Snap (Rosa Linn song)

"Snap"
The official cover for "Snap"
Single by Rosa Linn
from the EP Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart
Released19 March 2022
Genre
Length3:00
LabelNvak Collective
Songwriter(s)
Rosa Linn singles chronology
"King"
(2021)
"Snap"
(2022)
"WDIA (Would Do It Again)"
(2022)
Music video
"Snap" on YouTube
"Snap" (Alternative Video) on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
  • Rosa Linn
  • Larzz Principato
  • Kinetics
  • Allie Crystal
  • Tamar Kaprelian
  • Courtney Harrell
Lyricist(s)
  • Rosa Linn
  • Larzz Principato
  • Kinetics
  • Allie Crystal
  • Tamar Kaprelian
  • Courtney Harrell
Finals performance
Semi-final result
5th
Semi-final points
187
Final result
20th
Final points
61
Entry chronology
◄ "Chains on You" (2020)
"Future Lover" (2023) ►
Official performance video
"Snap" (First semi-final) on YouTube
"Snap" (Grand Final) on YouTube

"Snap" is a song by Armenian singer Rosa Linn written and composed by Linn, with Larzz Principato, Allie Crystal, Kinetics, Courtney Harrell, and Tamar Kaprelian, and released on 19 March 2022.[2] It represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022,[3] where it finished in 20th place with 61 points.

Following the contest, the song went viral on video sharing service TikTok.[4] "Snap" reached the top of the charts in Belgium, and the top ten in Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The song also reached the charts in 23 other music markets, including peaking at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, making Rosa Linn the highest-charting foreign act from Eurovision 2022 in the UK.[5] It also debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 and later peaked at number 67,[6] becoming the second Eurovision song of the 21st century to enter the chart.[7][8] The song was later included in Rosa Linn's debut extended play Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart (2023).[9]

  1. ^ "Armenia's Rosa Linn releases Eurovision 2022 song". Wiwibloggs. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ Santos, Pedro (19 March 2022). "Armenia: Rosa Linn releases "Snap" for Eurovision 2022". Eurovision World. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ Petersen, Rasmus (11 March 2022). "Armenia has picked Rosa Linn for Eurovision 2022". Eurovision World. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ Adams, William Lee (16 July 2022). "The summer of SNAP! Rosa Linn hits Top 100 in Germany, U.K. and Italy as TikTok continues to buoy popularity". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ Rosney, Daniel (29 July 2022). "Rosa Linn's Snap: Armenia's viral TikTok Eurovision entry charts". BBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hot 100 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Zellner, Xander (30 August 2022). "Hot 100 First-Timers: Rosa Linn's 'Snap' Debuts Following Eurovision Breakthrough". Billboard. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ^ Aniftos, Rania (6 December 2022). "Chartbreaker: How Rosa Linn Scored a Global Smash After Hitting an Emotional Low". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  9. ^ Rosa Linn [@rosalinnmusic] (17 June 2023). "My Debut EP - Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart - June 22nd" (Tweet) – via Twitter.