Sting (Eric Saade song)

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"Sting"
Sting Eric Saade.jpg
Single by Eric Saade
Released1 March 2015
Recorded2014
Genre Pop
Length3:00
Label Roxy Recordings
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jason Gill
Eric Saade singles chronology
"Take a Ride (Put 'Em in the Air"
(2014)
"Sting"
(2015)
"Girl from Sweden"
(2015)

"Sting" is a 2015 song by Swedish singer Eric Saade. He was participating with the song in Melodifestivalen 2015 in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The song is co-written by Sam Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah and David Kreuger. Saade performed the song live during the first semi-final round of Melodifestivalen on 7 February 2015 in Gothenburg's Scandinavium. Coming first/second that day, he qualified to the Finals held on 14 March 2015 in Stockholm where he came fifth overall after the televoting and jury results was revealed.

Contents

In 2017, Uno Svenningsson released a Swedish-language version of the song titled "Slå" as a part of the eighth season of Så mycket bättre . [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Sting" (TV Version)3:00
2."Sting" (Radio Edit)2:50

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Certification
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 5 GLF: Platinum [3]

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 95

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Sweden1 March 2015 [4] Digital download Roxy Recordings

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