Under the Ladder
{{Short description|2018 song by Mélovin}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Under the Ladder
| cover = Under_the_Ladder_-_Melovin.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mélovin
| album = Octopus
| released = 18 January 2018
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 2:59
| label = Umyh Music
| writer = {{hlist|Mike Ryals|Kostyantyn Bocharov|Anton Karskyi}}
| producer = {{hlist|Anton Karskyi|Yevhen Filatov}}
| prev_title = Hooligan
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = That's Your Role
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cKM8c-9rGC0|"Under the Ladder"}} }}
{{Infobox song contest entry
| embed = yes
| song = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} "Under the Ladder"
| image =
| caption =
| year = 2018
| country = Ukraine
| artist = Mélovin
| language = English
| languages =
| composer = {{hlist|Mélovin}}
| lyricist = {{hlist|Mike Ryals}}
| conductor =
| place = 17th
| points = 130
| place_semi = 6th
| points_semi = 179
| prev = Time
| prev_year = 2017
| prev_link = Time (O.Torvald song)
| next = Siren Song
| next_year = 2019
| next_link = Siren Song (Maruv song)
}}
}}
"Under the Ladder" is a song performed by Ukrainian singer Mélovin. The song was released as a digital download on 18 January 2018 through Umyh Music, and was written by Mélovin along with Mike Ryals and Anton Karskyi. It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. It was included in Mélovin’s 2018 album "Octopus".
Eurovision Song Contest
{{Main|Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018}}
On 16 January 2018, Mélovin was confirmed as one of the 18 competing acts in Vidbir 2018, the Ukrainian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with the song "Under the Ladder".{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/01/16/ukraine-vidbir-2018-contestants-revealed/|title=Ukraine: Vidbir 2018 Contestants Revealed|date=16 January 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|last=Farren|first=Neil}}{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/156489/ukraine-uapbc-reveals-national-selection-participants/|title=Ukraine: UA:PBC reveals national selection participants|date=16 January 2018|publisher=ESCToday|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay}} He competed in the second semi-final on 17 February 2018, where he qualified to the final as one of the top three finishers, placing first with the highest number of televotes from the Ukrainian public and second-highest number of jury votes from the jury consisting of Jamala, Andriy Danylko, and Eugene Filatov.{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/01/19/ukraine-vidbir-2018-semi-finals-order/|title=Ukraine: Vidbir 2018 Semi-Finals Running Order Revealed|date=19 January 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|last=Herbert|first=Emily}}{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/02/17/ukraine-vidbir-2018-finalists-selected/|title=Ukraine: Vidbir 2018 Finalists Selected|date=17 February 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|last=Granger|first=Anthony}}{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/156611/ukraine-vidbir-2018-semi-final-running-order-draw-results/|title=Ukraine: Vidbir 2018 semi-final running order draw results|last=Knoops|first=Roy|date=19 January 2018|publisher=ESCToday}}{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/159508/ukraine-vidbir-2018-final-lineup-completed/|title=Ukraine: Vidbir 2018 Final lineup completed|date=17 February 2018|publisher=ESCToday|last=Vranis|first=Michalis}} He won the final on 24 February and represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/159742/ukraine-melovin-will-fly-lisbon/|title=Ukraine: Melovin will fly to Lisbon!|last=Jiandani|first=Sergio|date=24 February 2018}}
The song competed in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2018-dates-and-host-city-confirmed|title=Lisbon revealed as Host City of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!|date=25 July 2017 |publisher=Eurovision.tv|access-date=25 July 2017}}{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Paul |date=12 January 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/all-aboard-for-eurovision-2018-semi-final-allocation-draw |title=All Aboard for the Semi-Final Allocation Draw |publisher=eurovision.tv |access-date=12 January 2018}} It qualified for the final, finishing in 6th place, and finished in 17th place in the final, getting seventh place with the public (119 points), but last place with the juries (11 points).
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Under the Ladder
| length1 = 2:59
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Ukraine Weekly (Tophit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.ua/en/chart/ukraine/weekly/2018-03-26/all/all|title=Under the ladder|date=26 March 2018|publisher=Tophit|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218171949/https://tophit.ua/en/chart/ukraine/weekly/2018-03-26/all/all|archivedate=18 December 2021}}
| 54 |
| scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20180511|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 20, 18 maj 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=18 May 2018}}
| 9 |
Release history
| class=wikitable
! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |
| Various
| 18 January 2018 | Umyh Music |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2018}}
Category:Eurovision songs of 2018
Category:Eurovision songs of Ukraine
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