Alessandro Raina

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Alessandro Raina
Born29 June 1977 (1977-06-29) (age 48)
Voghera, Italy
Occupation(s)Lyricist
Composer

Alessandro Raina (born 29 June 1977) is an Italian lyricist, composer and singer-songwriter.

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Life and career

Born in Voghera, in the late 1990s Raina started working as a freelance musical journalist, collaborating among others with Time Out , Blow Up , Rumore , Rockstar, and Pulp. [1] [2] In 1999, he made his record debut as Colonia Paradi'es, with a concept album about the history of Montalto Pavese. [1] After being a member of the group Giardini di Mirò, with whom he released the album Punk... Not Diet!, and following a collaboration with the electronic music project nOOrda, in 2006, he released his second solo album, Nema fictione. [1] [3]

In 2007, Raina co-founded the rock group Amor Fou  [ it ], with whom he released three albums and an EP. [1] The group disbanded in 2012. [1] [4] Between 2011 and 2013, Raina became a close collaborator of Colapesce, touring with him and forming the musical project Santiago. [1] [2]

Starting from 2012, following the success of Malika Ayane's "Tre cose", Raina is mainly active as a songwriter. [1] [2] [4] Among the hits he penned, were Thegiornalisti's "Riccione", Tananai's "Tango", and Fedez & Francesca Michielin's "Chiamami per nome", which ranked second at the 71st Sanremo Music Festival. [1] [4] [5] His songwriting collaborations include Luca Carboni, Elisa, Mahmood, Marco Mengoni, Annalisa, Elodie, Giusy Ferreri, Emma Marrone, Biagio Antonacci, The Kolors, Guè, Club Dogo, Paola Turci, Raphael Gualazzi, Michele Bravi, Massimo Pericolo and Deborah Iurato. [1] [2] [5] [6]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lancia, Claudio. "Amor Fou - Una piccola favola pop". Ondarock . Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Abbate, Mauro (11 February 2025). "Chi è Alessandro Raina, uno dei più importanti autori del pop italiano". Notizie Musica (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Dallo Spazio: Alessandro Raina, dagli Amor Fou a Casador". Rockol (in Italian). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Coclite, Andrea (6 August 2018). "Raina e il pop del futuro. Dagli Amor Fou ai vizi del nostro mainstream". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 Bartolotta, Stefano (18 February 2025). "Rise and fall of Alessandro Raina: l'involuzione di un songwriter". Indie For Bunnies (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Simula, Serena (10 November 2014). "«La mia storia di musicista da Voghera fino a XFactor»". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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