"Sesso e samba" | ||||
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Single by Tony Effe and Gaia | ||||
from the album Icon | ||||
Language | Italian | |||
Released | 23 May 2024 | |||
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Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | Universal | |||
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Producer(s) | Zef | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Sesso e samba" on YouTube |
"Sesso e samba" is a song recorded by Italian rapper Tony Effe and Italian singer Gaia. [1] [2] It was released on 23 May 2024 through Universal Music Italia,as the third single from the rapper's second studio album Icon. [3] [4]
The song peaked at number one on the Italian singles chart,becoming the first chart-topping song for both artists. [5] It was certified platinum by FIMI after four weeks of sales. [6] [7]
The song was written by the artists themself with Davide Petrella and Zef,who is also the producer. [8] [9] In an interview Vanity Fair Italia the singers explained the collaboration: [10]
"We are glad to be there, that people can tie their memories to one of our pieces. The summer, especially for the guys, is a time of experience with precise soundtracks. [...] Everyone did their part, when Tony arrived the part I was going to sing was already ready, and he wrote the verses. I never had anything to say about that, as he did about mine: it was about being free, doing your own. In a system that can resemble, really, an assembly line, the trick is to do things without thinking too much, letting instinct speak, otherwise it becomes a mess. [...] We, even individually, have always been interested in doing the summer song without distorting ourselves. On our albums, we have less pop and catchy songs: music is not just this song. [...] We must not be victims of numbers. They hurt the music, because you look for the hit at all costs, and the musicians' heads. We come from ups and downs, we know how it works: today it's our turn and we enjoy the moment, tomorrow who knows".
Alessandro Alicandri of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni described the song as musically different from the previous "Taxi sulla Luna" collaboration with Emma Marrone, finding it more akin to samba music, on which Effe sets "a lyric that mixes singing and speaking that seems to echo 1960s swing songs". [11] Valeria Paglionico of Fanpage.it stated that the song is musically "fresh and magnetic" and that it "perfectly reflects the sensuality and complicity of the two artists". [12]
In a less positive review Andrea Laffranchi of Corriere della Sera wrote that the song comes across musically with "sensuality, Brazilian mood even if it is not samba in purity" and a lyric "with minimal vocabulary," finding it "precisely constructed" but where nevertheless "spontaneity is lost." Laffranchi questioned "where the balance lies between the past consciousness on issues such as feminism and inclusion of Gaia and the masculinist language of the former dark Polo Gang." [13]
The music video for the song, directed by Attilio Cusani, was released the same day as the single through the rapper's YouTube channel. [14]
"Sesso e samba" debuted at number ten on the Italian singles chart, becoming Tony Effe's fifth top-ten solo song and Gaia's third. [15] The following week the song reached number one, becoming the first song to reach the top for both artists. [16] [17]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Italy (FIMI) [18] | 1 |
Italy Airplay (EarOne) [19] | 1 |
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [20] | 43 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 56 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI) [22] | 4× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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