Birds (Anouk song)

"Birds"
Single by Anouk
from the album Sad Singalong Songs
Released	11 March 2013
Genre	Progressive rock symphonic rock
Length	3:23
Label	Goldilox
Songwriter(s)	Tore Johansson, Martin Gjerstad, Anouk Teeuwe
Anouk singles chronology
"What Have You Done" (2011) "Birds" (2013) "Pretending As Always" (2013)
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 entry
Country	Netherlands
Artist(s)	Anouk
Languages	English
Composer(s)	Tore Johansson & Martin Gjerstad
Lyricist(s)	Anouk Teeuwe
Finals performance
Semi-final result	6th
Semi-final points	75
Final result	9th
Final points	114
Entry chronology
◄ "You and Me" (2012)
"Calm After the Storm" (2014) ►

"Birds" is a song recorded by Dutch singer Anouk, released as the first single from her eighth studio album Sad Singalong Songs (2013). The song was written by Anouk Teeuwe and composed by Tore Johansson, Martin Gjerstad and Anouk Teeuwe. It is best known as the Netherlands' entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö, Sweden.^[1] The song competed in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 for and managed to qualify for a spot in the final on 18 May 2013, the Netherlands' first qualification in 9 years, where Anouk achieved 9th place in a field of 39; the best result for the Netherlands since the 1999 competition.