Give Me Your Love (Fame song)
"Give Me Your Love" is a 2003 song written by Carl Lösnitz and Calle Kindbom and recorded by Jessica Andersson and Magnus Bäcklund as "Fame". The song won Melodifestivalen 2003 and was the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where it placed 5th out of 26 competing entries.[1]
| "Give Me Your Love" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Fame | |
| from the album Give Me Your Love | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:03 |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2003 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | |
| As | |
| Language | English |
| Composer(s) |
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| Lyricist(s) |
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 5th |
| Final points | 107 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Never Let It Go" (2002) | |
| "It Hurts" (2004) ► | |
Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest edit
"Give Me Your Love" participated in the second heat of the 2003 Melodifestivalen which was held on 22 February 2003 at the Scandinavium indoor arena in Gothenburg. The song was performed sixth of the eight competing entries and directly qualified to the contest final as one of the two songs song which received the most telephone votes. On 15 March, during the final held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Fame were the first of the ten competing acts to perform, and "Give Me Your Love" won the contest with 240 points, receiving the highest number of votes from the regional juries and the public vote.[2]
"Never Let It Go" was performed on 24 May 2003 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Latvia. Sweden was drawn to perform in twenty-fifth position of the 26 competing entries, and subsequently Fame finished in fifth place, receiving 107 points in total, including the maximum 12 points from Romania.[3]
Track listing edit
CD single (MLCDS 011)
- "Give Me Your Love" (Original Radio Version) - 3:03
- "Give Me Your Love" (PVC One 5 Radio Mix) - 3:28
- "Give Me Your Love" (PVC One 5 Club Mix) - 8:46
- "Give Me Your Love" (PVC One 5 Ultra Dub) - 8:47
Charts edit
Weekly charts edit
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts edit
| Chart (2003) | Position |
|---|---|
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 23 |
Certifications edit
In 2003, "Give Me Your Love" was certified gold in Sweden.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Eurovision 2003 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna (New and revised ed.). Stockholm: Premium Publishing. pp. 305–311. ISBN 91-89136-29-2.
- ^ "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Fame – GIVE ME YOUR LOVE". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2003" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.