Shum (song)
{{Short description|2021 song by Go_A}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Shum
| cover = Go A - Shum.png
| alt = The official cover for "Shum"
| type = single
| artist = Go_A
| released = 22 January 2021
| genre = {{hlist|Dark-techno{{Cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/03/listen-go_a-release-snippets-of-their-three-potential-eurovision-2021-entries-selected-song-to-be-announced-on-thursday/261286/|title = Listen: Go_A release snippets of their three potential Eurovision 2021 entries...Selected song to be announced on Thursday|date = 3 February 2021}}|folk{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/ukrainian-band-go_a-present-new-song-shum-for-eurovision-2021.html|title = Ukrainian band Go_A present new song 'Shum' for Eurovision 2021 - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice|date = 28 April 2021}}}}
| length = 3:58 (original version)
3:02 (radio edit)
2:53 (Eurovision version)
| label = Rocksoulana
| writer = {{hlist|Taras Shevchenko|Kateryna Pavlenko}}
| prev_title = Solovey
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Kalyna
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = single
| cover = Go A – Shum (ESC version).webp
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Eurovision version cover
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|sDeMfL8Ib9A|"Shum"}}}}{{Infobox song contest entry|embed=yes
| song = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} "Shum"
| year = 2021
| country = Ukraine
| artist = Go_A
| language = Ukrainian
| composer = {{hlist|Taras Shevchenko|Kateryna Pavlenko|Ihor Didenchuk}}
| lyricist = Kateryna Pavlenko
| place = 5th
| points = 364
| place_semi = 2nd
| points_semi = 267
| prev = Solovey
| prev_link = Solovey (Go_A song)
| prev_year = 2020
| next = Stefania
| next_link = Stefania (song)
| next_year = 2022
}}
}}
"Shum" ({{langx|uk|Шум}}, {{trans|"Noise"}}) is a song by Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A. It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Emma |title=Eurovision 2021: Who is competing in the Song Contest this year? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/11/eurovision-2021-with-100-days-to-go-who-is-competing-this-year-14064484/ |access-date=20 February 2021 |work=Metro |date=11 February 2021}}{{cite news |title=Eurovision 2021 – Ukraine 🇺🇦 – Go_A – Shum |url=https://www.eurovision-france.fr/eurovision-2021-ukraine-%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%A6-go_a-shum/ |access-date=27 February 2021 |work=Eurovision France |date=6 February 2021 |language=fr}} It is the second song sung entirely in Ukrainian to represent the country at Eurovision (the first being "Solovey" also by Go_A in {{Escyr|2020}}), but the first to compete in Eurovision due to the cancellation of the 2020 contest.
"Shum" qualified for the 2021 Eurovision final, where it finished in fifth place with 364 points. They were the runner-ups of the public vote, behind eventual winner Italy, with 267 points, including a maximum of 12 points from five countries.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021/grand-final|title=Grand Final of Rotterdam 2021|publisher=Eurovision|access-date=23 May 2021}} The Eurovision version of the song took the lead in the global Spotify Viral 50 daily list on 24 May 2021, where it stayed until 1 June, and led the weekly list on the week of 27 May.{{Cite web|title=Spotify Charts|url=https://www.spotifycharts.com/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.spotifycharts.com}} It entered the Billboard Global 200 on the week of 5 June, at position 158, becoming the first ever Ukrainian-language song to chart there. On the same week, it peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.{{cite news|url=https://focus.ua/uk/culture/484433-vpervye-dlya-ukrainoyazychnoy-muzyki-pesnya-shum-popala-v-amerikanskiy-chart-billboard-foto |title="Вперше для україномовної музики": пісня "Шум" потрапила в американський чарт Billboard (фото) |date=June 2, 2021 |work=Фокус |language=Ukrainian}}
Background
The lyrics of this song is a variation of Ukrainian folk songs which were sung in the "Shum" folk ritual.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-55979577 |title="Порвали зелену шубу": про що насправді пісня "Шум" Go_A, яку Україна везе на Євробачення |date=8 February 2021 |work=BBC News Ukraine |language=uk}}{{cite news|title=Ukraine: Can Go_A's "SHUM" go to Eurovision in its current form? Or will the folklore-inspired lyrics need to be re-written?|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/05/ukraine-magazine-focus-writes-go_a-shum-will-not-go-to-eurovision-ukrainian-folklore/261352/|first=David|last=Smith|date=2021-02-05|work=Wiwibloggs|access-date=2024-03-15}} The ritual involved a game and was performed in spring. According to some ethnographers, Shum refers to the god or personification of the forest.Лідія Козар. [http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/journals/index.php/mythology/article/download/769/762 Весняна обрядовість у виданні Б. Грінченка «Этнографические материалы, собр. в Черниговской и соседних с ней губерниях»: дохристиянські вірування і сучасний контекст]. — Міфологія і фольклор, № 1 — 2012. Etymologically, the name of the ritual probably comes from Proto-Slavic words {{lang|sla-x-proto|šumъ|proto=no}} ("noise") or {{lang|sla-x-proto|šuma|proto=no}} ("forest").{{Cite web|title=ШУМ — ЕТИМОЛОГІЯ {{!}} Горох — українські словники|url=https://goroh.pp.ua/Етимологія/шум|website=goroh.pp.ua|accessdate=2021-05-28|language=uk}}
Lead singer Pavlenko grew up in Northern Ukraine, and the song is inspired by the folklore of that region.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Go_A "Shum" Lyrics in English - Ukraine Eurovision 2021|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/12/lyrics-shum-go-a-ukraine-eurovision-2021/263926/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Wiwibloggs|language=en-US}}
Music video
On 22 January 2021, Go_A presented a music video for the song on the band's YouTube channel. Less than three weeks later, it reached 1 million views.{{cite news|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/09/ukraine-stb-go_a-revamp-shum-folklore/261568/ |title=Ukraine: STB news programme reports that Go_A's "SHUM" will be revamped because of its folklore-inspired melody and lyrics |work=Wiwibloggs |date=9 February 2021 |first=Renske |last=Ten Veen }} Pavlenko commented that the video was made with a phone camera and, despite the apparent pandemic theme, their intent was to just experiment and "shoot some funny video". For the Eurovision version, they shot a new music video in a forest near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.{{Citation|title=Бекстейдж кліпу Go_A для Євробачення-2021 ӏ HALLO, Євробачення. VLOG #1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHGlkXP80Gw|language=en|access-date=2021-06-02}}
Eurovision Song Contest
{{Main|Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021}}
The song was selected to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on 4 February 2021, after Go_A was internally selected by the national broadcaster UA:PBC. The previous year, they had won Ukraine's televised national selection. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Ukraine was placed into the first semi-final, held on 18 May 2021, and performed in the second half of the show.
= Eurovision version =
In March, a new version of the song was released with a new music video. The original version was too long and borrowed lyrics from existing traditional songs, which is prohibited under Eurovision rules. Pavlenko noted that the band struggled to cut the original version of the song to three minutes, so they decided to come up with a 'sequel'. Pavlenko explained that the original "Shum" was not written with Eurovision in mind and was intended for their concert tour after the cancelled Eurovision 2020. The purpose of the original track was to recreate the folk ritual at live performances with their audience.{{cite news|url=https://tv.suspilne.media/news/channel/111713 |title=Прем'єра кліпу Go_A для Євробачення-2021 на Суспільному |date=9 March 2021 |work=UA:ПЕРШИЙ}}
The new version of the song was adapted for Eurovision and is based on vesnianka folk songs. In Pavlenko's words, it was intended to have "more positive energy", since the original version, which is based on the folk ritual, is "a bit tense".
Charts
=Weekly charts=
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2021 year-end chart performance for "Shum" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (Tophit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/ru/chart/ukraine/yearly/2021-01-01/all/all|title=City & Country Radio – Top Year-End Hits|publisher=Tophit|language=ru|date=2021|access-date=31 December 2021}}
| 145 |
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| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Shum" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/yearly/2022-01-01/all/all|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2022|publisher=TopHit|access-date=30 December 2022}}
| 141 |
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| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2023 year-end chart performance for "Shum" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ukraine/annual/2023-01-01|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Chart 2023|publisher=TopHit|access-date=1 January 2024}}
| 135 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Shum"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Go_A|title=Shum|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2021|certyear=2024|access-date=11 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Release history for "Shum" ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |
| scope="row"| Various
| 22 January 2021 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | Self-released |
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References
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{{Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2021|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Eurovision songs of 2021