| "The Worrying Kind" | |
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| Single by the Ark | |
| from the album Prayer for the Weekend | |
| Released | 5 March 2007 |
| Recorded | 2007 |
| Genre | Glam Rock |
| Length | 2:56 |
| Songwriter(s) | Ola Salo |
| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry | |
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| Language | English |
| Composer(s) | Ola Salo |
| Lyricist(s) | Ola Salo |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 18th |
| Final points | 51 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Invincible" (2006) | |
| "Hero" (2008) ► | |
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"The Worrying Kind" is a rock song performed by the Ark, written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single from their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend. On 10 March 2007 the song won Melodifestivalen 2007, becoming Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry. The song won both the jury and public vote.
The song includes the verse "just a mortal with potential of a superman", taken from the 1971 David Bowie song "Quicksand". Similarities have also been drawn with the 1970 Edison Lighthouse one-hit-wonder "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)". The song was directly qualified for the Final of Eurovision Song Contest, held in Helsinki on 12 May, due to Carola Häggkvist's fifth-place finish in the 2006 contest with "Invincible". In the finals, the song received 51 points and finished 18th of 24 finalists. It received votes from six countries: 12 points from Denmark and Norway, 10 from Iceland, 8 from Finland, 7 from the United Kingdom, and 2 from Andorra.[1]
- ^ "Results of the Grand Final of Helsinki 2007". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.