Release: January 22, 2013
Lyrics:
The sky is red tonight
We're on the edge tonight
No shooting star to guide us
Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It's such a shame
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops
How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops
So come and face me now
Here on the stage tonight
Let's leave the past behind us
Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It's such a shame
Tell me
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops
How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops
What's gone between us has come between us
Only teardrops
(Tell me now) What's gone between us has come between us
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops
How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops, only teardrops
Only teardrops
Only teardrops
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops
Songwriter:
How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops
Lise Cabble / Julia Fabrin Jakobsen / Thomas Stengaard
SongFacts:
"Only Teardrops" is a song by Danish singer Emmelie de Forest. The song was written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard and produced by Frederik Thaae. It is best known as Denmark's winning entry at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. The song competed in the first semi-final on May 14, 2013 and qualified for the final on May 18, 2013. In the final, the song competed against 25 other songs and took first place with 281 points.
The song was an instant hit in de Forest's home country of Denmark, where it debuted and reached number two on the Danish singles chart upon its release. After winning the Eurovision Song Contest, the song landed at number one in the singles charts again. It has since been certified gold by IFPI Denmark for sales of 15,000 digital copies. It was the fourteenth best-selling digital single in Denmark in 2013.
In the UK, "Only Teardrops" debuted at number 99, despite Eurovision airing just four hours before the charts ended. A week later, the single peaked at number 15 in the UK. In its third week it fell to number 84 and fell out of the chart the following week after three weeks in the UK charts. According to The Official Charts Company, “Only Teardrops” is the seventh most downloaded Eurovision song in the UK to date.
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Wrapped 2023 (Aijamisespava Edition!)
Oookay, taking a break from my messenger role in Eurovision Land to bring you something different (buckle up, this is going to get long). Yesterday was Spotify Wrapped, and while I'm off celebrating my favorite songs that made it to that top 100 list, I also become a wild statistician and bring you my stats.
General Stats: Well...I listened for 139,902 minutes (more than my friends and family), my top artist was Taylor Swift with Evanescence, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, and Loïc Nottet rounding out my top 5. I'd go into my top 5 songs but.....Loïc Nottet took 3rd and 4th with "Mélodrame" and "Mud Blood" respectively. What about the rest? That's what I'm here for.
Welcome to my Eurovision 2023. Any Eurovision song that makes my Spotify Wrapped is in my Grand Final. So countries can participate as many times as they appear. So here is my list. I'll have their actual placement on my Wrapped in parenthesis.
Latvia 2023: "Aijā" by Sudden Lights (1)
Serbia 2023: "Samo Mi Se Spava" by Luke Black (2)
Türkiye 2010: "We Could Be The Same" by maNga (5)
Switzerland 2021: "Tout l'univers" by Gjon's Tears (7)
Norway 2023: "Queen Of Kings" by Alessandra (9)
Australia 2023: "Promise" by Voyager (12)
Slovenia 2023: "Carpe Diem" by Joker Out (13)
Czechia 2023: "My Sister's Crown" by Vesna (14)
Georgia 2023: "Echo" by Iru (15)
Italy 2023: "Due Vite" by Marco Mengoni (17)
Armenia 2023: "Future Lover" by Brunette (19)
Austria 2023: "Who The Hell Is Edgar?" by Teya + Salena (20)
Lithuania 2023: "Stay" by Monika Linkyte (23)
Finland 2023: "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä (26)
France 2023: "Évidemment" by La Zarra (27)
Romania 2023: "D.G.T. (Off And On)" by Theodor Andrei (29)
United Kingdom 2023: "I Wrote A Song" by Mae Muller (31)
Australia 2016: "Sound Of Silence" by Dami Im (48)
Czechia 2022: "Lights Off" by We Are Domi (49)
Switzerland 2020: "Répondez-moi" by Gjon's Tears (52)
Bulgaria 2017: "Beautiful Mess" by Kristian Kostov (53)
Greece 2022: "Die Together" by Amanda Tenfjord (56)
Sweden 2015: "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw (59)
Finland 2014: "Something Better" by Softengine (60)
Belgium 2015: "Rhythm Inside" by Loïc Nottet (61)
Italy 2014: "La Mia Città" by Emma (64)
Austria 2022: "Halo" by LUM!X and PIA MARIA (68)
Russia 2016: "You Are The Only One" by Sergey Lazarev (69)
Belarus: "Forever" by ALEKSEEV (72)
Denmark 2013: "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest (73)
Ireland 2020: "Story Of My Life" by Lesley Roy (79)
Ireland 2022: "That's Rich" by Brooke (87)
Ukraine 2017: "Time" by O. Torvald (93)
Finland 2022: "Jezebel" by The Rasmus (96)
Cyprus 2021: "El Diablo" by Elena Tsagrinou (97)
Moldova 2010: "Run Away" by Sunstroke Project (100)
Honorable mentions go to "Gladiator" by Jann and "Novi Plan Drugi San" by Filip Baloš for making my Wrapped at 21 and 32, respectively. They may not have made it to the Eurovision stage, but they have a soft spot in my heart. Unfortunately, I did not have any Junior Eurovision songs make it. But if they did, they would be listed.
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but you secretly despise these walls they've built for us too, don't you?
late in the night, we both clutch our pillows, as if it's possible to hold on to the memories without holding on to the pain. we both wipe our tears away without realising they're being bottled and we're floating endlessly in the swimming pool they form. the heart shaped pasta i try to blind myself with is morphing, morphing with the crimson sauce until the plate is adorned with spider cracks.
i know you want to demolish these walls. i do too.
but the lines have been drawn, the stones have been laid, the stars have been misaligned forever.
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