Euphoria (Loreen song)

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"Euphoria"
Single by Loreen
from the album Heal
Released26 February 2012
Recorded2012
Length
  • 3:01 (single version)
  • 3:33 (album version)
LabelWarner Music Sweden
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Loreen singles chronology
"Sober"
(2011) 		"Euphoria"
(2012) 		"Crying Out Your Name"
(2012)
Loreen international singles chronology
"Euphoria"
(2012) 		"My Heart Is Refusing Me"
(2012)
YouTube

"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish singer

SeventyEight.[1][2] It is best known as Sweden's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song won the competition with a total of 372 points, at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history.[3]
The song received the highest number of maximum (12) points of any entry in the contest's history with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks.

"Euphoria" received critical acclaim from most music critics. Commercially, the song was an instant success both in Sweden and in the rest of Europe. It debuted at number twelve in Loreen's home country Sweden, before reaching number one, staying there for six weeks. The song has been certified 10 times Platinum, selling 400,000 copies there. Outside of Sweden, the song peaked at number one in 16 countries across Europe, the most chart-topping positions of any Eurovision winner. The song topped the Euro Digital Songs chart weeks after the competition.[4]

Critical reception

Prior to the song contest, it was ranked highly on many prediction polls to win most notably by the OGAE members.[5][6] The song also received critical acclaim. SameSame praised the song "The heavy bangs, the steely gaze, and that icy-yet-pleading vocal performance in 'Euphoria' all set the tone for what was to complete my Loreen experience."[7] Higher Plain Music wrote "the most straightforward dance track on the album and is still a killer track."[8] Music journalist Deban Aderemi of wiwibloggs noted that

Idolator had described the song as "infectious".[11]
The Reflective Inklings had labelled the song as "Song of the Week". They gave it an extended review saying:

Euphoria is undoubtedly the best song of the pack that I have heard so far. It has Swedish elements sprinkled all over it. It is delicately done. The synths offer that aesthetic gloss that only makes the track go higher in terms of approval ratings. Upbeat would be a good way of describing Euphoria. Just like its predecessor (Popular), it can evoke feelings of great positivity onto its listener. Loreen shows tremendous composure in delivering those high notes. Hearing Loreen start slowly in terms of building that excitement in terms of her soon-to-be-sang high notes really got me pumped up.[12]

On 26 May, just before the finals began, it received two Marcel Bezençon Awards: the Artistic Award presented to the best artist as voted on by the commentators, and the Composer Award for the best and most original composition as voted on by the participating composers (Thomas G:son and Peter Boström).[13]

In 2019, Theresa Ziegler, editor-in-chief of The Gap, Austria's longest-standing pop culture magazine, wrote that "Euphoria" was the best pop song of the decade.[14]

Chart performance

Commercially, the song was a success, not only in European markets, but also in the Australian market. In her native Sweden, the song debuted at number twelve on the

Danish Singles Chart. The song peaked at the top spot in several countries including Austria, Germany, Iceland, Greece and Switzerland. The song has also reached the top-ten in the Media Forest
airplay charts from Israel, Moldova and Romania, peaking at number-two, three and seven respectively.

The song debuted at number eighty-five on the

Blue[16] The single has sold 500,000 copies in Germany and 2 million copies worldwide.[17][18]
In Australia, the song had its official debut at number thirty-six. The song also debuted at number four on the Australian Dance Charts.

Eurovision Song Contest

Loreen entered the song at the

Globen Arena in Stockholm, she performed the song once more while being judged by 11 international juries and voted by the Swedish people's televote. These were then combined for a final result. She eventually finished in 1st place and won the right to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 after receiving the highest points from both the international juries and the televoting, with a grand total of 268 points. It was reported that a record figure of more than 670,000 of the four million viewers called in to vote for her song.[5][19]

Sweden was drawn to compete 11th in the second semi-final on 24 May. The song eventually advanced to the final and was drawn to perform 17th in the line-up. In the final, held on 26 May, the song eventually placed first with a total of 372 points, just fifteen points shy of the (then) all-time record of 387, which is held by 2009 winner Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale".[20] Additionally, it broke the record for having received the most 12 points awarded by 18 other participating countries under the current voting rules of the Eurovision Song Contest. In total, Sweden received points from 40 of the voting 42 countries excluding itself. The only country that did not award any points was Italy. Both her Melodifestivalen and Eurovision performances were directed by Finnish choreographer Ambra Succi.

Music video

Television music channels initially used the Melodifestivalen 2012 performance as the official music video.[21] Loreen later confirmed the release of an official music video. Loreen tweeted pictures from the set of the music video which was filmed on 13 June 2012. The video premiered on 5 July on Warner Music Sweden's YouTube channel.[22] The video, filmed in a field on the outskirts of Stockholm, features Loreen dancing in a field of tall grass and eventually snow.

Track listing

  • CD single
  1. "Euphoria" (Single version) – 3:00
  2. "Euphoria" (Carli Remix version) – 5:44
  3. "Euphoria" (Alex Moreno Remix version) – 6:39
  4. "Euphoria" (Carli Dub version) – 5:44
  5. "Euphoria" (Alex Moreno Remix radio edit) – 3:23
  6. "Euphoria" (Carli Remix radio edit) – 3:50
  7. "Euphoria" (Instrumental version) – 3:00
  • Digital download
  1. "Euphoria" (Single version) – 3:01
  2. "Euphoria" (Karaoke version) – 3:01
  3. "Euphoria" (Instrumental) – 2:59
  • Digital EP – Remixes[23]
  1. "Euphoria" (Carli Remix version) – 5:43
  2. "Euphoria" (Alex Moreno Remix version) – 6:39
  3. "Euphoria" (Alex Moreno Remix radio edit) – 3:24
  4. "Euphoria" (Single version) – 3:01

Charts and certifications

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Sweden[97] 26 February 2012 Digital download Warner Music
Italy[98] 28 May 2012 Airplay
United States[99] 29 May 2012 Digital download
Japan[100] 21 November 2012

Cover versions and usage in other media

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External links

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