Human (Oscar Zia song)

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"Human"
Human - Oscar Zia.jpg
Single by Oscar Zia
Released28 February 2016
Genre
Length3:04
Label Parlophone Music Sweden AB
Songwriter(s)
Oscar Zia singles chronology
"Ballare Con Me"
(2014)		"Human"
(2016)		"I Want You"
(2019)

"Human" is a song by Swedish singer Oscar Zia. [1] It was released on 28 February 2016 as a digital download in Sweden. The song was written and composed by Oscar Zia along with Victor Thell and Maria Smith. It placed second in the final of Melodifestivalen 2016. [2] The song was subsequently certified Platinum in Sweden. [3]

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Melodifestivalen

Being Zia's third participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Human" participated in the third semi-final of the 2016 Melodifestivalen which was held in Norrköping's Himmelstalundshallen on 20 February 2016. [4] The song was performed last at the semi-final. It direct qualified to the final as it got one of the first two places. [5] On 12 March, during the final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Zia performed the song at the fifth position of the running order and got the highest score from the 11 international juries. Overall "Human" placed second in the competition with 132 points.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Human"3:04

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 7

Certifications

Certifications for "Human"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [3] Platinum40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Sweden [7] 28 February 2016Digital download Parlophone Music Sweden AB

References

  1. ↑ "Oscar Zia – Human" (in Swedish). svt.se. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2019). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
  3. 1 2 "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 14, 2016 | Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Petersson, Emma (20 February 2019). "Oscar Zia och Lisa Ajax är i final i Melodifestivalen 2019". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television . Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (20 February 2019). "Sweden: third semi-final results". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Veckolista Svenskt Topp-20 - Vecka 11, 18 mars 2019". sverigetopplistan.se. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Human – Single by Oscar Zia". iTunes . 28 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.


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