Lost in the Weekend

"Lost in the Weekend"
Single by Cesare Cremonini
from the album Più che logico (Live)
Released4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
StudioMille Galassie Studio, Bologna, Italy
Genre
Length3:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Walter Mameli
Cesare Cremonini singles chronology
"Buon viaggio (Share the Love)"
(2015) 		"Lost in the Weekend"
(2015) 		"Eccolo qua il Natale (Una notte tra tante)"
(2015)
Music video
"Lost in the Weekend" on YouTube

"Lost in the Weekend" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini. It was released on 4 September 2015 through Universal Music Italy and Trecuori srl, as the second single from his second live album Più che logico (Live).[1][2]

Composition

The song, written by Cremonini with Davide Petrella and produced by Walter Mameli, has electropop and funk music references.[3] In an interiwew with Il Giornale singer explained the inspiration of the song:[4]

"It reminds me of Vasco Rossi of the 1980s when he wanted to go full throttle: this song will be the soundtrack of my fall tour."

Critic reception

Mattia Marzi of Rockol defined the song as a sequel of "Logico #1", in which "electropop sounds are present in a more pronounced way" with "keyboards and synthesizers called upon to bring to mind the hits of music from funk and dance-pop".[5] Luca of La Repubblica stated that "no one among the stars of Italian music has written a song of this quality in the past decade", associating the sounds to "Yuppies" by Luca Barbarossa.[6]

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Gaetano Morbioli, was released on September 4, 2015, through the singer's YouTube channel.[7]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[8] 46
Italy Airplay (EarOne)[9] 1

Certifications

Certifications for "Lost in the Weekend"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[10] Platinum 50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Cesare Cremonini, aspettando l'album: Lost in the weekend è Platino". Radio Italia (in Italian). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ^ Andreetti, Marco (27 October 2015). "La lunghissima nottedi Cesare Cremonini". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. ^ Scarpato, Giuseppe (5 September 2015). "Cesare Cremonini, dopo il tormentone "Buon viaggio" arriva in radio "Lost in the weekend"". All Music Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ^ Giordano, Paolo (10 April 2015). ""Mai così lontano dai Lùnapop": la nuova vita di Cremonini". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ Marzi, Mattia (8 June 2015). "Cesare Cremonini - Più che logico (Live) - la recensione". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. ^ Bortolotti, Luca (1 November 2015). "L'abbraccio dei tredicimila a Cesare Cremonini, il ragazzo come tutti che ha trasformato il sogno in realtà". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ Cesarini, Valentina (4 September 2015). "Cesare Cremonini, il video di Lost In The Weekend". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 43 (dal 23.10.2015 al 29.10.2015)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Classifica Airplay - Lost in the Weekend - Cesare Cremonini". EarOne. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Italian single certifications – Cesare Cremonini – Lost in the Weekend" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 June 2024.