"Vodka" won the Malta Song for Europe 2008 with total 78 points (49 votes from the jury and 16,979 from the public).[3] The jury gave the same (not maximal) number of points to two other songs, but public sympathies were on the side of "Vodka" to beat the runner-up by a wide margin.[4]
The song speaks of a spy in Gorky Park in Moscow, "in a danger zone" where everywhere is "pitch dark". She is being chased because she deciphered the code which everyone wants so badly, and the word is "Vodka".[5]
"Vodka" is sung in English, but starts with the word na zdarovye, a supposedly Russian word for "cheers!" toast.[a] The song sparked comments that it was crafted to attract Eastern Europeans'[who?] votes, but the authors denied the accusations saying that the song was not even intended to enter the competition.[2][4]
The song title is a source of numerous puns in newspaper titles, but Morena in her interview says she does not like vodka and in fact rarely drinks alcohol.[6]
In the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Vodka" was sung in the 2nd semifinal on Thursday 22 May 2008, where it received 38 points and placed 14th in the semifinal, with Malta failing to qualify for the final for the second time.
The music video features a spy team chasing down Morena in search for a "code", which is "vodka". Morena drops down from a roof top to decipher the code, and leaves in the nick of time before a member of the spy team notices there is a breach. However, the code has already been fully transferred. Throughout the video, Morena is trying to escape the spy team chasing her down, using a motorcycle as her getaway vehicle. The team eventually corner her at a parking garage, kidnap her and take her in for questioning. While being questioned, a door opens to reveal a team who fights the team and unties Morena to save her. Morena runs to her escape, only to realize the only way out is through a massive cliff. Hesitantly, and while an attacker is chasing her she jumps into the water below, and swims to a plane parked in the water to her safety.
In popular culture
The comedy team Zoo would make a spoof music video of "Vodka", with the music video being shown on TVM, a Maltese TV station. The music video shows many spoofs, including the hacker in the video playing Tetris and getting his head beat by another worker, Morena struggling with the rope pulling her, a look alike of Morena, Morena escaping by a bicycle while being chased by a taxi, and the spy team seeming like they do not know what theya are doing. Morena eventually escapes by being pushed over by a tap of the team.[7]
In 2020, Morena would perform the song again on Maltese television show Hadd Ghalik.[8]
Notes
^In fact, the toast similar to this one is Polishna zdrowie (literally "to health"). The similarly sounding Russian на здоровье (na zdorovye, "for health", in the meaning "to aid health", is used, e.g., as a polite reply in the following situation: someone treats you with food or drink, you say your thanks, and the treating person responds "for your health" (na zdorovye), i.e., "enjoy your meal/drink!" (other usages exist). The Russian toast is за здоровье (za zdorovye, "to health"), wishing health to someone and accordingly it always mentions whose health is being cheered, e.g., "to your health" or "to the health of the newlywed".
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For the Korpiklaani song see Karkelo Vodka was the song that represented Malta at Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade Serbia It was sung by Gozitan singer Morena 1 Vodka Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entryCountryMaltaArtist s Margerita Camilleri FenechAsMorenaLanguageEnglishComposer s Philip VellaLyricist s Gerard James BorgFinals performanceSemi final result14thSemi final points38Entry chronology Vertigo 2007 What If We 2009 Morena at the Eurovision Song Contest The authors of the song Gerard James Borg lyrics and Philip Vella music have had songs in Eurovision five times 2000 2002 2004 2007 and 2008 2 Vodka won the Malta Song for Europe 2008 with total 78 points 49 votes from the jury and 16 979 from the public 3 The jury gave the same not maximal number of points to two other songs but public sympathies were on the side of Vodka to beat the runner up by a wide margin 4 The song speaks of a spy in Gorky Park in Moscow in a danger zone where everywhere is pitch dark She is being chased because she deciphered the code which everyone wants so badly and the word is Vodka 5 Vodka is sung in English but starts with the word na zdarovye a supposedly Russian word for cheers toast a The song sparked comments that it was crafted to attract Eastern Europeans who votes but the authors denied the accusations saying that the song was not even intended to enter the competition 2 4 The song title is a source of numerous puns in newspaper titles but Morena in her interview says she does not like vodka and in fact rarely drinks alcohol 6 In the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Vodka was sung in the 2nd semifinal on Thursday 22 May 2008 where it received 38 points and placed 14th in the semifinal with Malta failing to qualify for the final for the second time The song was succeeded as Maltese representative at the 2009 contest by Chiara with What If We Contents 1 Music video 2 In popular culture 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksMusic video EditThe music video features a spy team chasing down Morena in search for a code which is vodka Morena drops down from a roof top to decipher the code and leaves in the nick of time before a member of the spy team notices there is a breach However the code has already been fully transferred Throughout the video Morena is trying to escape the spy team chasing her down using a motorcycle as her getaway vehicle The team eventually corner her at a parking garage kidnap her and take her in for questioning While being questioned a door opens to reveal a team who fights the team and unties Morena to save her Morena runs to her escape only to realize the only way out is through a massive cliff Hesitantly and while an attacker is chasing her she jumps into the water below and swims to a plane parked in the water to her safety In popular culture EditThe comedy team Zoo would make a spoof music video of Vodka with the music video being shown on TVM a Maltese TV station The music video shows many spoofs including the hacker in the video playing Tetris and getting his head beat by another worker Morena struggling with the rope pulling her a look alike of Morena Morena escaping by a bicycle while being chased by a taxi and the spy team seeming like they do not know what theya are doing Morena eventually escapes by being pushed over by a tap of the team 7 In 2020 Morena would perform the song again on Maltese television show Hadd Ghalik 8 Notes Edit In fact the toast similar to this one is Polish na zdrowie literally to health The similarly sounding Russian na zdorove na zdorovye for health in the meaning to aid health is used e g as a polite reply in the following situation someone treats you with food or drink you say your thanks and the treating person responds for your health na zdorovye i e enjoy your meal drink other usages exist The Russian toast is za zdorove za zdorovye to health wishing health to someone and accordingly it always mentions whose health is being cheered e g to your health or to the health of the newlywed References Edit Malta to Belgrade with Vodka a b Interview Eurovision tv speaks to Vella amp Borg 15 February 2008 The Go Malta Song for Europe 2008 Finalists Official Results a b The dark one relishes the limelight Times of Malta January 30 2008 Go Malta Song 2008 Semifinalist Lyrics Interview with Morena and song authors Archived from the original on 2008 06 09 Retrieved 2008 06 09 Zoo s version of Vodka archived from the original on 2021 12 21 retrieved 2021 06 08 Vodka Morena on Hadd Ghalik 2020 21 archived from the original on 2021 12 21 retrieved 2021 06 08External links EditVodka on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vodka song amp oldid 1061429950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
