Italy - Marco Mengoni - Due Vite

4 - 350 pts, not in semi

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Marco Mengoni won the 73rd Sanremo festival with his song Due Vite (Two lives). The song is written by Davide Petrella, Davide Simonetta and Marco Mengoni himself. Due Vite was released as a digital single on February 8 and can also be found on the Sanremo compilation (see below).

Mengoni is confirmed as the artist for Liverpool but there was the tiny matter that he was entitled to change his song. But he stuck to Due Vite and the Eurovision version was released on March 31. Spotify and the likes date this edit at February 7 but we all know that's not true.

A promo 7"inch vinyl was issued by Sony Music. It includes the Eurovision version of Due Vite and a cover of the Beatles' Let It Be.

La Dernière Chanson

A French/Italian version of Due Vite is released as a digital single on October 13

Materia (Prisma)

On May 26 Mengoni released the third instalment of his Materia album series. Materia (Prisma) will include Due Vite.

The album is available on white vinyl and green vinyl LP's. Also available in CD boxset with Materia (Pelle) and Materia (Terra).

An LP boxset with the three albums in marbled vinyl is out on December 15. Available here.

Marco Mengoni is not a stranger to Eurovision, in 2013 he ended 7th in Malmö with L'essenziale which was also a Sanremo winner. You can read all about the many versions and releases of that one here at the Malmö Collection. In 2009 he won Italian X-Factor which got him a ticket to his first Sanremo in 2010. There he finished 3rd with Credimi Ancora.

In his second Sanremo each artist had two songs with one proceding to the final. The other song was Bellissimo, co-written by Gianna Nannini.

Mengoni has recently released two albums in his Materia trilogy, Materia (Terra) (2021) and Materia (Pelle) (2022) and the final album of the set is expected later this year. This will include Due Vite.

Versions:

Due vite - Eurovision version

- digital 31-3

Due vite - original version

- 2CD/2LP Sanremo 2023, digital 8-2

La Dernière Chanson - French/Italian version

- digital 13-10

Due Vite - karaoke (= instrumental with some faint choral effects)

- On the official karaoke album

Due Vite in the Charts

Due Vite enters the Italian top 100 at #1 on February 10, with just two days of registration for the charts (February 8 and 9). He was kicked of the #1 spot by Lazza's Cenere, the Sanremo runner up.

Due Vite went platinum in 3 weeks,  (and so did Cenere and Supereroi by Mr. Rain). 2x platinum in 7 weeks. 4 x platinum in 20 weeks, 5 x platinum in 40 weeks.

Italy top 100 (FIMI): 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 6, 9, 8, 8, 10, 4, 7, 11, 30, 26, 28, 28, 38, 28, 35, 41, 47, 42, 42, 45, 46, 48, 49, 48, 45, 48, 54, 56, 65, 56, 67, 77, 58, 54, 70, 76, 61, 60, 27, 49, 46, 42, 41, 37, 47, 55, 45, 57, 46, 58, 58, 56, 66, 52 (1-63)

Switzerland top 100 (Hitparade.ch): 23, 2, 12, 22, 37, 49, 63, 79, 84, -, re: 12, 7, 34, 65, 95, -

Sweden top 100 (Topplistan): 56, -

Austria top 75: 50, -

Links and sources:

Scroll down for Sanremo 2023 release info

Marco Mengoni Website, FB, Linktree, Insta, APP

Essential Marco Mengoni in 2013
Sanremo 2023 at ESCHistory
Festival di Sanremo Website at Rai, FB

Remember these Italian gems: Brividi (page also has all releases of Sanremo 2022), Zitti e Buoni (page also has all releases of Sanremo 2021), Fai Rumore, Soldi, Grande Amore

The official 2CD with Sanremo 2023 songs is out on February 10.
A vinyl 2LP version is limited to 2000 numbered copies, available from Universal italy (link). I also spotted a coloured vinyl edition exclusively here. Note these are pre-release images.

A 2CD sold with Sorrisi TV magazine (the yellow sleeve) has 27 tracks. The Sethu song is missing. 

All separate single and album releases are listed below in the tracklist.
So far five 7"inch vinyls have been planned / spotted:
Colapesce & Dimartino - Splash
Cugini Di Campagna - Lettera 22
Rosa Chemical - Made in Italy
Ariete - Mare Di Guai
Lazza - Cenere

And one 12"inch
Mr. Rain - Supereroi (4 versions)

Some are available through Amazon.it, some through Shopuniversal.it.

When in Torino

CD1
1       Elodie - Due
- LP/CD O.K. Respira (Universal, CD 10-2, LP 24-2)
2       Ultimo - Alba
- LP/CD Alba (Ultimo records 17-2, Vinyls 24-2), two colour variations for LP
3       Colapesce & Dimartino - Splash
- 7" inch vinyl single (Numero Uno/RCA 10-2)
- LP/CD Soundtrack. La primavera della mia vita (24-4)
4       Lazza - Cenere
- 7"inch vinyl single, also has instrumental (Universal 24-2)
- re-issue LP Sirio (only vinyl re-issue has Cenere, Island, 23-3) 
5       Tananai - Tango
- CD Rave, Eclissi (Sanremo edition) (re-issue, Universal 17-2)
- Also includes Sesso Occasionale (Sanremo 2022)
6       Coma_Cose - L'addio
- LP/CD Un Meraviglioso Modo Di Salvarsi (Sanremo 2023 edition, re-issue (Sony 10-2)
7       Olly - Polvere
- CD Gira, Il Mondo Gira (Sony 10-2)
- Also includes l'Anima Balla from Sanremo Giovanni
8       Ariete - Mare Di Guai
- Blue 7" inch vinyl single, also has instrumental (Universal 17-2)
9       Leo Gassmann - Terzo Cuore
- CD La Strada Per Agartha (Universal 24-2)
10     Colla Zio - Non Mi Va
- LP/CD Rockabilly Carter (Woodworm/Universal 17-2)
- Also includes Asfalto, their Sanremo Giovanni song
11     Lda - Se Poi Domani
- CD in booklet. Quello Che Fa Bene (Sony 17-2)
12     Articolo 31 - Un Bel Viaggio
13     Levante - Vivo
- LP/CD Opera Futura (Parlophone 17-2) also white, green vinyl
14     Sethu - Cause Perse
CD2
1       Madame - Il Bene Nel Male
- CD/LP L'Amore (Sugar/ Universal 30-3)
2       Cugini Di Campagna - Lettera 22
- Vinyl 7" (Universal 10-2)
- LP/CD Lettera 22 (Universal CD 10-2, LP 17-2)
3       Marco Mengoni - Due Vite
- A third album in his Materia trilogy is out on 26-5.
4       Giorgia - Parole Dette Male
- LP/CD Blu (Sony/Columbia, 17-2), LP also on blue vinyl (exclusive here)
5       Moda - Lasciami
6       gIANMARIA - Mostro
- CD Mostro (Epic/Sony 10-2)
- also includes Sanremo Giovanni song La Città Che Odi
7       Gianluca Grignani - Quando Ti Manca Il Fiato
8       Mara Sattei - Duemilaminuti
- an album is expected later this year
9       Anna Oxa - Sali
- A  white vinyl 12"inch maxi Tre has three tracks including Sali. (Just 28-4)
10     Will - Stupido
- LP/CD Manchester (Capitol/Universal 10-2)
- Also incl Le cose più importanti (Sanremo Giovanni song)
11     Rosa Chemical - Made in Italy
- Pink vinyl 7" inch single, also has instrumental (Universal 24-2)
12     Paola & Chiara - Furore
- LP/CD Per Sempre (Sony/ Columbia CD 19-2, LP 25-6)
- A digital release has a sped up mix, a slowed down mix and a proper remix
13     Mr. Rain - Supereroi
- Blue vinyl 12"inch has 4 versions of Supereroi: Single, acoustic, sped up and slowed down (someone wants a tiktok hit) Thanks Alexandre! (Atlantic 17-3)
14     Shari - Egoista