L'ultimo bacio (song)

"L'ultimo bacio"
Single by Carmen Consoli
from the album Stato di necessità
Released2000
GenreBallad
Length3:24
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Carmen Consoli
Carmen Consoli singles chronology
"Orfeo"
(2000) 		"L'ultimo bacio"
(2000) 		"L'eccezione"
(2002)
Audio
"L'ultimo bacio" on YouTube

"L'ultimo bacio" (lit. 'The last kiss') is a 2000 song composed and performed by Carmen Consoli.

One of Consoli's better known songs, its lyrics inspired the Gabriele Muccino's film with the same title (internationally known as The Last Kiss).[1][2] The song was eventually included in the film's soundtrack, and Consoli made a brief cameo in the final scene of the film.[1][2] Muccino also directed the music video of the song.[2]

Reception

The song, which includes several explicit as well as hidden references to Domenico Modugno's "Piove",[1][3][4] has been described as "vibrant, heartbreaking, sophisticated"[3] and as a song which made "even the most sceptical ones [...] capitulate, having to admit that [Consoli's] peculiar way of using erudite expressions, seeking difficulty instead of linearity, rippling the surface of the verses to chase an alliteration or an assonance at all costs could, under balanced conditions, become a kind of poetry that is unique on the Italian scene".[4] It won the Nastro d'Argento for best original song.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."L'ultimo bacio"3:24

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[5]
certification for digital sales and streaming since January 2009 		Gold 25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c Deregibus, Enrico (2006). Dizionario completo della canzone italiana. Giunti. p. 123. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3.
  2. ^ a b c Guaitamacchi, Ezio (14 January 2011). "L'ultimo bacio". 1000 canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-8858617427.
  3. ^ a b c Raugei, Elena (21 January 2010). "È tempo di rinascere". Carmen Consoli: Fedele a se stessa. Arcana. ISBN 978-88-6231-614-9. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Zanetti, Franco (17 June 2021). "Canzoni italiane dal 2000 al 2020: "L'ultimo bacio" di Carmen Consoli". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Italian single certifications – Carmen Consoli – L'ultimo bacio" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 26 March 2019.


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