Monday, February 19, 2024

Romania - WRS - Llámame

18 - 65 pts   9 - 118 pts in semi 2
Llámame by WRS (Andrei Ursu) is the 2022 Eurovision entry for Romania. He won the Romanian selection on March 5.

Llámame, a song in Spanish and English, was written by Andrei Ursu himself, Cezar Gună and Alexandru Turcu.

Llámame was released as a digital single on February 10.
The Eurovision version was released on April 1 on the digital EP Mandala (Global records)
Note: Some download stores sell the EP with a different tracklist, without Llámame.
The extended version was added to the original single release in June. Youtube
The Split and DJ Yaang remix was released on December 7.

2023 Fiesta and a "new" name
WRS released the digital album Fiesta'23 on May 12 2023. It includes a new remix of Llámame. (Global records)
WRS music can now be found under his own name Andrei Ursu. He announced the change on October 10 2023 and his digital output has been changed accordingly, even though the artwork still reads WRS.

Versions:
Llámame - Eurovision version
- digital EP Mandala  4-1, official album
Llámame - Original version
- digital  5-3
Llámame - Extended
- digital  26-6 (?)
Llámame - Split and DJ Yaang remix
- digital 7-12
Llámame - Fiesta'23 remix
- digital album Fiesta'23, released 12-5-23
Llámame - karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:
Spain top 100: 91, 95, -

Links and sources:
WRS: FB (new!), Insta (new!)
Here's a Youtube playlist (by TVR) of the 45 songs in the competition for Romania.

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Spain - Chanel - SloMo

3 - 459 pts   


Juicy
Spain gave us a National preselection this year. Benidorm Fest 2022.
The competition was won by Chanel (Chanel Terrero Martínez) with the song SloMo (Not a tribute to Mr. Arzi but it stands for Slow Motion).
SloMo is written by Leroy Sanchez, Keith Harris, Ibere Fortes, Maggie Szabo and Arjen Thonen.
The digital single was released on December 24.
The version used at the contest (The Eurovision's Dancebreak edit) was released the morning after the contest.
Too big for the scanner, the real thing


pre order image
The vinyl picture disc includes four versions.
It's shaped like a mango (inspired by the line Te endulzo la cara en jugo de mango (I sweeten your face in mango juice) and was finally released on November 11 (BMG 538822625)
It's pricy: Fnac Spain has it and so does La Casa Del Disco (International postage14,99)  UK + international: Townsend (Sold Out)



2024 ¡Agua!
Chanel's album ¡Agua! was released on CD and LP in January 2024. It includes the single version of SloMo.
The vinyl LP is light blue transparent vinyl.
CD Sony 19658841652 / LP Sony 19658841661


The three night Benidorm Fest selection also featured Eurovision legends Azúcar Moreno but their Postureo didn't make it to the final. 

A promo CD with all Benidorm Fest songs was issued by TVE.

Versions:
The video version and National Final (Benidorm fest) version are different from any of the digital released singles.
pre-order image
SloMo - Eurovision version known as Eurovision's Dance Break edit
- digital single 15-5, vinyl
SloMo - single/ESC CD version, ¡Agua! 
- digital 24-12-21, on the official album, vinyl
SloMo - acoustic
- on vinyl only
SloMo - karaoke (instrumental with just a few vocal samples)
- on the official karaoke album (digital) and vinyl
SloMo - Sak Noel & Hector Mass remix
- This was released through DJ Pool only, a DJ service for subscribers only.

Charts:
Spanish top 100: 13, 26, 42, 88, -, re-entry week before ESC: 70, 55, 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 14, 18, 22, 25, 33, 39, 42, 43, 43, 44, 46, 51, 62, 66, 71, 75, 80, 91, 87, 98, 99, - re (15-1 '23): 98 (1-34)
Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 32, 82, -
Netherlands top 100: 71, -
Ireland top 100 (IRMA): 44, 73, -
U.K. top 100 (OCC): 56, -
Switzerland top 100: 65, -
Portugal top 200: 88, 152, -
Digital release image

Links and sources:
Chanel: Instagram, Audio linktree



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