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 [fi]"
(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.