{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Cuore amaro | cover = Gaia - Cuore Amaro - Single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Gaia | album = Alma | released = {{start date|2021|3|4|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{Flatlist| * Latin pop<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.open.online/2021/03/01/testo-cuore-amaro-gaia-sanremo-2021/|title=Sanremo 2021, Gaia – Cuore amaro|publisher=open.online|language=it|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> * R&B }} | length = 2:33 | label = Sony Music | writer = * Gaia Gozzi * Jacopo Ettorre * Daniele Dezi * Giorgio Spedicato | producer = * Machweo * Simon Says! | prev_title = Nuove strade | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = Boca | next_year = 2021 }}
"'''Cuore amaro'''" ("Bitter Heart") is a song co-written and recorded by Italian singer Gaia. It was released on 4 March 2021 through Sony Music Italy, as the lead single from her second studio album ''Alma''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 March 2021 |title=Sanremo 2021, Gaia: "Flamenco, Medio Oriente e beat: ecco 'Cuore amaro'" |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-720423/gaia-a-sanremo-2021-con-cuore-amaro-testo-intervista-video |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Rockol |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2021 |title=Sanremo, Gaia racconta il suo brano "Cuore amaro" |url=https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/cultura/sanremo-gaia-racconta-suo-brano-cuore-amaro/ADVPeEMB |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Il Sole 24 Ore |language=it}}</ref>
The song served as Gaia's entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2021, the 71st edition of Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for Eurovision Song Contest, where it placed 19th in the grand final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2021/03/07/finale-sanremo-2021-classifica|title=La classifica finale di Sanremo 2021, vincono i Maneskin|publisher=Sky TG24|language=it|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> "Cuore amaro" peaked at number 17 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart and was certified gold in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensiamomusica.com/certificazioni-fimi-settimana-27-del-2021-shade-e-giusy-ferreri-tra-i-premiati/|title=Certificazioni FIMI, settimana 27 del 2021: Shade e Giusy Ferreri tra i premiati|publisher=recensiamusica.com|language=it|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
==Background and composition== "Cuore amaro" was written by Gaia, Jacopo Ettorre, Machweo and Orang3 and produced by Machweo and Simon Says.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raiola |first=Francesco |date=3 February 2024 |title=Cuore amaro, il testo e il significato della canzone di Gaia Gozzi |url=https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/eventi/cuore-amaro-il-testo-e-il-significato-della-canzone-di-gaia-gozzi/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Fanpage.it |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2021 |title=Milano Sanremo, Gaia: «Il “Cuore Amaro” che canto a Sanremo è il mio» |url=https://billboard.it/interviste/milano-sanremo-gaia-cuore-amaro-intervista/2021/03/0357454/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Billboard Italia}}</ref>
The song deals with the singer's love for herself, as described by the artist herself: "For the first time I'm not singing about love, but a song about myself, about my story. The "bitter heart" is mine, it tells a little about my stubbornness in not giving up, in a sincere way. It is also a song that in terms of arrangement, mood and production tells my story and takes you a little bit to South America but in a fresh way, in today's way... in my way of making music".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alicandri |first=Alessandro |date=26 January 2021 |title=Il significato e la spiegazione di "Cuore amaro", la canzone di Gaia a Sanremo 2021 |url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/il-significato-e-la-spiegazione-di-cuore-amaro-la-canzone-di-gaia-a-sanremo-2021/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocca |first=Federico |date=25 February 2021 |title=Gaia Gozzi a cuore (amaro) aperto prima di Sanremo 2021 |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/music/storie-music/2021/02/25/gaia-gozzi-cuore-amaro-aperto-prima-di-sanremo-2021 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Vanity Fair Italia |language=it}}</ref>
== Critics reception == The song received generally positive reviews by Italian music critics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Assante |first=Ernesto |author-link=Ernesto Assante |date=6 March 2021 |title=Sanremo 2021, le pagelle della serata finale |url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/spettacoli/sanremo-2021/2021/03/06/news/sanremo_2021_le_pagelle_della_serata_finale-290677475/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandini |first=Arturo |date=7 March 2021 |title=Sanremo 2021, le pagelle della finale. Hanno vinto i Maneskin, rock scolastico con un brano brutto. Sarà stata la mano malandrina di Damiano? |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/03/07/sanremo-2021-le-pagelle-della-finale-hanno-vinto-i-maneskin-rock-scolastico-con-un-brano-brutto-sara-stata-la-mano-malandrina-di-damiano/6124822/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}}</ref> Carmen Guadalaxara of ''Il Tempo'' greeted the artist's song positively, associating it with words such as “exuberant, elegant and effervescent."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guadalaxara |first=Carmen |date=10 February 2021 |title=Irama, Fedez e Maneskin. Ecco le pagelle di Sanremo |url=https://www.iltempo.it/spettacoli-tv/2021/02/10/news/irama-fedez-francesca-michielin-annalisa-maneskin-canzoni-festival-sanremo-26169823/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Il Tempo |language=it}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone Italia'' appreciated the singer's contemporaneity, stating, “she is a child of her time, traveling smoothly between musical styles and geographies,”<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2021 |title=Sanremo 2021, le pagelle delle canzoni della seconda serata |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/classifiche-liste-musica/sanremo-2021-le-pagelle-delle-canzoni-della-seconda-serata/552970/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Rolling Stone Italia |language=it}}</ref> a sentiment confirmed by Silvia Danielli of ''Billboard Italia'', who described the singer's project as “particularly pleasant and enveloping.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Danielli |first=Silvia |date=10 February 2021 |title=Sanremo 2021, gli ascolti dei brani in anteprima: quanta sorpresa ci sarà? |url=https://www.billboard.it/news/festival-di-sanremo/sanremo2021-ascolti-brani-in-gara-in-anteprima/2021/02/1054716/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Billboard Italia |language=it}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video for the song was released on YouTube on 4 March 2021, to accompany the single's release. It was directed by Enea Colombi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniele |first=Cecilia |date=2 March 2021 |title=Gaia Gozzi, il video di "Cuore amaro" in tangenziale |url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/cultura/gaia-gozzi-il-video-di-cuore-amaro-in-tangenziale-xfh8j3d2 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Il Giornale |language=it}}</ref>
==Live performances== On 1 May 2021 Gaia performed the song during the annual Concerto del Primo Maggio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://endofacentury.it/2021/05/02/gaia-cuore-amaro-live-al-maxxi-di-roma-per-il-primo-maggio-video/|title=Gaia, "Cuore Amaro" live al MAXXI di Roma per il Primo Maggio – VIDEO|publisher=endofcentury.it|language=it|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for "Cuore amaro" !Chart (2021) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2021&settimana=10#tabs-1b|title=Classifica settimanale WK 10 (dal 05.03.2021 al 11.03.2021)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | 17 |- ! scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earone.com/song/ce7def9b28|title=Cuore amaro|website=EarOne|access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> | 9 |- |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Gaia|title=Cuore amaro|relyear=2021|certyear=2021|accessdate=July 12, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
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