Euphoria (Loreen song)
"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 is best known as Sweden's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The song won the competition with a total of 372 points, at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history. The song received the highest number of maximum (12) points of any entry in the contest's history with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks.
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| Single by Loreen | ||||
| from the album Heal | ||||
| Released | 26 February 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
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| Label | Warner Music Sweden | |||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry | ||||
| Country | Sweden | |||
| Artist(s) | Loreen | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Composer(s) | Thomas G:son, Peter Boström | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Thomas G:son, Peter Boström | |||
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| Semi-final result | 1st | |||
| Semi-final points | 181 | |||
| Final result | 1st | |||
| Final points | 372 | |||
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| ◄ "Popular" (2011) | ||||
| "You" (2013) ► | ||||
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| "Euphoria" on YouTube | ||||
"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.