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It Hurts (Lena Philipsson song)

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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = It Hurts

| cover = Lena_Philipsson_Det_Gor_Ont.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lena Philipsson

| album = Det gr ont en stund p natten men inget p dan

| released = 17 March 2004

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Pop

* dance-pop

* Eurodance

* Swedish Schlager

| length = 3:00

| label = Columbia

| writer = Thomas Eriksson

| producer = Anders Hansson

| prev_title = Spell of Love

| prev_title2 = Lady Star

| prev_year = 2001

| title =

| title2 = Det gr ont

| next_title = Delirium

| next_year = 2004

| misc =

}}

"'It Hurts'" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Lena Philipsson. It was written by Thomas "Orup" Eriksson and produced by Anders Hansson for Philipsson's studio album 'Det gr ont en stund p natten men inget p dan' (2004). It is the best known as the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, where it was performed in Swedish as "'Det gr ont'" (; "It Hurts"), and as 's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, where it finished in fifth place with 170 points.

Melodifestivalen



Philipsson had previously entered Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1986, 1987 and 1988, finishing in second, fifth and second place, respectively. She also competed in 1991 and in 1999 as a songwriter.

In 2004, Philipsson entered Melodifestivalen for the fourth time as a performer, with "Det gr ont", written by Orup. She first performed in the semi-final four at the Malmmssan in Malm and qualified for the final with a total of 134,189 votes. Philipsson then went on to win the final at the Globen in Stockholm, having received most points from both the jury and the televote.

Eurovision Song Contest



Since Sweden had placed fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, Philipsson qualified directly to the final of the 2004 contest, held in Istanbul, Turkey. She performed at the 24th positionthe last in the finaland eventually placed fifth with 170 points. Philipsson performed "It Hurts", the English-language version of the song, at Eurovision.

Commercial performance



The Swedish-language version of the song reached number-one on both Svensktoppen and Sverigetopplistan, and was certified platinum. Following the Eurovision Song Contest, the English-language version charted in Belgium and Turkey.

Track listing



"'Det gr ont'"

# "Det gr ont" 3:00

# "Det gr ont (Instrumental)" 3:00

"'It Hurts'"

# "It Hurts" 3:00

# "It Hurts (Instrumental)" 3:00

Charts and certifications



Chart positions

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!Chart

!Peak
position

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| Belgium (Flanders Ultratop)

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| Sweden (Svensktoppen)

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| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

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| Sweden (Trackslistan)

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| Turkey (Turkish Music Charts)

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|}

Certifications



Cover versions



* Finnish musician M.A. Numminen covered the song in 2008.

* Taiwanese pop singer Jolin Tsai covered the single under the title "Slow Life" for the 2009 album 'Butterfly'.

References




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