If I Were Sorry
{{Short description|2016 song by Frans Jeppsson Wall}}
{{Infobox song
| name = If I Were Sorry
| cover = If_I_Were_Sorry_-_Frans.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Frans
| album =
| released = 28 February 2016
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|folktronica}}
| length = 3:04
| label = Cardiac Records
| writer = {{hlist |Fredrik Andersson|Michael Saxell|Frans Jeppsson-Wall|Oscar Fogelström|}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Fotbollsfest
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Young Like Us
| next_year = 2016
| misc =
{{Infobox song contest entry
| embed = yes
| year = 2016
| country = Sweden
| artist = Frans
| language = English
| languages =
| composer = Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell, Frans Jeppsson-Wall, Oscar Fogelström
| lyricist = Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell, Frans Jeppsson-Wall, Oscar Fogelström
| conductor =
| place = 5th
| points = 261
| place_semi =
| points_semi =
| prev = Heroes
| prev_year = 2015
| prev_link = Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song)
| next = I Can't Go On
| next_year = 2017
| next_link = I Can't Go On
}}
}}
"If I Were Sorry" is a song by Swedish singer Frans Jeppsson Wall. The song was released in Sweden as a digital download on 28 February 2016, and was written by Frans along with Fredrik Andersson, Michael Saxell and Oscar Fogelström.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/se/album/if-i-were-sorry-single/1084340615|title=If I Were Sorry - Single|work=iTunes|access-date=12 March 2016}} It took part in Melodifestivalen 2016, and qualified to the final from the fourth heat.{{cite web|last1=Petersson|first1=Emma|title=Molly Sandén och Frans är i final i Melodifestivalen 2016|url=http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/molly-sanden-och-frans-ar-i-final-i-melodifestivalen-2016|website=svt.se|publisher=Sveriges Television|access-date=27 February 2016|language=sv|date=27 February 2016}} It later won the final with 156 points, thus earning the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, where it placed fifth.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=frans_wins_melodifestivalen_in_sweden|title=Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden|publisher=EBU|last=Escudero|first=Victor M.|date=12 March 2016}} In the weeks after its Melodifestivalen heat appearance, the song charted in the Spotify Viral charts in Switzerland, Taiwan, Iceland, Uruguay, Czechia, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Norway, France, Denmark, Turkey and Germany.{{cite web|url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/03/12/melodifestivalen-2016-frans-storming-spotify-charts-globally/132100/|title=Melodifestivalen 2016: Frans storming Spotify charts globally|author=Angus Quinn|work=Wiwibloggs|date=12 March 2016 |access-date=12 March 2016}}http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/03/15/eurovision-2016-odds-russia-now-favourites-after-frans-wins-melodifestivalen/132864/ read 2016-03-17
Melodifestivalen and Eurovision
{{See also|Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016}}
"If I Were Sorry" participated in the fourth heat of the 2016 Melodifestivalen, which was held on 27 February 2016 at the Gavlerinken Arena in Gävle. The song was the fifth of the seven competing entries to perform and directly qualified to the contest final as one of the two songs which received the most telephone votes.{{cite web |title=Sweden: Molly Sandén and Frans to the final |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/sweden-molly-sanden-and-frans-to-the-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=27 February 2016}} On 12 March, during the final held at the Friends Arena in Solna, Frans was the tenth of the twelve competing acts to perform, and "If I Were Sorry" won the contest with 156 votes, receiving the highest number of public votes and the second highest number of votes from the international juries.{{cite web |title=Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/frans-wins-melodifestivalen-in-sweden |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=12 March 2016}}
By virtue of winning the previous year's contest and being the host country, Sweden automatically qualified to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm on 14 May. "If I Were Sorry" was performed in the ninth position of the 26 competing entries, and Frans subsequently finished in fifth place, receiving 261 points in total, 139 points from the public (including the maximum 12 points from Denmark and Iceland) and 122 points from the juries (including the maximum 12 points from the Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland).{{cite web |title=Grand Final of Stockholm 2016 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163718/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final |archive-date=8 May 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Results of the Grand Final of Stockholm 2016 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final/results/sweden |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514222836/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/grand-final/results/sweden |archive-date=14 May 2021 |url-status=live}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=25 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|34|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=10 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|15|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=16 July 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Czech Republic|3|year=2016|week=51,52|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Czechdigital|57|year=2016|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=29 March 2016}} |
| scope="row"| Euro Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/euro-digital-song-sales/2016-06-04|title=Euro Digital Song Sales Chart (The week of June 4, 2016)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530232353/https://www.billboard.com/charts/euro-digital-song-sales/2016-06-04|archive-date=May 30, 2020}}
| 12 |
| {{single chart|Finnishdownload|7|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2016}} |
| scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2016&we=20|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 20, 2016)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520164228/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2016&we=20|archive-date=20 May 2016|url-status=dead}}
| 36 |
| {{single chart|Germany|12|songid=1528192|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2016}} |
| scope="row"| Germany Airplay (BVMI){{cite web |url=https://germancharts.de/airplay_charts.asp?week=201630|title=Airplay Charts Deutschland Woche 30/2016|trans-title=Airplay Charts Germany Week 30, 2016|publisher=Hung Medien & MusicTrace on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie|website=Germancharts.de|accessdate=22 January 2023|language=de}}
| 1 |
| {{single chart|Hungarysingle|20|year=2016|week=19|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2016}} |
| scope="row"| Iceland (RÚV){{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/lag/if-i-were-sorry|title=RÚV - Vinsældalisti Rásar 2|publisher=RÚV|access-date=4 June 2016}}
| 5 |
| {{single chart|Ireland|47|year=2016|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=21 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|34|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Poland|1|chartid=2078|year=2016|rowheader=true|access-date=5 September 2016}} |
| scope="row"|Russia Airplay (Tophit){{cite web|url=http://tophit.ru/tracks/view/73033?If+I+Were+Sorry-Frans|title=Frans - If I Were Sorry(послушать музыку, посмотреть видео клип)|website=tophit.ru|access-date=29 June 2017}}
| 161 |
| {{single chart|Scotland|35|date=20160520|rowheader=true|access-date=20 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakia2|6|year=2016|week=46|rowheader=true|access-date=22 November 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Slovakdigital|16|year=2016|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=29 March 2016}} |
| scope="row"|Slovenia (SloTop50)[http://www.slotop50.si/Lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice SloTop50 - Week 31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927184926/http://www.slotop50.si/Lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice |date=2015-09-27 }}
| 35 |
| {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|25|artist=Frans|song=If I Were Sorry|rowheader=true|access-date=23 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|UK|61|date=20160520|rowheader=true|access-date=21 May 2016}} |
=Year-end charts=
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|relyear=2015|relmonth=02|relday=28|artist=Frans|title=If I were sorry|award=Gold|certyear=2016|type=single|access-date=November 22, 2016}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|certyear=2016|relyear=2016|artist=Frans|title=If I Were Sorry|type=single|award=Gold|accessdate=November 18, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Frans|title=If I Were Sorry|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|access-date=1 March 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Sweden|artist=Frans|title=If I Were Sorry|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2018|relyear=2016|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/artdata?liid=41&dfom=20160513&dtom=20160519&dspstr=1&dspnum=100&sart=7322587&height=&browser=Firefox&platform=Win32&subframe|title=Frans - If I Were Sorry|access-date=7 November 2020 |publisher=IFPI Sweden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234725/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/artdata?liid=41&dfom=20160513&dtom=20160519&dspstr=1&dspnum=100&sart=7322587&height=&browser=Firefox&platform=Win32&subframe|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streamsonly=true|nosales=true|format=3col | streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Ref |
| scope="row"|Sweden
| 28 February 2016 |rowspan="2"| Sony Music Entertainment Sweden |
|---|
| scope="row"|Italy
| 17 June 2016 |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Frans}}
{{Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2016}}
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Category:Melodifestivalen songs of 2016
Category:Frans Jeppsson-Wall songs
Category:Number-one singles in Sweden
Category:Number-one singles in Poland
Category:English-language Swedish songs
Category:Eurovision songs of Sweden