Calm After the Storm
"Calm After the Storm" | ||||
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Single by The Common Linnets | ||||
from the album The Common Linnets | ||||
Released | 14 March 2014 | |||
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Length | 3:04 (Radio edit) 3:32 (Album version) | |||
Label | Universal Music Group | |||
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The Common Linnets singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Calm After the Storm" on YouTube | ||||
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry | ||||
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Language | English | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | 1st | |||
Semi-final points | 150 | |||
Final result | 2nd | |||
Final points | 238 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Birds" (2013) | ||||
"Walk Along" (2015) ► | ||||
Song presentation | ||||
Official performance video | ||||
"Calm After the Storm" (Semi-1) on YouTube "Calm After the Storm" (Final) on YouTube |
"Calm After the Storm" is a song by Dutch country rock duo The Common Linnets –Ilse DeLange and Waylon–, composed and written by DeLange herself, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, and Jake Etheridge. It represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 held in Copenhagen, placing second with 238 points.
Background
Conception
"Calm After the Storm" was composed and written by Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, and Jake Etheridge.[1]
Selection
On 25 November 2013, AVROTROS announced that it had internally selected singers Ilse DeLange and Waylon, under the name The Common Linnets, as its performers for the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[2] On 4 March 2014, the duo revealed during NPO's talk show De Wereld Draait Door that "Calm After the Storm" would be their Eurovision entry, becoming the Dutch entrant for the contest. They first performed the song live, in an acoustic version, on 12 March 2014 on De Wereld Draait Door.[3] The studio version was presented on 13 March 2014.[4] The music video, shot entirely black-and-white, was filmed later in March 2014 in Edam.[5]
Eurovision
On 6 May 2014, the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen hosted by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and broadcast live throughout the continent. After having taken the first place in this semi-final, the song finished in second place in the grand final on 10 May 2014, behind the winning song "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst for Austria.[6][7] This was the highest position for the Netherlands since it last won in the 1975 contest, and the highest score for the Netherlands in all the Eurovision contests until the 2019 edition, when Duncan Laurence claimed victory with the song "Arcade".
In addition to their high placement in the contest, the song picked up two Marcel Bezençon Awards: the Artistic Award, chosen by the commentators from the various participating broadcasters, and the Composers Award, chosen by the songwriters of all the participating songs from the 2014 contest.[8]
Chart performance
On 18 May 2014, it reached number 9 in the UK singles chart, becoming 2014's highest charting Eurovision single,[9] and the fourth non-winning Eurovision song from outside the UK to enter the top ten, the other songs being "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (Italy 1958), "Si" (Italy 1974) and "I See a Star" (Netherlands 1974).
Weekly charts
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[10] | 66 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] | 2 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] | 1 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] | 20 |
Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] | 2 |
Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)[15] | 4 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 6 |
France (SNEP)[17] | 102 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[18] | 3 |
Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] | 4 |
Iceland (RÚV)[20] | 1 |
Ireland (IRMA)[21] | 4 |
Luxembourg Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[22] | 9 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] | 2 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] | 1 |
Scotland (OCC)[25] | 8 |
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[26] | 25 |
Slovenia (SloTop50)[27] | 17 |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] | 5 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29] | 36 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] | 3 |
Turkey (Number One Top 40)[31] | 7 |
UK Singles (OCC)[32] | 9 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2014) | Position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[33] | 6 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[34] | 68 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[35] | 22 |
Hungary (Single Top 40)[36] | 99 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[37] | 60 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] | 17 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria)[39] | Gold | 15,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[40] | 3× Gold | 450,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[41] | Gold | 10,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Ilse DeLange and Waylon team up as The Commen Linnnets for ESC2014". wiwibloggs.com. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets gaan naar het Songfestival!". songfestival.nl (in Dutch). NPO. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "The Netherlands: Common Linnets reveal acoustic version of Calm after the storm". wiwibloggs.com. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (4 March 2014). "The Netherlands: The Common Linnets To Sing "Calm After The Storm"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets - Calm Before the Storm". AVROTROS. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2014". Eurovision Song Contest. 10 May 2014. DR / EBU.
- ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2014 grand final scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest.
- ^ "Marcel Bezençon Awards | Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ "Eurovision 2014: The real winners revealed!". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- ^ "Justice Crew Spend Second Week At ARIA No 1". Noise11.com/. 17 May 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm". Tracklisten. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Euro Digital Song Sales Chart (The week of May 24, 2014)". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "The Common Linnets: Calm After The Storm" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
- ^ "RÚV - Vinsældalisti Rásar 2". RÚV. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Chart Track: Week 20, 2014". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets Chart History (Luxembourg Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 June 2014. [dead link]
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Common Linnets" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201422 into search. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Digital Singles Charts - Turkey". Number One Top 40. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2014". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2014". Ultratop. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2014". Mahasz. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2014". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2014" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Austrian single certifications – The Common Linnets – Calm After the Storm" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Common Linnets; 'Calm After the Storm')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Dutch single certifications – The Common Linnets – Calm After the Storm" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Calm After the Storm in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 2014 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
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