Not the Same (song)

"Not the Same"
Single by Sheldon Riley
Released15 February 2022
Length2:58
LabelSelf-released
Songwriter(s)
  • Sheldon Riley
  • Cam Nacson
  • Timi Temple
Producer(s)Cameron Nacson[1]
Sheldon Riley singles chronology
"Again"
(2021) 		"Not the Same"
(2022)
Music video
"Not the Same" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Sheldon Riley
Composer(s)
  • Sheldon Riley
  • Cam Nacson
  • Timi Temple
Lyricist(s)
  • Sheldon Riley
  • Cam Nacson
  • Timi Temple
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
243
Final result
15th
Final points
125
Entry chronology
◄ "Technicolour" (2021)
"Promise" (2023) ►

"Not the Same" is a song by Australian singer Sheldon Riley, released as a single on 15 February 2022. It represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, held in Turin, Italy, in May 2022. The song was co-written by Riley with Cam Nacson and Timi Temple and produced by Nacson, and is about "discrimination and exclusion".[2] The song details his experiences with autism.[3]

Following its win at Eurovision – Australia Decides, the song debuted at number 3 on the Australian Independent Label Singles chart.[4]

  1. ^ "Sheldon Riley releases Eurovison song "Not the Same"". Amnplify. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sheldon Riley heads to Eurovision with 'Not the Same'". OutInPerth. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Eurovision: Why I'm taking off my autistic mask". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference AIR7Mar22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).