Round and Round (Tinkara Kovač song)
{{Short description|2014 single by Tinkara Kovač}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Round and Round/Spet
| cover = Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round - Spet.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Tinkara Kovač
| album =
| released = 15 May 2014{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/round-and-round/id880366040|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414164126/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/round-and-round/id880366040|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2017|title = Round and Round by Tinkara Kovač|website = iTunes|date = 15 May 2014}}
| recorded = 2014
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{Hlist|Pop}}
| length = 3:16
| label = NAI
| composer = Aleš Vovk
| lyricist = {{hlist|Tinkara Kovač|Hannah Mancini|Tina Piš}}
| producer = Raay
| prev_title = Spezzacuori
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = 2X2
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ZMpNkCOMaGU|"Round and Round"}}}}
{{Infobox song contest entry
| embed = yes
| year = 2014
| country = Slovenia
| artist = Tinkara Kovač
| language =
| languages = English, Slovene
| composer = Aleš Vovk
| lyricist = {{hlist|Tinkara Kovač|Hannah Mancini|Tina Piš}}
| place =25th
| points =9
| lyrics =
| prev = Straight Into Love
| prev_link = Straight Into Love
| next = Here for you
| next_link = Here for You (Maraaya song)
|place_semi = 10th
|points_semi = 52
}}
{{Audio sample
| type = single
| header = Song presentation
| file = Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round presentation (English).webm
}}
{{External music video|header=Official performance video|{{YouTube|CiwM1sY3u0s|"Round and Round" (Final)}}}}
}}
"Round and Round" is a song by Slovene singer Tinkara Kovač. It {{esccnty|Slovenia|t=represented Slovenia}} at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark after winning EMA 2014, where it was performed as "Spet/Round and Round".
Eurovision Song Contest
The song was performed under the title "Spet/Round and Round" at EMA 2014 on 8 March 2014. It was chosen as one of two "superfinalists" through public televoting. In the second round of voting, the song received 7,937 televotes and therefore won the Slovene national final ahead of "Let Me Be (Myself)" performed by Muff, who had received 3,450 televotes.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/tinkara-kovac-wins-ema-2014|title = Tinkara Kovač wins EMA 2014|date = 8 March 2014}}
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, the song was performed under its English title "Round and Round", while the lyrics were partially in Slovene and English just like in the national final.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/tinkara-kovac/info|title = Tinkara Kovač - Slovenia - Copenhagen 2014}} The song qualified from the second semi final having placed tenth in a field of 15, scoring 52 points in total. In the grand final, Slovenia only scored nine points in total and therefore finished 25th (second to last). It was only the third time overall since the introduction of the seminal finals in 2004 that Slovenia had qualified for the final.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/country/slovenia|title = Slovenia}}
The song was co-written by Hannah Mancini, the Slovene representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013{{cite web|title=Tinkara Kovač wins EMA 2014|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=tinkara_kovac_wins_ema_2014|last=Leon|first=Jakov I.|work=Eurovision.tv|access-date=8 March 2014|date=8 March 2014}} and Raay, one half of the duo Maraaya, who would represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Video clip
The original music video consisted only of the national final performance of the song and was submitted as official preview video for the Eurovision Song Contest. A professional video clip was shot in the Koper harbour, on the Adriatic coast of Slovenia {{Cite web|url=http://escxtra.com/2014/04/official-video-of-spet-round-and-round-released/|title=Official video of "Spet (Round and Round)" released|date=10 April 2014}} and made available through eurovision.tv on 11 April 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/video/tinkara-kovac-round-and-round-slovenia-2014-eurovision-song-contest|title = Tinkara Kovač - Round and Round (Slovenia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 =Round And Round
| note1=Official ESC
| length1 = 3:17{{ref|a|1}}
| title2 =Spet
| note2=Slovenian
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 =Round and Round
| note3=International{{ref|b|1}}
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 =Round and Round
| note4=English
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 =Round and Round
| note5=ESC Karaoke
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 =Round and Round
| note6=ESC Instrumental
| length6 = 3:00
| title7 =Spet
| note7=Karaoke Version
| length7 = 3:16
| title8 =Spet
| note8=International Karaoke Version
| length8 = 3:17
| titl9 =Spet
| note9=F*G*Pella Edit
| length9 = 3:19
}}
Notes
- {{Note|a}}Even though the first track is labelled "Official ESC", it is 14 seconds longer than the version appearing on the official Eurovision Song Contest 2014 compilation album.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2ChBXM2MXu0Kvmkq9gAbXm|title = Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Copenhagen|website = Spotify|date = January 2014}} According to the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest the maximum duration of each song is three minutes.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/|title = Rules|date = 12 January 2017}}
- {{Note|b}}Includes lyrics in Slovene, Italian and English{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/Tinkara-Kova%C4%8D-Round-And-Round-Spet/release/6237760.|title = Tinkara Kovač – Round and Round / Spet (2014, CD)|website = Discogs}}
References
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{{Eurovision Song Contest 2014}}
{{Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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Category:Eurovision songs of 2014
Category:Eurovision songs of Slovenia
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