Before the Party's Over

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Internal selection

Belgium's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest on even-numbered years, Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), announced its intent to participate in the 2024 contest on 16 August 2023. [19] 14 days later, Mustin was announced as the country's representative for the contest, with the song scheduled to come out sometime in February 2024. [7] The song officially premiered on 20 February. [1]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Belgium was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show. [20]

Mustin was later drawn to perform 12th in the semi-final, after Georgia's Nutsa Buzaladze and before Estonia's duo of 5miinust and Puuluup. [21]

Charts

"Before the Party's Over"
Before the Party's Over.png
Single by Mustii
Released20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)
Length3:00
Label PIAS
Songwriter(s)
  • Alloysius Lloyd
  • Arianna D'amato
  • Benoit Leclercq
  • Charlotte Clark
  • Nina Sampermans
  • Pierre Dumoulin
  • Thomas Mustin
Producer(s)
  • Benoit Leclercq
  • Pierre Dumoulin
  • Tobie Speleman
Mustii singles chronology
"Skyline"
(2022)		"Before the Party's Over"
(2024)
Music video
"Before the Party's Over" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Before the Party's Over"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [22] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [23] 12

Release history

Release history and formats for "Before the Party's Over"
CountryDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various20 February 2024

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