Monsters (Saara Aalto song)

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In November 2017, at a press conference for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018 , it was announced that Saara Aalto would represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and her song was selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018. The competition featured three songs that were all performed by Aalto. The show took place on 3 March 2018 at Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, hosted by Krista Siegfrids and Mikko Silvennoinen. The winning song was determined by public voting and from votes from international jury panels. [2] The song finished 25th in the contest.

Track listing

"Monsters"
Monsters - Saara Aalto.jpg
Single by Saara Aalto
from the album Wild Wild Wonderland
Released9 February 2018
Genre Pop
Length3:00
Label Warner Music Finland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Family
Saara Aalto singles chronology
"No Fear"
(2016)
"Monsters"
(2018)
"Domino"
(2018)
Music video
"Monsters" on YouTube
Digital download and streaming [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Monsters"3:00
Digital download and streaming (Remixes - EP) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Monsters" (Initial Talk Remix)3:29
2."Monsters" (Cutmore Remix)4:09
3."Monsters" (Extended Version)4:24
4."Monsters" (Cutmore Radio Edit)3:09
Digital download and streaming (Twilight Version) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Monsters" (Twilight Version)3:21

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 13
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista) [6] 6
Iceland (RÚV) [7] 19
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 7

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
Various9 February 2018 [1] Original Warner Music Finland
20 April 2018 [3] Remixes – EP
26 April 2018 [4] Twilight Version

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