Chiamami per nome
{{Infobox song
| name = Chiamami per nome
| cover = Francesca Michielin and Fedez - Chiamami per nome.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Francesca Michielin and Fedez
| album = Feat (Fuori dagli spazi)
| released = {{start date|2021|3|3|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:43
| label = RCA
| writer =
- Francesca Michielin
- Federico Lucia
- Jacopo Matteo Luca D'Amico
- Davide Simonetta
- Alessandro Raina
- Alessandro Mahmoud
| producer = d.whale
| chronology = Francesca Michielin
| prev_title = Cattive stelle
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Cinema
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{extra chronology
| type = single
| artist = Fedez
| prev_title = Bella storia
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Mille
| next_year = 2021
| title = Chiamami per nome
| year = 2021
}}
}}
"Chiamami per nome" ("Call me by my name") is a song by Italian recording artists Francesca Michielin and Fedez, written by Michielin and Fedez with Davide Simonetta, Alessandro Raina, singer-songwriter Mahmood and rapper Dargen D'Amico.{{cite web|url=https://radiosound95.it/francesca-michielin-e-fedez-chiamami-per-nome/|publisher=RadioSound95.it|title=Francesca Michielin e Fedez – Chiamami per nome|date=3 March 2021 |language=it|access-date=5 March 2021}}
Produced by d.whale, the song competed in the 71st Sanremo Music Festival and was released by RCA Records as a single on 3 March 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/Musica/fedez-michielin-chiamami-per-nome|work=Panorama|language=it|title=Fedez e Michielin, Chiamami per nome: come è nato il brano per Sanremo|date=March 2021 }} On 5 March 2021, two days after the song was released, "Chiamami per nome" debuted at number 2 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart,{{cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2021/03/05/emis-killa-jake-la-furia-in-vetta_dd311d1e-2aa0-4c91-accf-557c329f4c8d.html|publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|date=5 March 2021|access-date=5 March 2021|title=Hit parade: Sanremo irrompe tra singoli}} before reaching the top of the chart the following week.
Background
Francesca Michielin and Fedez previously recorded two songs together, "Cigno nero" in 2013 and "Magnifico" in 2014, achieving commercial success and collecting a total of eight platinum records in Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/news-720421/francesca-michielin-e-fedez-a-sanremo-2021-con-chiamami-per-nome-video|publisher=Rockol.it|language=it|title=Sanremo 2021, Francesca Michielin e Fedez: Volevamo cantare i Bluvertigo|date=2 March 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}} In spring 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy, Fedez invited Michielin to join him during an Instagram Direct for a live performance. Following the performance, they developed the idea to collaborate for a third time.
The song was originally written by Michielin and Fedez, and later reworked by Mahmood, Dargen D'Amico, Davide Simonetta and Alessandro Raina.{{cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/approfondimenti/fedez-francesca-michielin-sanremo-2021#05|publisher=Sky Italia|language=It|title=I cantanti di Sanremo 2021: Fedez e Francesca Michielin sul palco con Chiamami per nome|date=23 February 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}
"Chiamami per nome" is also the second collaboration between Michielin and Mahmood after "Cheyenne".{{cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/news-720072/francesca-michielin-fedez-sanremo-2021-chiamami-per-nome-intervista|publisher=Rockol.it|language=it|title=Francesca Michielin: Con Fedez a Sanremo anche il suono del Korg M1|date=15 February 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}
Michielin described "Chiamami per nome" as "a lovesong imbued with hope, dreams and anger".{{cite web|url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/francesca_michielin_e_fedez/Intervista/22904_sanremo_fedez_e_francesca_michielin_fragili_e_uniti_tra_sogni_e_rabbia.php|publisher=Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana|language=it|access-date=6 March 2021|title=Sanremo: Fede e Francesca Michielin fragili e uniti tra sogni e rabbia|date=2 March 2021|author=Francesco Carrubba}}
Fedez also considered it as a departure from their previous works together, with a less-classic structure, "a stylistic upgrade, a pop song with urban shades". Unlike "Magnifico" and "Cigno nero", "Chiamami per nome" also features singing contributions by Fedez, who only rapped in the previous songs with Michielin.{{cite web|url=https://www.gqitalia.it/show/article/chiamami-per-nome-francesca-michielin-fedez-testo-significato|work=GQ|language=it|title=Chiamami per Nome di Francesca Michielin e Fedez, cosa significa la nuova canzone per Sanremo|author=Cecilia Uzzo|date=2 March 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}
Michielin explained the title refers to "the moments in which, during difficult times, people only want to be called by their own name".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.it/news/festival-di-sanremo/francesca-michielin-e-fedez-ce-lansietta-ma-anche-lupgrade-dei-nostri-duetti/2021/02/1555224/|magazine=Billboard|language=it|title=Francesca Michielin e Fedez: C'è l'ansietta ma anche l'upgrade dei nostri duetti|author=Silvia Danielli|date=15 February 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}
Music video
The music video for the song was released on YouTube on 3 March 2021. Based on an idea by Michielin and Fedez, the video shows them performing the song in different theatres in Milan, such as the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, the Teatro Menotti, the Teatro Gerolamo and the Teatro alla Scala. Show business workers also appear on the video, while setting the stage for a concert without any audience except for themselves. The video aims at highlighting the crisis of the live-music business generated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.{{cite web|url=http://news.mtv.it/musica/francesca-michielin-fedez-video-chiamami-per-nome-significato/|publisher=MTV Italy|language=it|title=Francesca Michieline e Fedez: il significato prodondo del brano Chiamami per nome|work=News Mtv Italia |date=3 March 2021}}
The video was directed by Antonio Usbergo and Nicolò Celaia.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.it/media/sanremo-2021/chiamami-per-nome-video-teatri.html|publisher=Today.it|language=it|title=Francesca Michielin e Fedez: il video di 'Chiamami per nome' girato nei teatri chiusi|date=3 March 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}
Charts
{{col-begin}}
{{col 2}}
{{col 2}}
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Chart (2021) ! scope="col" |Position |
| scope="row" |Italy (FIMI){{cite web |title=Classifica annuale 2021 |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/13/2021/0 |access-date=2 November 2023 |publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana |language=it}}
|26 |
|---|
{{col-end}}
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Francesca Michielin & Fedez|title=Chiamami Per Nome|relyear=2021|certyear=2021|accessdate=11 October 2021|number=3}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Fedez}}
{{Francesca Michielin}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Francesca Michielin songs
Category:Number-one singles in Italy
Category:Sanremo Music Festival songs of 2021
Category:Songs written by Mahmood
Category:Songs written by Davide Simonetta