"Coraline" is a rock ballad by Italian rock band Måneskin, from their second studio album, Teatro d'ira: Vol. I (2021). Although it was not released as a single it reached a Top 5 position in Finland, Greece and Lithuania. It received the double platinum certification by FIMI.
Overview The rock ballad was initially written in a hotel room by band's vocalist Damiano David and guitarist Thomas Raggi. According to Thomas Raggi, the song has a progressive composition with an arpeggio. The voice and acoustic guitar from the beginning are later met with electric guitar, bass guitar and drums in a "very theatrical way". According to Ethan Torchio it is a "story with a beginning, a development and an end". As explained by lyrics writer, Damiano David, the girl's name is unrelated to the same-titled novel Coraline by Neil Gaiman, but rather it was inspired by a true story. It is talking about a fragile girl's life which is withering, a knight-errant who is helpless in front of her suffering, and that the "tale ends badly, there is no happy ending".
Charts + Chart performance for "Coraline" Chart (2021) Peakposition Euro Digital Songs (Billboard) 17 Global Excl. U.S. (Billboard) 157 Greece International (IFPI) 5 Latvia (LaIPA)26 Lithuania (AGATA) 3 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) 83 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 91 Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) 1Ukraine (Tophit) 97
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