| Released: | 9 June 2023 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 2:23 |
| Label: | Universal |
| Chronology: | Tony Effe singles |
| Prev Title: | Boss |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Next Title: | Particolari sporchi |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
"Taxi sulla Luna" is a song recorded by Italian rapper Tony Effe and Italian singer Emma Marrone.[1] [2] It was released on 9 June 2023 through Universal Music Italia and Capitol Records, as the second single from both the rapper second studio album Icon and the singer seventh stoudio album Souvenir.[3] [4]
The song is the first featuring between the two artists, mixing dance-pop and rap sounds.[5] [6] In an interview with All Music Italia, Emma explained the meaning of the song and the decision to collaborate with the rapper:
Alessandro Alicandri of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni wrote that the meeting of Tony Effe's rap world and Emma's pop world generate "a very interesting point of contact" from a musical point of view, in which the singer was able to approach trap in a "free and carefree way, playing subtraction with her voice and pointing". The journalist appreciated Takagi & Ketra's production dictated by a "90s deep house base, totally club-like".[7]
Claudio Cabona of Rockol described the collaboration as “crazy and fun” although it “only half works” since it “does not appear completely in focus, giving up on finding a credible fit between the two artists.” Cabona pointed out that while the rapper “snares irreverent and ironic bars,” Emma's refrain seems “alien compared to the rest of the song.”[8] Gabriele Fazio of Agenzia Giornalistica Italia wrote that Taxi sulla Luna is “not a song, but a recipe, all in all successful,” even if it is “a catchphrase that in a handful of weeks we will put away to rot.”[9]
The music video for the song, directed by Late Milk, was released the same day of the single, through the rapper's YouTube channel.[10] [11]
| Peak position | |
| Italy (FIMI)[12] | 7 |
|---|---|
| Italy (Airplay)[13] | 47 |
| Position | ||
| Italy (FIMI)[14] | 33 |
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