Life Goes On (Elisa song)

"Life Goes On"
Song by Elisa
from the album Pearl Days
Language	English
Released	14 October 2004 (2004-10-14)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:15
Songwriter(s)	Elisa Toffoli
Producer(s)	Glen Ballard

"Una poesia anche per te"
Single by Elisa
from the album Pearl Days
Released	15 April 2005 (2005-04-15)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:14
Songwriter(s)	Elisa Toffoli
Producer(s)	Glen Ballard
Elisa singles chronology
"The Waves" (2004) "Una poesia anche per te" (2005) "Swan" (2005)

"Life Goes On" is a song by Italian singer Elisa, included in her album Pearl Days . The Italian version of the song, "Una poesia anche per te", was released on April 15, 2005 as the only single from her fifth studio album Pearl Days .

Composition

The song was written and composed by Elisa with production by Glen Ballard, ^[1] in English with the title "Life Goes On", as part of the first edition of Pearl Days in 2004. In the re-release of the album in 2005, the song was translated into Italian with the title "Una poesia anche per te", (later renamed "Una poesia anche per te (Life Goes On)"). ^[2]

The change from the English to the Italian version is not a literal translation of the lyrics, despite the fact that the two songs have the same instrumental base and there is a correspondence of some stanzas; the reason lies in the dedication of the Italian version of the song to the singer's grandfather, ^[3] as she herself recounted in an interview with La Repubblica :"I made the decision following the death of my grandfather two months ago. An incredible man who managed to walk back from Germany after being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camps, and who always taught us a lot of things. His was always a message of life, and this is what I wanted to represent." ^[4]

Critical reception

Reviewing the album, Giulio Nannini of Rockol wrote that in the arrangement "well-calibrated harmonic openings dominate within an arrangement that combines electric liveliness and a soft string section" and that one can appreciate "a wide range of vocal colors and timbres". ^[5]

Charts

Weekly Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI) [6]	2

End-Year Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Italy (FIMI) [7]	5

Sales

"Una poesia anche per te" sold 21,000 copies in Italy in 2005. ^[8]

Track listing

1. Una poesia anche per te (Life goes on) - 5:14 - (E. Toffoli)
2. The Waves - 4:10 - (E. Toffoli)

References

1. "Una Poesia Anche Per Te (testo) di Elisa". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. Oralndo, Antonio (September 14, 2005). "Elisa la poetessa del pop". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
3. "Le 10 canzoni d'amore più belle di Elisa". Cosmopolitan Italia (in Italian). November 22, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
4. "Elisa: canto in italiano per mio nonno". La Repubblica (in Italian). April 15, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
5. Nannini, Giulio (November 17, 2004). "Elisa - PEARL DAYS - la recensione". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved March 14, 2025.
6. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 16/2005" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
7. "Top Singoli – Classifica annuale singoli 2005" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
8. "Le cifre di vendita" (PDF). Musica e dischi : 9. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2021.