Me and My Guitar (Tom Dice song)

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"Me and My Guitar"
Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar.jpg
Single by Tom Dice
from the album Teardrops
ReleasedFebruary 2010
Recorded2010
Genre
Label SonicAngel
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jeroen Swinnen
Tom Dice singles chronology
"Bleeding Love"
(2009)
"Me and My Guitar"
(2010)
"Lucy"
(2010)
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
1st
Semi-final points
167
Final result
6th
Final points
143
Entry chronology
◄ "Copycat" (2009)
"With Love Baby" (2011) ►

"Me and My Guitar" is a song performed by Belgian singer-songwriter Tom Dice from his debut album Teardrops . The song was written by British singer-songwriter Ashley Hicklin, writer-producer Jeroen Swinnen and Tom Dice himself. It took first place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Semi-final 1 on 25 May and was the first Belgian act to qualify for the final since the introduction of the semi-finals in Eurovision. In the final Tom Dice scored 143 points and finished 6th.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLyricsProducer(s)Length
1."Me and My Guitar"
  • Jeroen Swinnen
  • Tom Dice
  • Ashley Hicklin
Jeroen Swinnen3:00
2."Forbidden Love"Tom Dice
  • Tom Dice
  • Erhan Kurkun
3:46

Credits and personnel

Charts performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [1] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [2] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten) [3] 39
Europe (European Hot 100)27
France (SNEP) [4] 68
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 20
Iceland (RÚV) [6] 12
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 32
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 85

Certifications

Country Certification
( sales thresholds )
Belgium Gold [12]

See also

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