LoveWave

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"LoveWave"
Single by Iveta Mukuchyan
Released 30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Length 2:58
Label
Writer(s)
  • Iveta Mukuchyan
  • Stephanie Crutchfield
  • Lilith Navasardyan
  • Levon Navasardyan
Iveta Mukuchyan singles chronology
"Ari Yar"
(2015)		 "LoveWave"
(2016)
Armenia "LoveWave"
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan
Lyricist(s)
Iveta Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
243
Final result
7th
Final points
249
Appearance chronology
◄ "Face the Shadow" (2015)   

"LoveWave" is a song by Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan. It was released as a single on March 30, 2016, and represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. "LoveWave" was written by Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield, Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan. To promote the song, an accompanying music video was released and co-stars Mukuchyan and Swedish model Ben Dahlhaus.

Background and release

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I wanted to sing about a feeling we all know and crave for. A feeling that creates and destroys, empowers and weakens, rips and completes. A feeling out of space and time, that is unpredictable as an ocean and powerful as a wave. A feeling that is worth fighting for. Love.

—Mukuchyan on "LoveWave".[1]

On October 13, 2015, the Public Television of Armenia announced Mukuchyan as the Armenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.[2] On the same day, they also announced an open contest for songwriters from all over the world.[2] On December 31, 2015, the official YouTube channel of Eurovision uploaded a video, in which Mukuchyan said: "We received songs from Canada, the United States, Sweden, Armenia, Germany - almost everywhere. We had amazing songs and it was really hard to decide which one to choose. I want to thank all the composers and producers."[3] In the video she also revealed that they have chosen the song, stating: "The one we chose touched me deep inside my heart. I didn't even know that a song could touch me like that."[3]

On February 19, 2016, the song's title and the release date was announced.[4] The lyrics of "LoveWave" were written by Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield, while it was composed by Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan.[4] On March 2, 2016, the song premiered by the Public Television of Armenia, after which it was uploaded on Eurovision's YouTube channel.[1] On March 30, 2016, the song was released for digital download on iTunes as a single.[5] An official remix of "LoveWave" by RHANNES premiered on May 4, 2016.[6]

Music video

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Mukuchyan performing the song during a rehearsal before the first semi-final.

The music video for "LoveWave" was separately shot in Germany and Armenia, and features Mukuchyan and Swedish model Ben Dahlhaus, who lives in Germany and is known for his work with famous fashion brands.[1] It is the production of the Public Television of Armenia and Germany’s Black Sheep communications.[1] On February 19, 2016, a 18-second teaser of the video was uploaded on Mukuchyan's YouTube channel.[4] The video for "LoveWave" premiered on March 2, 2016.[1] On March 25, 2016, an official lyric video of the song was uploaded on Mukuchyan's YouTube channel.[7]

Eurovision Song Contest

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Main article: Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

On 25 January 2016, 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. Armenia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2016, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[8] Mukuchyan performed "LoveWave" in position 7, following the entry from the Netherlands and before the entry from San Marino.[9] The song qualified from the first semi-final and competed in the final on May 14, 2016, where she performed the song last in position 26, following the entry from United Kingdom.[10][11] The song finished in 7th place with 249 points.[12]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 113[14]

References

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  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Iveta Mukuchyan – LoveWave". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. ↑ Swedish Heatseekers Chart Retrieved 13 May 2016

External links

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