Hey Mamma

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"Hey, Mamma!"
Hey Mamma cover.jpg
Single by SunStroke Project
Released6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)
Genre
Length2:59
Label Ragoza Music
Songwriter(s)
  • SunStroke Project
  • Mihail Cebotarenco
SunStroke Project singles chronology
"Dam Dam Dam"
(2016)		"Hey, Mamma!"
(2017)		"Sun Gets Down"
(2017)
Flag of Moldova.svg "Hey, Mamma!"
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
  • SunStroke Project
  • Mihail Cebotarenco
Lyricist(s)
  • Alina Galetskaya
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
291
Final result
3rd
Final points
374
Entry chronology
◄ "Falling Stars" (2016)
"My Lucky Day" (2018) ►

"Hey, Mamma!" (also "Hey Mamma") is a song written and performed by the Moldovan group SunStroke Project. It was released as a digital download on 6 February 2017 by Ragoza Music. It represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. [1]

Contents

Eurovision Song Contest

SunStroke Project was confirmed to be taking part in O melodie pentru Europa 2017, Moldova's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 18 January 2017 [2] and later confirmed to have qualified to the semi-finals after a live audition on 20 January. [3] The group won the jury vote in the semi-final, held on 24 February, and qualified directly for the final. [4] During the final, held on 25 February, the group was second with the juries and first with the televoters, effectively winning the tiebreak and being declared the winner. [1] Moldova competed in the second half of the first semi-final for the Eurovision Song Contest and went through to the Grand Final. [5]

In the Grand Final, it finished third overall with 374 points, which is Moldova's best result in the contest to date.[ when? ]

Track listing

Digital download [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Hey Mamma" (radio edit)2:59
2."Hey Mamma" (karaoke version)2:59

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] 27
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [8] 49
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [9] 30
France (SNEP) [10] 56
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 52
Hungary (Single Top 40) [12] 15
Hungary (Stream Top 40) [13] 34
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 70
Russia (TopHit) [15] 272
Scotland (OCC) [16] 51
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [17] 34
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 55
UK Download (OCC) [20] 51

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide6 February 2017 Digital download Ragoza Music

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References

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  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (18 January 2017). "MOLDOVA: 40 SONGS SUBMITTED FOR O MELODIE PENTRU EUROPA 2017". Eurovoix News. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Honciuc, Bogdan (21 January 2017). "MOLDOVA: 14 ACTS ADVANCE TO SEMI-FINAL AFTER LIVE AUDITIONS". Wiwibloggs. Wiwibloggs.
  4. ↑ Halliwell, Jamie (24 February 2017). "MOLDOVA SELECT ARTISTS FOR TOMORROW'S FINAL". Eurovoix News.
  5. ↑ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". European Broadcasting Union . Retrieved 11 September 2016.
    - Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". European Broadcasting Union . Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hey Mamma - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 20, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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  13. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  15. ↑ TopHit Track Info – Sunstroke Project, "Hey Mamma!"
  16. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "SunStroke Project – Hey Mamma" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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