"Ti vorrei sollevare" is a song written and recorded by Italian singer

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. It was released on 16 october 2009 through

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as the

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for Elisa's sixth

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''. The song featured Italian singer

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from

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. The song peaked at number one on the

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, becoming Elisa's sixth and Sangiorgi's first song as a lead artist to achieve it.

Composition

The song was written and composed by Elisa, with the produciotn of her partner Andrea Rigonat. Elisa explained the decision to collaborate with Giuliano Sangiorgi was made because his vocal timbre that perfectly matched the melody of the song. Sangiorgi also expressed his thought about the collaboration:

Music video

The music video for "Ti vorrei sollevare" was directed by the Italian film director

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and was produced by ''One More''. It premiered on the ''

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'' website on 4 November 2009 and was set in a Mountain's countryside.

Commercial performance

The song reached the #1 on the Italian Chart FIMI for the first two weeks from its release, on Italian Airplay Chart since 15 November 2009 and was certified Platinum Award for the copies sold.

Credits

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*Andrea Rigonat –

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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