Taxi sulla Luna
2023 single by Tony Effe and Emma
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"Taxi sulla Luna" is a song by Italian rapper Tony Effe and Italian singer Emma Marrone.[1][2] It was released on 9 June 2023 through Universal Music Group and Capitol Records, as the second single from the rapper's second studio album Icon and later included in Emma's seventh studio album album Souvenir.[3][4]
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| Single by Tony Effe and Emma | ||||
| from the album Icon and Souvenir | ||||
| Language | Italian | |||
| Released | 9 June 2023 | |||
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| Length | 2:23 | |||
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| "Taxi sulla Luna" on YouTube | ||||
Composition
The song is the first featuring between the two artists, mixing dance-pop and rap sounds.[5][6] In an interview with All Music Italia, Emma explained the meaning of the song and the decision to collaborate with the rapper:
It was an unexpected collaboration. I got the track, I liked it because I could and wanted to have fun with it. I thought it was spinning great, and in fact it made people dance all summer and still does. I wanted to put it on the record because it was, and is, part of the path that brought me here today.
Critics reception
Alessandro Alicandri of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni wrote that the meeting of Tony Effe's rap world and Emma's pop world generate "a very interesting point of contact" from a musical point of view, in which the singer was able to approach trap in a "free and carefree way, playing subtraction with her voice and pointing". The journalist appreciated Takagi & Ketra's production dictated by a "90s deep house base, totally club-like".[7]
Claudio Cabona of Rockol described the collaboration as “crazy and fun” although it “only half works” since it “does not appear completely in focus, giving up on finding a credible fit between the two artists.” Cabona pointed out that while the rapper “snares irreverent and ironic bars,” Emma's refrain seems “alien compared to the rest of the song.”[8] Gabriele Fazio of Agenzia Giornalistica Italia wrote that Taxi sulla Luna is “not a song, but a recipe, all in all successful,” even if it is “a catchphrase that in a handful of weeks we will put away to rot.”[9]
Music video
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI)[16] | 4× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||