"Cuore amaro" is a song by Italian singer
Gaia
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. It was written by Gaia, Jacopo Ettorre, Machweo and Orang3 and produced by Machweo and Simon Says.
It was released by
Sony Music
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on 4 March 2021. The song was Gaia's entry for the
Sanremo Music Festival 2021
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, the 71st edition of Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for
Eurovision Song Contest
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, where it placed 19th in the grand final. "Cuore amaro" peaked at number 17 on the Italian
FIMI
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Singles Chart and was certified gold in Italy.
Background
The song deals with the singer's love for herself, as described by the artist herself: "For the first time I'm not singing about love, but a song about myself, about my story. The "bitter heart" is mine, it tells a little about my stubbornness in not giving up, in a sincere way. It is also a song that in terms of arrangement, mood and production tells my story and takes you a little bit to
South America
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but in a fresh way, in today's way... in my way of making music".
Music video
The music video for the song was released on
YouTube
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on 4 March 2021, to accompany the single's release. It was directed by Enea Colombi.
Live performances
On 1 May 2021 Gaia performed the song during the annual Concerto del Primo Maggio.
Track listing
Charts
Certifications
References
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2021 singles
2021 songs
Gaia Gozzi songs
Sanremo Music Festival songs