City Lights (Blanche song)

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On 22 November 2016, it was announced that Blanche would be representing Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. [1] Belgium competed at the Eurovision Song Contest's first half of the first semi-final [5] [6] that took place on 9 May 2017, and finished 4th, gaining enough points to compete in the final. Belgium ended up with 363 points on 4th place in the Grand Final, receiving 12 points from Ireland's jury and the televote in Estonia, Poland, Latvia and Sweden. [7]

Charts

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"City Lights"
Blanche - City Lights.png
Single by Blanche
Released8 March 2017 (2017-03-08)
Length2:54
Label PIAS Belgium
Songwriter(s)
Blanche singles chronology
"City Lights"
(2017)		"Wrong Turn"
(2018)
Music video
"City Lights" on YouTube
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [10] 2
Euro Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 15
Finland Download (Latauslista) [12] 10
France (SNEP) [13] 35
Germany (Official German Charts) [14] 38
Hungary (Single Top 40) [15] 12
Iceland (RÚV) [16] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 39
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [18] 23
Portugal (AFP) [19] 49
Scotland (OCC) [20] 38
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [21] 21
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 24
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [24] 36

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [25] 6
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [27] 2× Platinum40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Various [28] 8 March 2017 Digital download PIAS Belgium

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