Euphoria (song)
Euphoria | |
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Loreen | |
publication | February 26, 2012 |
length | 3:01 (single) 3:33 (album) |
Genre (s) | Pop , electro-pop , eurodance |
text | Thomas G: son , Peter Boström |
music | Boström, SeventyEight |
Label | Warner Music Sweden |
album | Heal |
Euphoria is an English language song by the Swedish singer Loreen , from her album Heal . It is the winning title of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku . The song was awarded one gold and five platinum records in Sweden .
background
Euphoria was composed by Thomas G: son and Peter Boström. The song was already performed at the Melodifestivalen 2012, where it reached the finals. On March 10, 2012 Loreen won the national preliminary round in the Globen Arena with the song , where it received 268 points. With the song Loreen followed on May 26, 2012 at the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden . With the exception of Italy, the song received points from all countries entitled to vote and came to a total of 372 points. It had 113 points more than the runner-up Buranowskije Babuschki .
Scoring for Sweden:
number | Points | country |
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18 × | 12 points | Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Estonia , Finland , France , Ireland , Iceland , Israel , Latvia , Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Russia , Slovakia , Spain , Hungary , United Kingdom |
5 × | 10 points | Lithuania , Romania , Serbia , Slovenia , Cyprus |
3 × | 8 points | Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Georgia |
5 × | 7 points | Azerbaijan , Croatia , Moldova , Montenegro , Switzerland |
6 × | 6 points | Greece , Malta , Macedonia , Turkey , Ukraine , Belarus |
1 × | 5 points | Albania |
0 × | 4 points | |
2 × | 3 points | Portugal , San Marino |
0 × | 2 points | |
0 × | 1 point | |
1 × | 0 points | Italy |
Cover version
In 2017 Nicole published a German-language cover version of the song on her album 12 Punkt .
Chart placements
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 1 (39 weeks) | 39 |
Austria (Ö3) | 1 (35 weeks) | 35 |
Sweden (GLF) | 1 (43 weeks) | 43 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 1 (38 weeks) | 38 |
United Kingdom (OCC) | 3 (16 weeks) | 16 |
Web links
- Lyrics provided by eurovision.tv
Individual evidence
- ↑ Euphoria auf Sverige Topplistan , accessed on May 27, 2012.
- ↑ News on Digital Spy: Sweden wins the ESC 2012
- ↑ Eurovision website , accessed on May 27, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK SE
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Running Scared ( Ell & Nikki ) |
Winner song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |
Only Teardrops ( Emmelie de Forest ) |
Popular ( Eric Saade ) |
Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |
You ( Robin Stjernberg ) |