Tell Me Why (Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel song)
"Tell Me Why" | |
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Single by Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel | |
Released | 2002 |
Length | 2:46 |
Label | Transglobal EMI |
Songwriter(s) | Mirela Fugaru |
Producer(s) | Ionel Tudor |
Eurovision Song Contest 2002 entry | |
Country | |
Artist(s) | |
Language | English |
Composer(s) | Mirela Fugaru |
Lyricist(s) | Mirela Fugaru |
Finals performance | |
Final result | 9th |
Final points | 71 |
Entry chronology | |
◄ "The Moon" (2001) | |
"Don't Break My Heart" (2003) ► |
"Tell Me Why" is a song recorded by Romanian singers
Background and release
A ballad,[1] "Tell Me Why" was written by Mirela Fugar and produced by Ionel Tudor. It was recorded and mixed at the Midi Sound Studio in Bucharest, Romania by Andrei Kerestely. The song featured several instruments in its composition, including guitar played by Cezar Zavate, saxophone by Alexandru Simu and keyboards by Andrei Tudor. A CD of "Tell Me Why" was released in 2002 by Transglobal EMI, with its cover designed and photographed by PromArt, Mihai Stanescu and Liviu Marchidan.[2]
At Eurovision
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On 3 March 2002, the Selecția Națională was held in order to select the Romanian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Subsequently, "Tell Me Why" was chosen to represent Romania in the contest after the votes of a professional jury panel and public televoting were combined, resulting in 19 points.[3][4] Sietse Bakker from EscToday praised the artists as having the best voices in the show.[5] In a 2010 interview with Adevărul, Anghel said: "It was both my idea and Marcel Pavel's to record a song together for Eurovision and it seemed an extraordinary idea because the Romanian audience loves us. [...] Basically, we have won [the national selection] thanks to the audience. They expressed their wish that we should participate."[6] Both Pavel and Anghel took part in the national selection in previous years.[3] Selected as the Romanian entrant for Eurovision in 1996 with her song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii", the latter failed to qualify for the Grand Final that year.[1]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 took place at the
Results
Score | Country |
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12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | |
7 points | Turkey |
6 points | Malta |
5 points | Spain |
4 points | France
|
3 points | |
2 points | |
1 point | Germany |
Track listing
- Romanian CD single[2]
- "Tell Me Why" (Full Vocal Mix) – 2:46
- "Tell Me Why" (Instrumental) – 2:46
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single.[2]
Management
- Published by Transglobal EMI
- Recorded and mixed at Midi Sound Studio (Bucharest, Romania)
Personnel
- Monica Anghel – lead vocals
- Marcel Pavel – lead vocals
- Mirela Fugaru – composer
- Andrei Kerestely – mixing
- Alexandru Simu – saxophone
- Andrei Tudor – keyboards
- Ionel Tudor – producer
- Cezar Zavate – guitar
Release history
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Romania[2] | N/A 2002 | Promotional CD single | Transglobal EMI |
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Rumänien: Monica Anghel und Marcel Pavel" [Romania: Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel] (in German). Eurovision.de. ARD. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d Tell Me Why (Promotional CD single). Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel. Transglobal EMI. 2002. 6602877.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Romanian National Final 2002". National Finals. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2002.
- ^ Selecția Națională 2003. 3 March 2003.
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (30 November 2002). "Romanian finalists announced". EscToday. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b Boaru, Sînziana (15 January 2010). "Monica Anghel şi Marcel Pavel, primul mare succes la Eurovision" [Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel, the first big success at Eurovision]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Tallinn, Estonia. 25 May 2002.
- ^ "Monica Anghel şi Marcel Pavel – Tell Me Why (Eurovision Song Contest 2002)". YouTube. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.