Piccola anima

"Piccola anima"
Single by Ermal Meta featuring Elisa
from the album Vietato morire
Released	10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Genre	Pop soul
Length	3:42
Label	Mescal
Songwriter(s)	Ermal Meta
Producer(s)	Ermal Meta Roberto Cardelli
Ermal Meta featuring Elisa singles chronology
"Voodoo Love" (2017) "Piccola anima" (2017) "Non mi avete fatto niente" (2018)
Elisa singles chronology
"Ogni istante" (2017) "Piccola anima" (2017) "Da sola/In the Night" (2018)
Music video
"Piccola anima" on YouTube

"Piccola anima" is a song by Italian singer Ermal Meta featuring Elisa. It was released on 10 November 2017 through Mescal Records, as the third single from Meta second studio album Vietato morire.^[1]

Composition

The song, written and composed by Ermal Meta himself, featuring the vocals of singer Elisa.^[2] Meta shared his decision to collaborate with the singer during the press conference at the Sanremo Music Festival:^[3]

"I've been a huge fan of Elisa since her album Pipes & Flowers. In 2016 I was lucky enough to open some of her concerts for her album On. I proposed her to collaborate and I played her this song: Elisa loved it and agreed to sing it with me. This makes me proud and proud."

Elisa also spoke about the collaboration, declaring: "thanks to you Ermal Meta, who was able to tell the voice of a woman's heart. A woman who unfortunately many times has lived and lives in all of us. And then long live all men with a capital "m". Those who use their strength to do good. Those like you."^[4]

Critics reception

Fabio Fiume of All Music Italia described the song as "a ballad" in which the two artists "play between vocals and together sing and reinforce a concept that we should all make our own, namely that "nothing is more fragile than a promise and I won't even make you one" perhaps we would avoid giving others disappointments, even unintentional ones".^[5] Mattia Marzi of Rockol observed that musically it presents "acoustic and sparse sounds" set to a "ternary rhythm", giving an overall "emotional" duet.^[6]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on November 10, 2017, through Ermal Meta's YouTube channel. I was filmed in Priverno, Italy.^[7]

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI)[8]	54
Italy (Airplay)[9]	31

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[10]	Platinum	50,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Ermal Meta: il featuring con Elisa in "Vietato morire"". Radio Italia (in Italian). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Ermal Meta: 'Piccola anima' è il nuovo singolo con Elisa". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. "Sanremo 2017, Ermal Meta in sala stampa". Rockol (in Italian). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. "Meta ed Elisa insieme per "Piccola anima": "Hai raccontato la voce del cuore di una donna"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. Fiume, Fabio (1 March 2017). "Recensione: Vietato Morire - Ermal Meta". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
6. Marzi, Mattia (17 February 2017). "Ermal Meta e l'arte di scrivere canzoni pop: la recensione di 'Vietato morire'". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
7. "Ermal Meta-Elisa: sguardi, balli e giovani nel video di Piccola anima". Radio Italia (in Italian). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
8. "Classifica settimanale WK 1 (dal 29.12.2017 al 04.01.2018)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
9. "Classifica Airplay Radio - Piccola anima - Ermal Meta, Elisa". EarOne. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
10. "Italian single certifications – Ermal Meta e Elisa – Piccola Anima" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 10 July 2024. Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Piccola Anima" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".