Due vite
2023 song by Marco Mengoni
"Due vite" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈduːe ˈviːte]; transl. "Two lives") is a song co-written and recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Marco Mengoni, released by Sony Music on 8 February 2023 as the lead single from his eighth studio album Materia (Prisma). The song was written by Mengoni with co-writing contribution by Davide Petrella and Davide Simonetta. The latter also produced the track with E.D.D. The song served as Mengoni's winning entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2023, the 73rd edition of the Italian musical festival, which doubled as the selection of the Italian act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. It finished in fourth place at the Eurovision final with 350 points. Prior to the contest, "Due vite" reached number one in Italy.
A bilingual French-Italian version of the song, titled "La Dernière Chanson" ("The last song"), was released on 13 October 2023.
Background and composition
Mengoni spoke about the meaning of the song:
It is my never-ending story because it is the story of a relationship between reason and the unconscious. I am devoting a lot of hours a week to my thoughts with a professional and I am realising that my unconscious gives me more realistic input than everyday life. I speak about this double life in the song: the life of the night and dreams that becomes more real than the dreams themselves, and the life I live every day. [...] I am a sinner, I am one who makes mistakes.
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