"Calipso" | ||||
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Single by Charlie Charles and Dardust featuring Sfera Ebbasta, Mahmood and Fabri Fibra | ||||
Released | 26 April 2019 | |||
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Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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"Calipso" on YouTube |
"Calipso" is a song by Charlie Charles and Dardust featuring vocals from Sfera Ebbasta,Mahmood and Fabri Fibra. It was released on 26 April 2019 by Island Records. [1] The song peaked at number 1 on the Italian Singles Chart. [2]
The song was written by Davide Petrella,Dardust,Fabri Fibra,Mahmood,Sfera Ebbasta and Charlie Charles. [3] Its release was preceded by a series of teasers through Charlie Charles' social network accounts. Its title and featured artists were announced on 23 April 2019,three days before its release. [4]
Charlie Charles described "Calipso" as "a metaphor to tell how easy it is to let yourself be tempted by the wrong roads when you are a kid which starts from the suburbs,and how easy it is to negatively judge who comes from nothing". [5]
The music video for "Calipso",directed by Attilio Cusani,premiered on 15 May 2019 via Charlie Charles' YouTube channel. [6]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Italy (FIMI) [7] | 1 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI) [8] | 4×Platinum | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Italy | 26 April 2019 [1] | Island | |
14 June 2019 [9] | 7-inch Limited Edition | Universal Music Italia | |
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