Quando sarai piccola
{{short description|2025 single by Simone Cristicchi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Quando sarai piccola
| cover =Quando sarai piccola.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Simone Cristicchi
| album = Dalle tenebre alla luce
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| released = 12 February 2025
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| genre = Traditional pop
| length = 3:06
| label = Dueffel, ADA Italy
| writer = {{hlist|Amara|Nicola Brunialti|Simone Cristicchi}}
| producer = Francesco Musacco
| prev_title = Centro di gravità permanente
| prev_year = 2022
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}}
"Quando sarai piccola" ("When You [{{abbr|f.|feminine}}] Are Little") is a single by the Italian singer-songwriter Simone Cristicchi, released on 12 February 2025 as the first single from the reissue of the fifth studio album Dalle tenebre alla luce. The song was presented in competition at the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 where it finished in fifth place at the end of the event.{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/approfondimenti/simone-cristicchi-testo-canzone-sanremo-2025-quando-sarai-piccola|title=Sanremo 2025, testo e significato della canzone di Simone Cristicchi: Quando sarai piccola|date=11 February 2025|website=Sky TG24|access-date=12 February 2025|language=it}}{{Cite web|language=it|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/dossier/festival-di-sanremo/2025/02/16/news/classifica_finale_sanremo_2025-424007444/|title=La classifica di Sanremo 2025. Vince Olly, Lucio Corsi e Brunori Sas sul podio|website=la Repubblica|date=2025-02-16|access-date=2025-02-16}}
Background
The song, written by Cristicchi himself together with his partner Amara and Nicola Brunialti, presents itself as a reflection on the mother-child relationship and deals with the reversal of roles between parent and child, with the son taking care of the mother, who, due to illness and old age, becomes "little" again.{{cite web|language=it|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/dossier/festival-di-sanremo/2025/02/11/news/quando_sarai_piccola_testo_significato_simone_cristicchi_sanremo-423996714/|title=Quando sarai piccola, testo e significato della canzone di Simone Cristicchi a Sanremo|website=la Repubblica|date=2025-02-11|access-date=2025-02-12}}
Sanremo Music Festival 2025
{{main|Sanremo Music Festival 2025}}
Italian broadcaster RAI organised the 75th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival between 11 and 15 February 2025. On 1 December 2024, Cristicchi was announced among the participants of the festival, with the title of his competing entry revealed the following 18 December.{{cite web|last=Alicandri|first=Alessandro|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/sara-sanremo-le-4-nuove-proposte-che-vedremo-a-sanremo-2025/|title='Sarà Sanremo': le 4 Nuove Proposte che vedremo a Sanremo 2025|trans-title="Sarà Sanremo": the 4 Newcomers we will see in Sanremo 2025|work=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|language=it|date=2024-12-19|access-date=2024-12-19}}{{cite web|last=Conte|first=Davide|url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/12/18/italy-festival-di-sanremo-2025-song-titles-revealed/|title=Italy: Festival di Sanremo 2025 Song Titles Revealed|work=Eurovoix|date=2024-12-18|access-date=2024-12-19}} The song finished in fifth place.{{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}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Quando sarai piccola" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Italy (FIMI) {{Cite web|url = https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/3/2025/7|title = Classifica settimanale WK 7 (dal 07.02.2025 al 13.02.2025)|website = Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|access-date = 14 February 2025}}
| 16 |
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| scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{Cite web|url=https://earone.com/song/ee0dafdb68|title=Quando sarai piccola - Simone Cristicchi |website=EarOne|access-date=21 February 2025}}
| 41 |