1944 (song)

2016 song by Jamala April 2021 1944 Jamala - 1944.jpg single Jamala 1944 5 February 2016 2015 3:00 Enjoy Jamala Art Antonyan Jamala Breath 2015 Zamanyly 2016 wNECV2h-y58 "1944" yes Ukraine "1944" 2016 Ukraine Jamala English, Crimean Tatar Jamala Art Antonyan Jamala 1st 534 2nd 287 Tick-Tock 2014 Tick-Tock (Mariya Yaremchuk song) Time 2017 Time (O.Torvald song) Official performance video iExW72v0BSw "1944" (Semi-final)B-rnM-MwRHY "1944" (Final)P11j3HQumzY "1944" (Reprise) "1944" is a song composed and recorded by the Ukrainian musician Jamala, with it including lyrics by both her and performer Art Antonyan. It Ukraine represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and the song won the event with a total of 534 points.Omelyanchuk Olena Jamala will represent Ukraine in Stockholm! http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=jamala_will_represent_ukraine_in_stockholm eurovision.tv European Broadcasting Union 21 February 2016 21 February 2016http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=ukraine_wins_2016_eurovision_song_contest Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 14 May 2016 In May 2022, the British news publication The Independent named the song as the twentieth best Eurovision-winning song and opined that its "melancholic" approach "works perfectly".Kelly Ben 10 May 2022 All 68 winning Eurovision songs ranked from worst to best https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/eurovision-winners-best-songs-b2075366.html 11 May 2022 The Independent As well, in 2023, The Guardian ranked the song as the third best Eurovision winner in history.Petridis Alexis 11 May 2023 All 69 Eurovision song contest winners – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/11/all-69-eurovision-song-contest-winners-ranked 11 May 2023 The Guardian An official music video was released on 21 September 2016.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNECV2h-y58 Jamala – 1944 (Official Music Video) YouTube 21 September 2016 In terms of its lyrics and general production, the song describes the discriminatory persecution of the Crimean Tatars in the context of Joseph Stalin's rule over the Soviet Union. These violent military actions, which resulted in numerous deaths, had personally endangered Jamala's grandparents, which influenced the piece's emotional tone and its other attributes. Jamala summed the release up as a musical "memorial". It notably mixes together vocals in both the English language and the Crimean Tatar language. Background Conception and lyrics "1944" was composed and recorded by Jamala. The English lyrics were written by the poet Art Antonyan. The song's chorus, in the Crimean Tatar language, is made up of words from a Crimean Tatar folk song called Ey Güzel Qırım that Jamala had heard from her great-grandmother, reflecting on the loss of a youth which could not be spent in her homeland.http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/02/08/1944-lyrics-jamala-ukraine-eurovision-2016/123003/ 1994 Lyrics – Jamala (Ukraine, Eurovision 2016) Halpin Chris 8 February 2016 Wiwibloggs 23 February 2016 The song features the duduk played by Aram Kostanyan http://168.am/2016/04/17/624739.html "Հենց ինքնաթիռը վայրէջք կատարեց Հայաստանում՝ միանգամից զգացի, որ ես տանն եմ". Ջամալայի բացառիկ հարցազրույցը 168.am-ին 168 Ժամ 15 May 2016 hy https://web.archive.org/web/20160518112047/http://168.am/2016/04/17/624739.html 2016-05-18 dead and the use of the Azerbaijani mugham vocal style.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=33813 Jamala – 1944 (Ukraine 2016) | Eurovision Song Contest 2016-03-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160320023633/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=33813 2016-03-20 The lyrics for "1944" concern the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, in the 1940s, by the Soviet Union at the hands of Joseph Stalin on the pretext of their alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany.Veselova Viktoria Melnykova Oleksandra Crimean singer in line to represent Ukraine at Eurovision https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/11/crimean-singer-in-line-to-represent-ukraine-at-eurovision The Guardian 11 February 2016 11 February 2016 Jamala was particularly inspired by the story of her great-grandmother Nazylkhan, who was in her mid-20s when she and her five children were deported to Central Asia. One of the daughters did not survive the journey.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35630395 Eurovision: Ukraine's entry aimed at Russia Savage Mark 22 February 2016 BBC News 23 February 2016http://qha.com.ua/en/culture-art/jamala-entered-eurovision2016-national-selection/135789/ Jamala entered Eurovision-2016 national selection 26 January 2016 QHA.com.ua 23 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303054406/http://qha.com.ua/en/culture-art/jamala-entered-eurovision2016-national-selection/135789/ 2016-03-03 dead Jamala's great-grandfather was fighting in World War II in the Red Army at this time and thus could not protect his family.http://www.day.kiev.ua/en/article/culture/we-are-one-people Jamala leads after the first semifinal of the National Selection to the Eurovision 2016 9 February 2016 The Day 23 February 2016 The song was also released amid renewed repression of Crimean Tatars following the Russian annexation of Crimea, since most Crimean Tatars refuse to accept the annexation.A Eurovision win provides symbolic victory over Russian repression https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21699474-eurovision-win-provides-symbolic-victory-over-russian-repression-1944-all-over-again 28 May 2016 The Economist 28 May 2016 National selection The National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) withdrew from the 2015 2015 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, citing costs.http://esctoday.com/86848/ukraine-ntu-will-not-participate-in-eurovision-2015/ Ukraine: NTU will not participate in Eurovision 2015 Jiandani Sanjay (Sergio) 19 September 2014 esctoday 6 May 2016 After deciding to return to the 2016 2016 contest, a selection process to determine its representative was opened, combining resources from NTU –renamed as the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC)– and private broadcaster STB.http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/11/19/ukraine-details-national-selection-process-revealed/107700/ UKRAINE: STATE BROADCASTER TO COLLABORATE WITH STB FOR NATIONAL SELECTION 2016 Gallagher Robyn 19 November 2015 Wiwibloggs 6 May 2016 "1944" by Jamala was announced as one of the eighteen competing acts in the Ukraine 2016 2016 edition of Natsionalnyi Vidbir, the national final for Eurovision. She performed the song in the first semi-final on 6 February 2016, where it won both the jury and televote, advancing to the Ukrainian final.Omelyanchuk Olena Ukraine: Results of the first semi-final http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=ukraine_results_of_the_first_semi-final eurovision.tv European Broadcasting Union 6 February 2016 6 February 2016 In the final, on 21 February, it was placed second by the jury and first by the televote, resulting in a tie with "Helpless" by the Hardkiss. "1944" was announced as the winner, however, as the televoting acted as a tiebreaker. It received 37.77% of more than 382,000 televotes.http://eurovision.stb.ua/ua/2016/02/21/detalnye-rezultaty-zritelskogo-golosovaniya-evrovideniya-2016-final/ Детальні результати глядацького голосування "Євробачення-2016" (фiнал) 21 February 2016 STB uk 23 February 2016 It became the Ukraine Ukrainian entrant for Eurovision.Ukraine: Vidbir 2016 https://eurovisionworld.com/national/ukraine/vidbir-2016 Eurovisionworld Accusations of politicisation In a February 2016 interview with The Guardian, Jamala said that the song also reminded her of her own family living in Crimea nowadays, claiming that since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea "the Crimean Tatars are on occupied territory".Crimea is currently de facto controlled by Russia, after a controversial Self-Determination referendum.Gutterman Steve https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions 18 March 2014 Reuters.com 2014-03-26 nb The song lyrics, however, do not address this annexation. Eurovision rules prohibit songs with lyrics that could be interpreted as having "political content".Ukraine picks Crimean Tatar for Eurovision https://web.archive.org/web/20160303104014/http://m.timesunion.com/news/article/Ukraine-picks-Crimean-Tatar-for-Eurovision-6845591.php 2016-03-03 , Times Union (21 February 2014)Eurovision: Ukraine's entry aimed at Russia, BBC News (22 February 2016) Immediately after the selection of this song, some Russian politicians, as well as authorities in Crimea, accused the Ukrainian authorities of "capitalising on the tragedy of the Tatars to impose on European viewers a false picture of alleged harassment of the Tatars in the Russian Crimea".Russia MPs slam Ukraine's choice of Crimean Tatar for Eurovision https://web.archive.org/web/20160302162123/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/30889563/russia-mps-slam-ukraines-choice-of-crimean-tartar-for-eurovision/ 2 March 2016 , Yahoo News (23 February 2016)Russian MP Vadim Dengin of the far-right LDPR believed the song's victory was fixed because "Most of the citizens of Ukraine who do not receive any salary or pensions have nothing to pay for electricity, and secondly, they do not care about this Eurovision". He also expressed hope that the song would be banned from participation by Eurovision.uk In State Duma they want Jamal not to be allowed in Eurovision, Ukrayinska Pravda (22 February 2016) nb On 9 March 2016, a tweet from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that neither the title nor the lyrics of the song contained "political speech" and therefore it did not breach any Eurovision rule, thus allowing it to remain in the competition.https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/707568496079675393 The Ref. Group concluded that the title & lyrics of the song don't contain political speech and don't breach @Eurovision Rules. European Broadcasting Union 9 March 2016 9 March 2016 Eurovision thumb|Jamala performing "1944" in Eurovision On 12 May 2016, the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm hosted by sv Sveriges Television unset (SVT) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Jamala performed "1944" fourteenth on the evening. After the grand final it was revealed that it had received in its semi-final 287 points, placing second and qualifying for the grand final.https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2016/second-semi-final Official Eurovision Song Contest 2016 second semi-final scoreboard Eurovision Song Contest On 14 May 2016, she performed the song again in the grand final twenty-first on the evening.Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest SVT / EBU 14 May 2016 "1944" is the first Eurovision song to contain lyrics in the Crimean language. It won the final, receiving the second highest televoting score and second highest jury vote, with a total of 534 points, officially surpassing the previous record set by "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak in 2009, which won with 387 points.Because of the new scoring system, however, with separate sets of televotes and jury votes, the results are not directly comparable with each other, as the number of points was limited to 492 in previous contest. With the current system, the score of "Fairytale" would have been 690. The national juries voted "Sound of Silence" by Dami Im for Australia 2016 first with 320 points, and the televote voted "You Are the Only One" by Sergey Lazarev for Russia 2016 first with 361 points. The televoting result for Ukraine, of 323 points, however, was sufficient, when added to their jury score of 211 points, to put them in first place, with a grand total of 534 points, leaving Australia second and Russia third. Aftermath As the winning broadcaster, the EBU gave UA:PBC the responsibility to host the 2017 following edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The interval act of the first semi-final on 9 May 2017 features Jamala performing "1944" and "Zamanyly".Eurovision Song Contest 2017 first semi-final Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest UA:PBC / EBU 9 May 2017 Critical reception Prior to the Ukrainian national selection finals, "1944" received 8.33 out of 10 points from a jury of Eurovision blog Wiwibloggs,http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/02/14/wiwi-jury-ukraines-jamala-with-1944/122917/ Wiwi Jury: Ukraine's Jamala with "1944" February 14, 2016 Wiwibloggs 23 February 2016 the highest score among the six finalists in the Ukrainian national selection.http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/02/21/wiwi-jury-results-jamala-is-our-favorite-to-win-in-ukraine/126882/ Wiwi Jury Results: Jamala is our favorite to win in Ukraine February 21, 2016 Wiwibloggs 24 February 2016 In 2023, The Guardian recognized the song as the third best Eurovision winner, emphasizing on the meaningful lyrics and calling the song "authentically fantastic" and "moodily atmospheric". Track listing Digital downloadhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1944-single/id1082982593 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221233/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1944-single/id1082982593 dead 4 March 2016 1944 – Single Apple itunes.com 1944 3:00 Digital download – EP 19:28 1944 3:00 Watch Over Me 5:47 Hate Love 3:46 I'm Like a Bird 3:33 Thank You 3:22 Chart history Weekly charts Chart (2016) PeakpositionAustria 54 Jamala 1944 true 25 May 2016Flanders Tip 13 Jamala 1944 true 4 June 2016Finnishairplay 64 Jamala 1944 true 20 May 2016France 49 Jamala 1944 true 21 May 2016Hungarysingle 40 2016 20 Jamala 1944 true 27 May 2016 Russia (TopHit)http://tophit.ru/tracks/view/72183?1944-Jamala TopHit Track Info – Jamala, "1944" 6 May 2016 3 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603034431/http://tophit.ru/tracks/view/72183?1944-Jamala dead 129Spain 32 Jamala 1944 true 30 May 2016Sweden 46 Jamala 1944 true 20 May 2016Switzerland 73 Jamala 1944 true 23 May 2016 Ukraine (Tophit Ukraine Charts) 2 Chart (2022) Peakposition Lithuania (AGATA)https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s09/ 2022 9-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100) AGATA lt 4 March 2022 4 March 2022 8 Release history Region Date Format Label Worldwide 12 February 2016 Digital download Enjoy Notes nb See also Music Ukraine Electronic music History of Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest References External links "1944" – lyrics at eurovision.tv 1532302 1944 single Official music video "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw Eurovision Song Contest winners "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral 2016 songs Category:2016 songs Category:2016 singles Category:English-language Ukrainian songs Category:Eurovision Song Contest–winning songs Category:Eurovision songs of 2016 Category:Eurovision songs of Ukraine Category:Songs about World War II Category:Songs about Crimea Category:Jamala songs Category:Crimean Tatar music Category:Crimean Tatar–language songs Category:Internet memes related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Controversies of the Eurovision Song Contest