Empires is written by Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Laurell Barker and Frazer Mac.
Here's a live performance and the official video.
The song was released as a digital single on February 23, the day of the National Final.
The official video was revealed on March 10.
The video version is different from the single version with a completely different ending, just like performed in the Polish NF. (see comments, Thanks Krzysztof)
Szansa Na Sukces
Poland selected their entry through Szansa Na Sukces, a multi week contest weeding out the lesser vocalists through the medium of coverversions.
Three singers remained and they performed Eurovision winners and potential 2020 Eurovision entries.
The three songs were:
Albert Černý z Lake Malawi - Lucy
Alicja Szemplińska - Empires
Kasia Dereń - Count on me (The Polish version is titled Ufaj mi)
The winning song is the only one that was not released before the final.
Kasia Dereń - Count on me (The Polish version is titled Ufaj mi)
The winning song is the only one that was not released before the final.
Versions
Empires - single version
- on the official 2CD
Empires - karaoke (of the video version)
- on the
official karaoke album (digital)
Empires - video version- video
A Ukrainian (cover) version of Empires by Vasya Boykova was released on April 24.
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| Alicja's single Prawie My from The Voice of Poland |
Alicja Szemplińska FB
It's probably worth mentioning that there are two different versions of Empires.
ReplyDeleteThe version that is available as the standalone single and on the Eurovision album with a toned down ending and the version from the video that resembles the version that was originally performed live with the ending being a powerful crescendo or over-the-top shrieking (depending on your taste!).
Interestingly the karaoke version on the official karaoke album is based on the video version, rather than the version available on the actual Eurovision album.
Thanks for that Krzysztof, well spotted!
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