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| The vinyl single sleeve |
2 - 472 pts / not in semi
Mahmood is the winner of the 69th Sanremo festival and represented Italy in Tel Aviv.
The winning song
Soldi (Money) is written by Charlie Charles,
Dario "Dardust" Faini and Alessandro Mahmoud himself.
The song is in Italian with two lines in Arabic.
The official videoclip is
here (YT) and it's already raking in the millions. (50 million on March 16, still some way to go until
Francesco Gabbani's 215.000.000).
80.000.000 views at the start of Eurovision week.
100.000.000 views on June 19.
A vinyl 7"inch single is included in the special edition box of Mahmood's CD
Gioventù Bruciata. (see below)
Two remixes by Benny Benassi was released on March 8.
A remix by Denis First was released on march 15, along with its instrumental.
The Vigiland remix was released on March 22.
On May 10 two more versions were released featuring other artists.
One with Finnish singer Isac Elliot has parts in English (by Isac), the other one is with rapper Maikel Delacaille (from Tenerife) and has a part in Spanish.
Attenzione!
A cdsingle has appeared on e-bay but it's a homemade fake sold (and made?) by the same seller that gave us "unofficial" Israeli remix cdsingles of
Imri,
Hovi Star and
Nadav Guedj.
Unfortunately this con has made big
Soldi again.
Mahmood a Sanremo
Mahmood is one of two singers who progressed from the Ecco Sanremo Giovani (newcomers) competition to the big festival. To proceed and win the whole thing is a remarkable feat.
In the Giovani competition in December Mahmood performed the song
Gioventù Bruciata (Wasted youth).
The "big" Festival Sanremo took place from 5 to 9 February.
Mahmood also collected the Enzo Jannacci award for best performance at Sanremo.
On the 4th night of the Sanremo contest all artists performed their entry as a duet. Mahmood was joined by Guè Pequeno for
Soldi. (this version is also included on the album and single, see below).
Mahmood participated in the Italian X-Factor in 2012 and entered the Sanremo Giovani section in 2016 with the song
Dimentica (4th place)
Soldi Fisici
Soldi and
Gioventù Bruciata have been released on the re-issue digital EP
Gioventù Bruciata, out since February 6. (Universal)
The EP was originally released in November but without
Soldi.
A CD album release also titled
Gioventù Bruciata was released on February 22. This includes the tracks from the EP, the duet version of
Soldi and three other songs. (Tracklist below)
The CD also comes in a boxset with a vinyl single, a banknote and postcards (March 8, see pic)
The "vinile 45 Giri" has the original and duet versions of
Soldi.
The album is also released on LP.
Gioventù Bruciata enters the Italian album charts at #1 on March 1.
CD: Island / Universal 0602577523014
Boxset: Island / Universal 0602577534270
7": Island / Universal 0602577530982
LP: Island / Universal 0602577530005
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| Benny Benassi Remix DRI |
Versions
Soldi - Eurovision version / edit
- on the Tel Aviv 2CD
Soldi - original
- 2CD/2LP Sanremo 2019, 7"inch, Mahmood album
Soldi - ft Guè Pequeno
- 7"inch, Mahmood CD and LP
Soldi - Benny Benassi remix
Soldi - Benny Benassi extended
Soldi - Denis First 100 BPM remix
Soldi - Denis first instrumental remix
Soldi - Vigiland remix
- remixes are digital releases
Soldi - ft Isac Elliot (English/Italian)
Soldi - ft Maikel Delacalle (Italian/Spanish)
- digital releases
Soldi - Eurovision karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)
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| The Mahmood Colour Collection |
Charts
Italy top 100 (FIMI): 81, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 7, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 13, 16, 21, 28, 31, 40, 37, 59, 56, 56, 57, 55, 53, 57, 64, 60, 83, 94, -, re-entry in week 1 2020: 100, -
The single went Gold on February 18, Platinum on Februari 25, 2x Platinum on March 18 and 4 times platinum in total (But I don't know how many you'd have to sell...)
Switzerland top 100: 25, 29, 50, 57, 76, 67, 65, 86, 98, 98, 94, -, 100, 5, 10, 12, 21, 26, 22, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29, 26, 29, 37, 49, 48, 62, 77, 68, 99, -
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| Denis First remixes DRI |
Switzerland Top 20 Suisse Romande: 7, 10, 17, -
Spain top 100: 5, 5, 16, 16, 15, 12, 14, 19, 19, 18, 20, 22, 22, 26, 31, 31, 34, 46, 56, 62, 67, 79, 89, 94, 96, -
Netherlands top 100: 18, 16, 21, 29, 34, 83, -
Sweden top 100: 10, 8, 14, 37, 39, 37, 59, -
U.K. top 100 (Official charts): 73, -
Scottish singles top 100 (OCC): 57, -
Belgium top 50 (Flanders): 50, -
Germany top 100: 32, 86, 96, -
Ireland top 100 (Irma): 65, -
Norway top 40 (VG lista): 16, 21, 35, -
Austria top 75: 12, 31, 56, -
France top 200 (IFOP): 167, 33, 176, -, 147, 162, 115, 111, 105, 82, 77, 103, 147, 135, -
Portugal top 100: 78, 73, -
Sanremo 2019
The album with 24 songs from this year's Sanremo competition is out since February 8.
For the first time since Italy's return the collection is also released on Vinyl (2LP), out the same day.
Full tracklist below.
Like every year, almost every Sanremo Star will have an album (CD and LP) out to coincide with the festival. Some are Best Of compilations, others are re-issues with the Sanremo songs (and other tracks) added but most have new albums out. Most release dates are in February, some later.
Altro Spettacolo website have a page detailing all the new releases of this years Sanremo stars. Great stuff.
Sanremo vinile
Since 2017 several Sanremo entries have been released on collectors 7"inch vinyl singles and this year there are a few again. A vinyl single of the winner Soldi by Mahmood was released on March 1, but only in a limited box with his new CD album.
So far I've spotted these:
Nek - Mi Farò Trovare Pronto (White vinyl, F&P)
Loredana Bertè - Cosa Ti Aspetti Da Me Azzurro (Blue vinyl, Warner)
Shade & Federica Carta - Senza Farlo Apposta (Red vinyl, Warner)
Irama - La Ragazza Con Il
Cuore Di Latta (Yellow vinyl, Warner Music)
Paola Turci - L'Ultimo Ostacolo (White vinyl, Warner)
Patty Pravo - Un Po' Come La Vita (Black vinyl, Museo Dei Sognatori)
Motta - Dov'è l'Italia (Black & Blue marbled vinyl, Sugar)
At the time of writing all were available at Amazon.it but it seems the Loredana Bertè one is sold out and now offered by flippers at massively inflated prices.
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| The Vinyl singles of Sanremo 2019 |
Links and sources
Italy 2018 has the
links to all Italian entries from 2011 to 2018.
Official Sanremo pages
Mahmood
FB,
Website,
Insta
Thanks to Krzysztof
Tracklist Gioventù Bruciata
01 Soldi
02 Gioventù
Bruciata
03 Uramaki
04 Il Nilo nel
Naviglio
05 Anni 90,
feat. Fabri Fibra
06 Asia Occidente
07 Remo
08 Milano Good
Vibes
09 Sabbie Mobili
10 Mai Figlio
Unico
11 Soldi,
feat. Gué Pequeno
Tracklist Sanremo 2019
- Sanremo 2019 CD1
01 Loredana Bertè -
Cosa Ti Aspetti Da Me
02 Ultimo - I
Tuoi Particolari
03 Patty Pravo
& Briga - Un Po’ Come la Vita
04 Daniele
Silvestri - Argento Vivo
05 Paola Turci -
L’ultimo Ostacolo
06 Nek - Mi
Farò Trovare Pronto
07 Shade
& Federica Carta - Senza Farlo Apposta
08 Simone
Cristicchi - Abbi Cura Di Me
09 Motta - Dov’è
L’Italia
10 Ex-Otago -
Solo Una Canzone
11 Ghemon - Rose
Viola
12 Mahmood -
Soldi
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| 2LP (click to enlarge) |
- Sanremo 2019 CD2
01 Il Volo -
Musica Che Resta
02 Arisa - Mi
Sento Bene
03 Irama - La
Ragazza Con Il Cuore Di Latta
04 Francesco
Renga - Aspetto Che Torni
05 Anna Tatangelo -
Le Nostre Anime Di Notte
06 Enrico
Nigiotti - Nonno Hollywood
07 Negrita I
Ragazzi - Stanno Bene
08 Nino
D’Angelo & Livio Cori - Un’Altra Luce
09 The Zen
Circus - L’amore È Una Dittatura
10 Achille
Lauro - Rolls Royce
11 Boomdabash -
Per Un Milione
12 Einar -
Parole Nuove
