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1233: 29: 313:—said they agreed with SVT's "vision for the contest". The collaboration was hailed as a "union of two of Sweden's biggest musical exports". The song was performed for the first time by an on-stage choir at the start of the final on 18 May 2013. 818: 298:. The idea of a "Eurovision Anthem" had existed since the start of the planning for the 2013 contest. Ulvaeus, Andersson and Avicii were on the very top of the list of musicians that SVT wished to collaborate with. 1768: 588: 1012: 1294: 1059: 910: 1793: 1069: 1635: 431: 478: 825: 596: 1763: 1410: 1117: 860: 1610: 903: 769: 451: 1788: 1269: 783: 790: 1515: 1431: 1213: 1064: 811: 628: 1564: 1487: 1137: 1124: 832: 291: 247: 50: 1074: 986: 271: 254:. The track, released on 18 May 2013 (the day of the contest's final), is credited to Avicii, B&B & Choir on 762: 218: 1557: 1494: 1424: 737: 1578: 1466: 1131: 846: 561: 189: 776: 1702: 1727: 1642: 1592: 404: 1318: 1005: 804: 86: 1783: 1778: 1656: 1396: 1108: 885: 730: 486: 1720: 1695: 1585: 1536: 1417: 1350: 1262: 970: 709: 435: 391: 1773: 1375: 1311: 1094: 1037: 744: 649: 306: 275: 1678: 1445: 1438: 1403: 1325: 1289: 670: 621: 1193: 1571: 1543: 1343: 1188: 1173: 978: 688: 1673: 1522: 1218: 1054: 695: 656: 408: 365: 279: 235: 148: 1734: 1501: 1255: 1183: 1147: 1142: 956: 949: 716: 663: 347: 283: 239: 135: 28: 508: 1203: 1178: 927: 310: 118: 36: 1757: 1649: 1617: 1529: 1389: 1382: 1357: 1236: 1208: 1163: 1030: 614: 1741: 1550: 1168: 1087: 702: 113: 1480: 1473: 963: 932: 723: 81: 1508: 1080: 853: 566: 536: 212: 126: 1101: 878: 797: 295: 251: 90: 403:
It is also worth noting that it debuted at 199 midweek according to the
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Index


Single
Avicii
Eurovision Song Contest: Malmö 2013
Genre
EDM
Pop rock
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Benny Andersson
Tim Bergling
Björn Ulvaeus
Avicii
X You
Wake Me Up
"We Write The Story"
YouTube
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Avicii
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Malmö
iTunes
Spotify
European Broadcasting Union
SVT
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Avicii

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