Euphoria (Loreen song)

"Euphoria"
Single by Loreen
from the album Heal
Released26 February 2012
Recorded2012
Genre
Length
  • 3:01 (single version)
  • 3:33 (album version)
LabelWarner Music Sweden
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Loreen singles chronology
"Sober"
(2011)
"Euphoria"
(2012)
"Crying Out Your Name"
(2012)
Loreen international singles chronology
"Euphoria"
(2012)
"My Heart Is Refusing Me"
(2012)
Audio sample
Music video
"Euphoria" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Thomas G:son
  • Peter Boström
Finals performance
Semi-final result
1st
Semi-final points
181
Final result
1st
Final points
372
Entry chronology
◄ "Popular" (2011)
"You" (2013) ►
Official performance video
"Euphoria" (Final) on YouTube

"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish singer Loreen. It was released on 26 February 2012 as the third single –first single internationally– from her debut studio album, Heal (2012). The song was written by Thomas G:son, Peter Boström and produced by Boström and SeventyEight. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It won the contest with a total of 372 points, at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history.[2] It received the highest number of maximum (12) points until then, with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks.

"Euphoria" received critical acclaim from most music critics. Commercially, the song was an instant success both in Sweden and in the rest of Europe. It debuted at number twelve in Loreen's home country Sweden, before reaching number one, staying there for six weeks. The song has been certified 10 times Platinum, selling 400,000 copies there. Outside of Sweden, the song peaked at number one in 16 countries across Europe, the most chart-topping positions of any Eurovision winner. The song topped the Euro Digital Songs chart weeks after the competition.[3]

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  2. ^ West-Soley, Richard (26 May 2015). "Eurovision 2015: What's Another Year – of statistics?". esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Eurovision songs in the charts!". Eurovision.tv. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.