Addicted to You (Laura Voutilainen song)
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"Addicted to You" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Laura Voutilainen as "Laura".
The song was one of three competing numbers in the Finnish national preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, with music written by Maki Kolehmainen of the band Aikakone. The lyrics for "Addicted to You" were written by Kolehmainen's frequent collaborator Tracy Lipp alongside Janina Frostell, a model who was attempting a singing career: Frostell's album Impossible Love comprised songs she and Lipp co-wrote and "Addicted to You" was in fact written for Frostell's Impossible Love, her version being either never recorded and/or released once the potential of having a high-profile Finnish singer such as Laura Voutilainen make a Eurovision bid with the song was recognized. [1]
"Addicted to You" is sung from the perspective of a woman telling her lover how she feels about him. She seems amazed at the depth of her own feelings, telling him "if you were a drug, I'd be addicted to you" and "every time that we say 'goodbye', I just die a little inside".
Finland had last participated in Eurovision at
"Addicted to You" easily won the national selection round for Eurovision 2002 receiving 46 points from the jury and 36% of the popular vote. The song was heavily promoted – reportedly more so than any previous Finnish Eurovision entrant
Performing thirteenth on the night of the Eurovision 2002 final, following
At the close of voting, "Addicted to You" had received 24 points, placing 20th in a field of 24, thus relegating Finland from the 2003 Contest, Finland's fifth time out of the contest. Pictures of a weeping Voutilainen accompanied the singer's post-contest interview, in which she opined: "Everybody thought that I should have won... I don't see what could [have been] done better... Can Finland ever win Eurovision if [it didn't when] everything went exactly as it should?"[4]
While "Addicted to You" did not score high at the Eurovision final, among the contestants themselves it was voted the best song in the contest. "Addicted to You" was also voted the best 2002 Eurovision entrant by the Eurovision Fanclub.
"Addicted to You" was succeeded as Finnish representative at the
Charts
Weekly charts
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Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista)[5]
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References
- ^ a b http://web.mac.com/tracy_lipp/Tracy_Lipp/The_EMI_years.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Laura Voutilaisen viisupuku on salaisuus". Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Marion Rung uskoo: Laura rikkoo euroviisuennätykseni". Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-5879-5
- ^ "Laura: Addicted to You" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 10 February 2022.