| "It's My Life" | ||||
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| Single by Cezar | ||||
| Released | 2013 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | TVR | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Cristian Faur | |||
| Producer(s) | Faur | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "It's My Life" on YouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 entry | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist(s) | ||||
| As | Cezar | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Composer(s) | Cristian Faur | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Faur | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 5th | |||
| Semi-final points | 83 | |||
| Final result | 13th | |||
| Final points | 65 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Zaleilah" (2012) | ||||
| "Miracle" (2014) ► | ||||
"It's My Life" is a song recorded by Romanian singer Cezar, released as part of a CD single in 2013 through the Romanian Television (TVR). It was solely written and produced by Cristian Faur. Musically, the track has been described as an operatic pop and dubstep song, with the latter genre being predominantly present in the track's bridge. A love song, its instrumentation consists of electronic beats, while Cezar prominently uses his "feminine" falsetto register. Reviewers likened his vocal delivery to the works of Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville and Australian musician Nick Cave.
"It's My Life" represented Romania in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden after winning the pre-selection show Selecția Națională. The country reached 13th place in a field of 26, scoring a total of 65 points. Cezar's show featured him dressed in a black sequin cloak standing between fluorescent lighting tubes, while dancers who emerged from a red material placed under him performed interpretive dance. The performance was met with mixed reactions and often featured in publications' lists of Eurovision's most outstanding and peculiar performances. The track itself received similar reviews, with critics arguing over its catchiness, originality, composition and dance nature, as well as over Cezar's vocals.
In order to promote and support "It's My Life", Cezar embarked on a tour in Belgium, Netherlands and the United Kingdom in 2013. An accompanying music video was filmed by Faur in several Romanian locations including the Mamaia resort, Cliceni aerodrome and A2 motorway, and was uploaded to the singer's official YouTube channel on 1 May 2013. TVR also broadcast the visual for the first time on the same date. It portrays Cezar parasailing, driving a Mercedes car and parachuting, as well as residing with model Sarah Ioana Mircea. The track was covered by Macedonian singer Tijana Dapčević and Romanian recording artist Florin Ristei during the Serbian and Romanian versions of interactive reality television franchise series Your Face Sounds Familiar respectively.