| "The Reason Why" | ||||
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| Single byLorenzo Fragola | ||||
| from the albumLorenzo Fragola | ||||
| Released | 5 December 2014 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Italy | |||
| Songwriters | Lorenzo Fragola, Michelle Lily Popovic, Fausto Cogliati | |||
| Producer | Fausto Cogliati | |||
| Lorenzo Fragola singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The Reason Why" onYouTube | ||||
"The Reason Why" is a song by Italian singer-songwriterLorenzo Fragola, released as his debut single on 5 December 2014, during the week preceding the final of theeight season of Italiantalent showX Factor, which was won by Fragola himself.
The song was written by Fragola with Michelle Lily Popovic and Fausto Cogliati. The latter also served as the song's producer.[1]
Fragola started composing the song a few years before it was completed, during a summer holiday when some friends asked him to write a song as a joke while they played the guitar together. He later continued to work on the track, and he chose to perform it during the auditions for the eighth series ofX Factor.[2][3] On 4 December 2016, during the semi-final of the show, each contestant was required to perform a previously unreleased track, and Fragola chose to perform "The Reason Why".[4] The following day, the song was released as a single, together with the other contestant's entries.[1] "The Reason Why" later allowed Fragola to win theX Factor series, on 11 December 2014.[5]
Writing for Italian magazinePanorama, Gianni Poglio described "The Reason Why", as a "pop song written to receive airplay, incisive, immediate, without being trivial".[6] Critics including Alessandro Alicandri andla Repubblica's Anna Puricella also compared the song's sound to the work of British singer-songwriterEd Sheeran.[7][8]
| Chart (2014-2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[10] | 1 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[11] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Italy[12][9] | 5 December 2014 | Airplay |
| Digital download |