Viceversa (song)

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"Viceversa"
Francesco Gabbani - Viceversa (single).png
Single by Francesco Gabbani
from the album Viceversa
Released6 February 2020
Genre Pop
Length3:35
Label BMG Rights Management
Songwriter(s)
Francesco Gabbani singles chronology
"È un'altra cosa"
(2019)
"Viceversa"
(2020)
"Il sudore ci appiccica"
(2020)

"Viceversa" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Gabbani. The song was released as a digital download on 6 February 2020 by BMG Rights Management as the second single from his fourth studio album Viceversa (2020). [1] The song peaked at number two on the Italian Singles Chart. The song was Gabbani's entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2020, the 70th edition of Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for Eurovision Song Contest, where it placed second to Diodato's "Fai rumore".

Contents

Music video

A music video for "Viceversa" was released on YouTube on 6 February 2020. [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI) [3] 2
Italy (Airplay) [4] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [5] 55

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)Position
Italy (FIMI) [6] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [7] Platinum70,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Italy6 February 2020 BMG Rights Management

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