Spirit in the Sky (Keiino song)

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The song was selected to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, after Keiino were chosen through Melodi Grand Prix 2019, the music competition that selects Norway's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Norway was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. After all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the show's producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Norway performed in position 15, and qualified for the final, which took place on 18 May 2019. [10] It placed first in the televote with 291 points and overall finished in sixth place with 331 points.

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"Spirit in the Sky"
Spirit in the Sky (KEiiNO song).png
Single by Keiino
from the album OKTA
Released25 January 2019
Recorded2018
Genre
Length3:05
Label Self-publishing
Songwriter(s)
Keiino singles chronology
"Spirit in the Sky"
(2019)		"Shallow"
(2019)
Music video
"Spirit in the Sky" on YouTube
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [11] 61
Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) [12] 11
Euro Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 5
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [14] 19
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI) [15] 53
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [16] 11
Ireland (IRMA) [17] 84
Lithuania (AGATA) [18] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [19] 59
Norway (VG-lista) [20] 1
Scotland (OCC) [21] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [24] 61
UK Dance (OCC) [25] 9
UK Indie (OCC) [26] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [27] 3× Platinum180,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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