Standing still
| Standing still | |
|---|---|
| Roman praise | |
| publication | February 21, 2012 February 16, 2012 (Download) |
| length | 3:25 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) |
Jamie Cullum Steve Robson and Wayne Hector |
| Label | Universal Music |
| album | Changes |
| Cover version | |
| 2012 | Ornella de Santis |
Standing Still ( English for "Still standing") is an English pop music -Titel that of Jamie Cullum , Steve Robson and Wayne Hector was composed and written. With this title Roman Lob won the German preliminary decision Our Star for Baku and represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku ( Azerbaijan )
background
Standing Still was composed and written by the British composing team Jamie Cullum , Steve Robson and Wayne Hector . Bertil Mark and Michael Dörfler were responsible for the production of the song. The song was first featured in the Our Star for Baku finals as one of three potential winning titles. 76.8 percent of the audience voted for this title, so Roman Lob also won the preliminary round with it. The song is interpreted by Roman Lob , who finished eighth with 110 points. This was the best German placement since 2010 and should remain so until 2018 , when Michael Schulte took fourth place.
A slightly modified version of Standing Still is available from the German-Italian pop singer Ornella de Santis . She was narrowly defeated by Roman Lob in the final of “Our Star for Baku” on February 16, 2012.
Musical style
Standing Still is in the key of B flat major and is notated in 4/4 time . The tempo is specified in 108 BPM .
Charts
Roman Lob's variant of the song reached number 3 in the German single charts, Ornella de Santis' interpretation reached number 77.
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| 2012 | Standing Still ( Roman Lob ) | 3 | 40 | 51 | 132 | 67 | 48 | 39 | |||||||||||
Eurovision Song Contest
Awarding of points for Germany
Germany received points from a total of 21 countries. Germany achieved eighth place with 110 points.
| number | Points | country |
|---|---|---|
| 0 × | 12 | - |
| 5 × | 10 | Portugal , Estonia , Denmark , Hungary , Ireland |
| 1 × | 8th | Italy |
| 2 × | 7th | France , Latvia |
| 1 × | 6th | United Kingdom |
| 0 × | 5 | - |
| 3 × | 4th | Austria , Switzerland , Croatia |
| 3 × | 3 | Norway , Lithuania , Spain |
| 5 × | 2 | Albania , Malta , Slovenia , Netherlands , Georgia |
| 1 × | 1 | Finland |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Roman Lob: His songwriters already had 30 number one hits mopo.de
- ^ Roman Lob sings "Standing Still" for Germany sueddeutsche.de
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest Our little bear for Baku spiegel.de
- ↑ Sources: DE AT CH UK IR BE (Vl) BE (Wa)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Taken by a Stranger ( Lena Meyer-Landrut ) |
 Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |
Glorious ( Cascada ) |