Fango in paradiso
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| name = Fango in paradiso
| cover = Cover_of_Fango_in_paradiso_Francesca_Michielin_2025.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Francesca Michielin
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| language = Italian
| released = {{Start date|2025|02|12|df=y}}
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=29}}
| label = * Columbia
| writer = {{hlist|Francesca Michielin|Davide Simonetta|Alessandro Raina}}
| producer = Simonetta
| chronology = Francesca Michielin
| prev_title = Christmas Party
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title = Francesca
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ixB0yDkLO4|"La cura per me"}}}}
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"Fango in paradiso" ("Mud in Paradise") is a song recorded by Italian singer Francesca Michielin. It was released on 12 February 2025 through Columbia Records.{{Cite web |last=Raiola |first=Francesco |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Francesca Michielin a Sanremo 2025: "Non mi vendicherei del mio ex in pubblico, ma Fango in paradiso è reale" |url=https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/interviste/francesca-michielin-a-sanremo-2025-non-mi-vendicherei-del-mio-ex-in-pubblico-ma-fango-in-paradiso-e-reale/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=Fanpage.it |language=it}}
The song competed at the Sanremo Music Festival 2025, ultimately finishing 21st.{{cite web|url=https://www.105.net/news/music-biz/1382182/olly-vince-festival-sanremo-2025-classifica-e-premi.html|title=Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati|trans-title=Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded|language=it|publisher=Radio 105|date=2025-02-16|access-date=2025-02-16}} It marked the singer's third participation on the contest, the first since "Chiamami per nome" in 2021 with Fedez.{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2025 |title=Fango in paradiso, testo e significato della canzone di Giulia Michelin a Sanremo |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/dossier/festival-di-sanremo/2025/02/12/news/fango_in_paradiso_testo_significato_francesca_michielin_sanremo-423997157/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Esposito |first=Cecilia |date=January 28, 2025 |title=Francesca Michielin a Sanremo 2025: "Non ho mai cantato un brano in maniera così struggente" |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/francesca-michielin-al-festival-di-sanremo-2025/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |language=it}}
Background and composition
The song is written and composed by the singer-songwriter herself with Davide Simonetta, who also figured as producer, and Alessandro Raina.{{Cite web |last=Spinelli |first=Andrea |date=February 2, 2025 |title=Francesca Michielin a Sanremo 2025: "Canto la mia risalita. Sono più forte di prima" |url=https://www.quotidiano.net/magazine/sanremo/2025-francesca-michielin-oebzujh2 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=Quotidiano Nazionale |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Alicandri |first=Alessandro |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Sanremo 2025, chi ha scritto le canzoni? L'elenco degli autori e produttori |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/sanremo-2025-chi-ha-scritto-le-canzoni-lelenco-degli-autori-e-produttori/ |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |language=it}} It was described in a press conference interview:{{Cite web |last=Muraro |first=Alberto |date=December 19, 2024 |title=Francesca Michielin: testo e significato di "Fango in paradiso", brano in gara al Festival di Sanremo 2025 |url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/artista-del-mese/francesca-michielin-testo-signficato-fango-in-paradiso-brano-in-gara-al-festival-di-sanremo-2025.html |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=All Music Italia |language=it}}
""Fango in paradiso" is a love song, it's a love story that has ended or is somehow ending, and basically there is so much heartbreak, I couldn't say more. One will say, whatever, everybody sings love songs, but actually I had never written or interpreted a love song like that. The image in my opinion that can describe this song is ivy, ivy is also present in the lyrics, it is a climbing plant, a thing that goes to cover things. And even though it's mega charming on the dwellings anyway it gives you a sense of a place maybe uninhabited, a place where you don't hang out anymore, where you don't talk to each other anymore, so this dishabituation that is created in the relationship."
Critical reception
"Fango in paradiso" received positive or mixed reviews from music critics.{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Le pagelle della prima serata di Sanremo 2025, live: Tony Effe, cosa direbbe Califano (5)? Jova è pura energia (8,5), Tamberi un corpo estraneo (5) |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/festival-sanremo/cards/le-pagelle-della-prima-serata-di-sanremo-2025-live/gaia-voto-6_principale.shtml |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Ferrari |first=Filippo |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Sanremo 2025, gli ascolti dei brani: crying at the discoteque |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/sanremo-2025-gli-ascolti-dei-brani-crying-at-the-discoteque/960822/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Rolling Stone Italia |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Pucci |first=Federico |date=February 12, 2025 |title=I voti alle canzoni di Sanremo 2025 per la prima serata, le pagelle: Lucio Corsi 8, Marcella Bella 2 |url=https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/eventi/i-voti-alle-canzoni-di-sanremo-2025-per-la-prima-serata-le-pagelle-lucio-corsi-8-marcella-bella-2/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Fanpage.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Vacalebre |first=Federico |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Le pagelle della prima serata di Sanremo 2025: Brunori, Cristicchi, Giorgia e Ranieri da 8 |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/schede/pagelle_prima_serata_sanremo_2025_voti_cantanti_giorgia_fedez_cristicchi_olly_brunori-8651182.html |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=Il Mattino |language=it}}
Andrea Laffranchi of Corriere della Sera wrote that there is "elegance" in Michielin's sounds and voice, describing the song "a ballad that opens with a crescendo", whose lyrics turn out to be "one of the few lyrics with non-worn images".{{Cite web |last=Andrea |first=Laffranchi |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Sanremo 2025, le pagelle delle canzoni ascoltate in anteprima: Fedez vede nero (voto 6), Emis Killa cassa zarra (5), Brunori pare De Gregori (8), Tony Effe indolente (5) |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/festival-sanremo/cards/sanremo-2025-le-pagelle-delle-canzoni-ascoltate-in-anteprima-marcella-bella-fin-troppo-semplice-voto-4-5-fedez-vede-nero-6-tony/elodie-dimenticarsi-alle-7-voto.shtml |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}} the song sounds like "the follow-up to "Nessun grado di separazione" but whose refrain instead comes across as "sour".{{Cite web |last=Sibilla |first=Gianni |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Sanremo 2025, le canzoni: il ritorno delle ballate |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-749454/sanremo-2025-canzoni-anteprima-recensione |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Rockol |language=it}} Andrea Silenzi of La Repubblica appreciated the "irregular but not trivial" melody, finding that "the construction has its own originality", despite the fact that the theme of the lyrics is not innovative.{{Cite web |last=Silenzi |first=Andrea |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Le pagelle della prima serata di Sanremo 2025 |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/dossier/festival-di-sanremo/2025/02/11/news/pagelle_sanremo_2025_canzoni_prima_serata-423996651/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}
Music video
The video for the song was released on February 12, 2025 on the singer's official YouTube channel.{{Cite web |last=Caporrella |first=Adrian |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Sanremo 2025: ecco tutti i videoclip dei brani degli artisti in gara al Festival |url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/sanremo/festival-di-sanremo-2025-videoclip-artisti-in-gara.html/2 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=All Music Italia |language=it}} The video was directed of Giacomo Triglia, starring Michielin herself with Maziar Firouzi, and features a cameo by Spanish racing driver Fernando Alonso.{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Fernando Alonso in versione autista di Francesca Michielin: il pilota di F1 nel video di "Fango in paradiso" |url=https://video.corriere.it/spettacoli/sanremo/fernando-alonso-in-versione-autista-di-francesca-michielin-il-pilota-di-f1-nel-video-di-fango-in-paradiso/bae3087f-7733-4adc-9cf3-46f79dae2xlk |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Fango in paradiso" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Italy (FIMI){{cite web |title=Classifica settimanale WK 7 (dal 07.02.2025 al 13.02.2025) |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2025/7 |access-date=14 February 2025 |publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana |language=it}}
| 24 |
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| scope="row"| Italy (EarOne Airplay){{cite web |title=Classifica Airplay Radio - Fango in paradiso - Francesca Michielin |url=https://earone.com/song/0e2dafdb68 |access-date=1 March 2025 |website=EarOne}}
| 44 |