Sotto casa
| "Sotto casa" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Max Gazzè | ||||
| from the album Sotto casa | ||||
| Released | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Virgin Music | |||
| Songwriters | Francesco Gazzè, Max Gazzè | |||
| Max Gazzè singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Sotto casa" on YouTube | ||||
"Sotto casa" ('Outside your house') is a song by Max Gazzè, the leading single from his 2013 album with the same name.
Overview
[edit]Max Gazzè and his brother composed the song after an encounter with two Jehovah's Witnesses who visited them while they were writing music; after listening to them, the brothers imagined what might happen to such visitors if they were consistently rejected and forced to address a closed door.[1] Lyrics serve as a metaphor about dialogue barriers between different faiths as well as between secular and religious viewpoints, and are intended as an invitation to dialogue and mutual listening among different sides..[1][2][3]
The song entered the 63rd edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, where it ranked seventh.[4]
The music video of the song was inspired by Emir Kusturica's films, and features Gazzè alongside his son Samuel wandering Rome's suburban streets in a 1960s Fiat 600 Multipla, knocking at a door until an old man lets them in, and then delivering a hypnotic sermon that wins over the man's family.[5]
Charts
[edit]| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[6] | 5 |
| Italy Airplay (Nielsen Music Control)[7] | 2 |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[8] Sales from 2009 |
2× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- 1 2 D'Amore, Eleonora (14 February 2013). "Max Gazzè: "Con 'Sotto casa' porto la mia spiritualità a Sanremo 2013"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Gazzè, un successo sotto casa". Famiglia Cristiana (in Italian). 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ Brinchi Giusti, Fabio (14 April 2013). "Nel Paese dei litigi trionfa la canzone del dialogo". Linkiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ Manca, Mario (8 February 2022). "Tutti i vincitori mancati del Festival di Sanremo". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Tutti sotto casa di Max Gazzè". TgCom24 (in Italian). 9 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Il solito sesso". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Classifiche, Nielsen Music: al primo posto i Jutty Ranx, bene i Bastille". Rockol (in Italian). 5 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "Italian single certifications" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 November 2025.