Loco Loco
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Short description|2021 song by Hurricane}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Loco Loco
| cover = Loco Loco.jpg
| alt = The official cover for "Loco loco"
| type = single
| artist = Hurricane
| language = Serbian
| released = 5 March 2021
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 2:56
| label = PGP-RTS
| composer = {{hlist|Nemanja Antonić|Darko Dimitrov}}
| lyricist = Sanja Vučić
| prev_title = Want Ya
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Wild Dances (Cover)
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|FSTMz-_kbVQ|"Loco Loco"}}}}
{{Infobox song contest entry
| embed = yes
| song = {{flagicon|Serbia}} "Loco Loco"
| year = 2021
| country = Serbia
| artist = Hurricane
| language = Serbian
| composer = {{hlist|Nemanja Antonić|Darko Dimitrov}}
| lyricist = Sanja Vučić
| place = 15th
| points = 102
| place_semi = 8th
| points_semi = 124
| prev = Hasta la vista
| prev_year = 2020
| prev_link = Hasta la vista (Hurricane song)
| next = In corpore sano
| next_year = 2022
| next_link = In corpore sano
}}
}}
"Loco Loco" is a song by Serbian girl group Hurricane. The song represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.{{Cite web|title=Ускоро премијера песме групе "Hurricane" – "Loco Loco" за Евросонг|trans-title=Coming soon: The premiere of the song of the group "Hurricane" – "Loco Loco" for the Eurovision Song Contest|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/ci/story/421/muzika/4268504/hurricane-pesma-evrovizije-evrosong-loco-loco-2021.html|access-date=22 February 2021|website=RTS|language=Serbian}} The song qualified from the second semi-final on 20 May 2021, and placed 15th in the final with 102 points. Despite receiving low points from the national juries, the song still managed to reach 9th place in the televote.
Eurovision Song Contest
{{Main|Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021}}
= Internal selection =
On 17 December 2020, RTS confirmed that Hurricane would represent Serbia in the 2021 contest.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/brace-yourself-hurricane-storms-into-eurovision-2021|title=Brace yourself: Hurricane storms into Eurovision 2021|trans-title=|date=17 December 2020|publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}
= At Eurovision =
The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.{{cite web |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |title=Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021 |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155243/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021 |archive-date=24 December 2020}} According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of {{Esccnty|France}}, {{Esccnty|Germany}}, {{Esccnty|Italy}}, {{Esccnty|Spain}} and the {{Esccnty|United Kingdom}}, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final.{{cite web |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |title=Rules–Eurovision Song Contest |date=12 January 2017 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/ |accessdate=5 February 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073043/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/ |archivedate=8 April 2020}}{{cite AV media |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2021 |date=18-22 May 2021 |location=Rotterdam, Netherlands}} On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Serbia would be performing in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest.{{cite web |last=Groot |first=Evert |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |title=2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118125722/https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year |archive-date=18 November 2020 |date=17 November 2020}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Loco Loco" ! Chart (2021) ! Peak |
| scope="row"| Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-31-svibnja-2021/264537/|title=ARC 100 — datum: 31. svibnja 2021.|trans-title= ARC 100 — Date: 31 May 2021 |publisher=HRT|language= hr|access-date=1 June 2021}}
| 97 |
|---|
scope="row"| Serbia (Radiomonitor)Peak positions in Serbia:
| 6 |
| scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 21|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=28 May 2021}}
| 3 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2021}}
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Category:Eurovision songs of 2021
Category:Eurovision songs of Serbia