Dark Side (Blind Channel song)

"Dark Side"
The official cover for "Dark Side"
Single by Blind Channel
from the album Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous
Released21 January 2021
GenreNu metal[1][2]
Length2:57
LabelFrontiers
Songwriter(s)
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi
  • Joel Hokka
  • Joonas Porko
  • Niko Moilanen
  • Olli Matela
Producer(s)
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi
  • Joonas Porko
  • Joel Hokka
  • Niko Moilanen
  • Joonas Parkkonen
Blind Channel singles chronology
"Left Outside Alone"
(2020) 		"Dark Side"
(2021) 		"Balboa"
(2021)
Music video
"Dark Side" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi
  • Joel Hokka
  • Joonas Porko
  • Niko Moilanen
  • Olli Matela
Lyricist(s)
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi
  • Joel Hokka
  • Joonas Porko
  • Niko Moilanen
  • Olli Matela
Finals performance
Semi-final result
5th
Semi-final points
234
Final result
6th
Final points
301
Entry chronology
◄ "Looking Back" (2020)
"Jezebel" (2022) ►

"Dark Side" is a song by Finnish post-hardcore[3] band Blind Channel. It represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, having won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021.[4] It reached number one in Finland on 28 February 2021.

The song was nominated at the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Awards, where it finished joint 9th.[5]

  1. ^ "Wiwi Jury: Finland's Blind Channel with "Dark Side"". wiwibloggs. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ "10 songs that show nu metal is alive and well". 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ eurofire, Eingestellt von. "Finnland: Blind Channel singen für Finnland!". Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ Kristjans, Kristin (20 February 2021). "Finland: Blind Channel wins UMK 2021 with "Dark Side"". wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Global Metal Apocalypse (GMA) Awards 2021 - The Results". Global Metal Apocalypse. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.