Tattoo (Loreen song)

"Tattoo"
Single by Loreen
B-side"Is It Love"
Released25 February 2023 (2023-02-25)
Genre
Length3:02
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Peter Boström
  • Jimmy Jansson
  • Thomas G:son
Loreen singles chronology
"Neon Lights"
(2022)
"Tattoo"
(2023)
"Is It Love"
(2023)
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
  • Jimmy Jansson
  • Lorine Talhaoui
  • Moa Carlebecker
  • Peter Boström
  • Thomas G:son
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
135
Final result
1st
Final points
583
Entry chronology
◄ "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
"Unforgettable" (2024) ►
Official performance video
"Tattoo" (First Semi-Final) on YouTube
"Tattoo" (Grand Final) on YouTube
"Tattoo" (Reprise) on YouTube

"Tattoo" is a song by Swedish singer Loreen, released as a single on 25 February 2023, through Universal.[1] After winning Melodifestivalen 2023, it represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, winning the competition with 583 points, making Loreen the first female artist to win the contest twice (and second overall, after Johnny Logan), after previously doing so with "Euphoria" in 2012.[2]

"Tattoo" debuted at number one on the Swedish singles chart. Following its Eurovision win, it reached number one in nine other countries: Austria, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.[3] It additionally reached the top ten in 17 other countries including Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, later becoming the first Eurovision entry in over 27 years to spend two weeks inside the top five of the UK Singles Chart.[4]

"Tattoo" garnered 4,275,290 streams on Spotify the day after the Eurovision final and thus broke the record for the most streams ever achieved in a single day by a Eurovision song. The number of plays also set another record for Loreen: the highest number of streams ever achieved in a single day by a Swedish female artist.[5]

In 2023, Brazilian singers Manu Bahtidão and Simone Mendes recorded a Portuguese version of the song, "Daqui Pra Sempre".[6]

  1. ^ Falk, Simon (27 February 2023). "Sweden: Loreen smashing all streaming records with "Tattoo"". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Eurovision: Sweden's Loreen wins again, but UK's Mae Muller is second from last". BBC News. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Loreen and Smash Into Pieces advance to the final of Melodifestivalen 2023 from heat 4". ESCXTRA.com. 25 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding's Miracle settles in for seventh week at Number 1". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Eurovision 2023 hits the Cha Cha Charts". eurovision.tv. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ^ Pétala, Isabela (2 January 2024). "'Daqui Pra Sempre', de Manu Bahtidão e Simone Mendes, é versão de qual música". Billboard Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 February 2024.