1944 (song)

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"1944"
Jamala - 1944.jpg
Single by Jamala
from the album 1944
Released9 March 2016
Recorded2015
Length3:00
Label Enjoy
Composer(s) Jamala
Lyricist(s)
  • Art Antonyan
  • Jamala
Jamala singles chronology
"Breath"
(2015)		"1944"
(2016)		"Zamanyly"
(2016)
Music video
"1944" on YouTube
Digital download [30]
No.TitleLength
1."1944"3:00
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."1944"3:00
2."Watch Over Me"5:47
3."Hate Love"3:46
4."I'm Like a Bird"3:33
5."Thank You"3:22
Total length:19:28

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [31] 54
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [32] 13
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista) [33] 64
France (SNEP) [34] 49
Hungary (Single Top 40) [35] 40
Russia (TopHit) [36] 129
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [37] 32
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [38] 46
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [39] 73
Ukraine (Tophit Ukraine Charts) [36] 2
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Lithuania (AGATA) [40] 8

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide12 February 2016 [30] Digital downloadEnjoy

Notes

  1. ↑ Crimea is currently de facto controlled by Russia, after a controversial Self-Determination referendum. [20]
  2. ↑ Russian MP Vadim Dengin of the far-right LDPR believed the song's victory was fixed because "Most of the citizens of Ukraine who do not receive any salary or pensions have nothing to pay for electricity, and secondly, they do not care about this Eurovision". [22] He also expressed hope that the song would be banned from participation by Eurovision. [22]
  3. ↑ Because of the new scoring system, however, with separate sets of televotes and jury votes, the results are not directly comparable with each other, as the number of points was limited to 492 in previous contest. With the current system, the score of "Fairytale" would have been 690.

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