Say Na Na Na

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Say Na Na Na
Serhat
publication March 8, 2019
length 2:58
Genre (s) pop
text Serhat
music Serhat, Mary Susan Applegate
Label CAP sounds

Say Na Na Na is an English-language pop song by the Turkish singer Serhat , with whom he represented San Marino at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest . A German version was published under the title Sing Na Na Na .

Background and content

Serhat already represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 , where he finished 12th in the first semifinals with I Didn't Know . In January 2019 he was announced to participate again in the same year. According to his own account, he wrote the title in five minutes on the streets of Cologne after receiving a request from the San Marino radio station . He worked on the composition with Mary Susan Applegate. The song is an invitation to celebrate life and to give people hope and happiness. He was inspired by the film My Songs - My Dreams . The language of the title is in English, only in the pre-chorus after the second stanza the line “Bir İki Üç” (“One, two, three”) is in Turkish.

At the Eurovision Song Contest

Serhat appeared on May 14, 2019 as the last of the 17 participants in the first semi-finals. He reached 8th place with 150 points and was thus able to successfully qualify for the final four days later. There he appeared as the seventh of a total of 26 participants and reached 19th place. The vast majority of the points came from the audience. Since the qualification of Valentina Monetta in 2014 , this is considered the best result at the San Marino Grand Prix.

reception

The reactions were mostly average. Wiwibloggs praised the song for being a perfect match for Serhat. ESCXtra stated that the song was a lot of fun, but was rather weak in the totality of the participating Eurovision contributions. Roisin O'Connor, the Independent's music correspondent , said Serhat's appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest made her smile. He is bizarre, catchy and from a completely different world.

Publications

Say Na Na Na 
No. title length
1. Say Na Na Na 2:58
2. Say Na Na Na (Wideboys Radio Edit) 2:58
3. Say Na Na Na (Rico Bernasconi Radio Edit) 3:10
4th Say Na Na Na (Kon Cept Euro Remix) 3:33
5. Say Na Na Na (Mark Voss Radio Edit) 2:57
6th Say Na Na Na (Extended Version) 4:55
7th Say Na Na Na (Wideboys Feel the Rainbow Remix) 4:22
8th. Say Na Na Na (Rico Bernasconi Remix) 5:22
9. Say Na Na Na (Mark Voss Remix) 4:48
10. Say Na Na Na (Instrumental) 2:59
Overall length: 38:02

German version

Sing Na Na Na
Serhat
publication 19th July 2019
length 2:58
Genre (s) pop
text Michael Begasse
music Serhat, Mary Susan Applegate
Label CAP sounds

On July 19, 2019, a German version called "Sing Na Na Na" was published. Michael Begasse wrote the text .

Sing Na Na Na 
No. title length
1. Sing Na Na Na 2:58
2. Sing Na Na Na (DJ Maxi Version) 4:54
3. Say Na Na Na (Rico Bernasconi Radio Edit) 3:09
5. Sing Na Na Na (Mark Voss Radio Edit) 2:56
9. Say Na Na Na (Mark Voss Remix) 4:48
10. Say Na Na Na (Rico Bernasconi Remix) 5:23
Overall length: 24:08

Web links

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  1. ↑ Track on iTunes. In: iTunes. Retrieved October 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ First Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved October 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Stratos Agadellis: San Marino: Serhat returns to Eurovision! In: ESC Today. January 21, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Serhat - San Marino. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Serhat for Infe Cyprus: "A small country must start as last but I and all my supporters believe in our song" ( Memento from April 1, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ First Semi-Final of Tel Aviv 2019. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
  8. ^ San Marino results first semi-final. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ San Marino Results Final. In: Eurovision.tv. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
  10. ^ Robyn Gallagher: Wiwi Jury: San Marino's Serhat with "Say Na Na Na". In: Wiwibloggs. April 29, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Luke Malam: The Xtra Files 2019: We review San Marino's 'Say Na Na Na' by Serhat. In: ESCXtra. March 31, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Clémence Michallon: TEurovision 2019: San Marino entry Serhat praised for performance of the song 'Say Na Na Na'. In: The Independent . May 18, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ "Sing Na Na Na" on iTunes. In: iTunes. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
  14. ^ Benjamin Hertlein: "Sing Na Na Na": Serhat publishes the German version of his ESC contribution. In: ESC compact. July 19, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .