| "L'essenziale" | ||||
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| Single by Marco Mengoni | ||||
| from the album #prontoacorrere | ||||
| Released | 13 February 2013 | |||
| Genre | Ballad | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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| Producer(s) | Michele Canova Iorfida | |||
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| "L'essenziale" on YouTube | ||||
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| Final result | 7th | |||
| Final points | 126 | |||
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| ◄ "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" (2012) | ||||
| "La mia città" (2014) ► | ||||
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"L'essenziale" (Italian: [lessenˈtsjaːle]; English: "The essential") is a song by Italian singer Marco Mengoni and the lead single from his second studio album, #prontoacorrere (2013). Released in Italy on 13 February 2013, the song was written by Roberto Casalino, Francesco De Benedettis, and Mengoni, and produced by Michele Canova. Casalino described the song as an Italian-style ballad that is about the necessity of essentiality.
After winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2013, the song was chosen by RAI as the Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, held in Malmö, Sweden on 18 May, finishing seventh among the 26 finalists. "L'essenziale" was commercially successful in Italy, debuting at number one on the FIMI Singles Chart and being certified quadruple platinum for domestic downloads exceeding 120,000. It also became the third best-selling single of 2013 in the country, as well as the top selling song of the year by an Italian artist. A Spanish-language version of the song, titled "Incomparable", was released in February 2014, reaching the top 20 of the FIMI Singles Chart.