"Ora che non ho più te" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini. It was released on 24 September 2024 through Universal Music Italy and EMI Records, as the lead single from his eighth studio album "Alaska Baby".
The song peaked at number one on Italian Singles Chart, becoming Cremonini's first number one as a solo artist and his first top-ten placement since "Poetica" in 2017.
Background and composition.
Following the publication of his seventh studio album "La ragazza del futuro" (2022), Cremonini took a two-year recording break, collaborating only on the song "Fantasie" by singer-songwriter Tropico.
The song was written by the singer-songwriter himself with Tropico and produced with Alessio Natalizia and Alessandro De Crescenzo. Cremonini explained the meaning of the song and its composition proces:
Critical reception.
Gianni Sibilla of "Rockol" stated that the song introduces new sounds for the singer composed of "retro sounds of the song, with filtered drums reminiscent of 80s Prince" while the melody turns out to be "typically Cremonini-esque", in which he sets a lyric that features "phrasing in the stanzas reminiscent of the classic Venditti; [...] remaining strongly himself, with his own unique poetics". Alessandro Alicandri of "TV Sorrisi e Canzoni" also found '80s music sonorities, in which the length of the song shows that the singer "imagined an opposite, narrative and dreamlike path, a headlamp trip into the unknown" and describing it as "a night song that takes its time to tell the end of a love, whatever its nature".
Music video.
The music video for the song, directed by Enea Colombi, was released on 24 September 2024 through the singer's YouTube channel. It was filmed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Commercial performances.
The song debuted at number 59 on the Italian Singles Chart; it peaked at number three in its fifth week of release, becoming Cremonini's twelfth top-ten as a solo artist and his first since "Poetica" in 2017.