Mona Lisa (Dominic Fike song)

"Mona Lisa" is a song by American singer-songwriter Dominic Fike. It was released as a single through Columbia Records on June 2, 2023. Fike wrote the song with producers Kenny Beats, Beat Butcha, Stargate (Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen), and Willy Will Yanez. The song was set to be a part of American record producer Metro Boomin's soundtrack album for the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and was originally included on its deluxe edition, which was released three days after the movie and the standard edition, but it was later removed.[1] After changes were made, the track is now included on some versions of Fike's second album, Sunburn.

"Mona Lisa"
Single by Dominic Fike
from the album Sunburn
ReleasedJune 2, 2023 (2023-06-02)
Genre
Length3:06
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Dominic Fike
Producer(s)
Dominic Fike singles chronology
"Ant Pile"
(2023)
"Mona Lisa"
(2023)
"Mama's Boy"
(2023)

Composition and lyrics

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"Mona Lisa" starts with Fike singing softly over acoustic guitar before the instrumental picks up and he gets into a soft rhythm as he sings: "Love is when you try to place it out your mind, but you can't turn a radio down, and you can't think of anyone else, and love is when you try to make it out alive, but you can't turn the radio down, and you can't think of anyone else," showing that it has romantic undertones. Afterwards, he launches into a faster performance, comparing the song's subject to the Mona Lisa and saying that he hears them everywhere. The chorus begins with him starting to rap faster, slowing down eventually and eventually slipping into the post-chorus. Then, he goes back to the pace of Verse 1, talking about how the songs subject was told not to date musicians and how he knows that the subject doesn't follow the rules. Then, the chorus begins again, followed by the first lyrics of the song ("Love is when you try to place it out your mind, but you can't turn a radio down, and you can't think of anyone else, and love is when you try to make it out alive, but you can't turn the radio down, and you can't think of anyone else"). Then, he repeats the post-chorus, and the song ends after a short instrumental.

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Mona Lisa"
Chart (2023–24) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 92
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] 62
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 58
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[5] 31
San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[6] 36
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 66
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 89
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[9] 21
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[10] 6
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[11] 15

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Mona Lisa"
Chart (2023) Position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[12] 22

Certifications

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Certifications for "Mona Lisa"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release history for "Mona Lisa"
Region Date Format Label [1]
Various June 2, 2023 Columbia [1]
United States June 19, 2023 Hot adult contemporary radio [14]
June 20, 2023 Contemporary hit radio [15]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rossignol, Derrick (June 5, 2023). "All The Best New Music From This Week That You Need To Hear". Uproxx. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 19 June 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1737. Australian Recording Industry Association. June 19, 2023. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Dominic Fike Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 17/09/2023" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 17 September 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Dominic Fike Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  9. ^ "Dominic Fike Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Dominic Fike Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Dominic Fike Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "American single certifications – Dominic Fike – Mona Lisa". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  14. ^ "Hot/Modern AC Future Releases". AllAccess. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". AllAccess. Retrieved June 19, 2023.