"Mare mare" (lit. "Sea sea"), also known "Mare mare (Bologna-Riccione)", is a 1992 Italian song composed by Mauro Malavasi and Luca Carboni and performed by Luca Carboni.
The music was composed by Carboni at his holiday home on Elba, while the lyrics were composed almost a year later, during a car trip from Riccione to Bologna, when Carboni was already recording the album.[1]
The song was a major summer hit, and won the 29th Festivalbar.[2][3] It has been described as "an atypical tune with a melancholic but highly suggestive mood which left an indelible mark on the musical imagery of the summer."[4]
In 2013, Carboni recorded a new version of the song in a duet with Cesare Cremonini.[1]
