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10 Years (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = 10 Years
| cover = 10 Years Dai Freyr.jpg
| alt = The official cover for "10 Years"
| type = single
| artist = Dai og Gagnamagni
| EP = Welcome
| released =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 2:46
| label =
* Samlist
* AWAL
| writer = Dai Freyr Ptursson
| prev_title = Feel the Love
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
}}
"'10 Years'" is a song by Icelandic singer Dai Freyr and his band Gagnamagni, released on 13 March 2021. The song represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Music video
The music video for "10 Years" was released on Dai Freyr's YouTube channel on 29 March 2021, and was directed and produced by Gun Rs rhallsdttir. The music video begins with Dai watching "Think About Things" in his room when suddenly, the Mayor of Iceland, played by lafur Darri lafsson, calls Dai for help. He says that a new monster has emerged in Iceland is heading towards Reykjavk, and they have done all they can to stop it, to no avail. He goes on to say that the only hope to stop the monster now is Dai's "sweet, sweet dance moves" and to gather up the rest of the Gagnamagni. Dai agrees to help, and sounds a siren.
Meanwhile, the Gagnamagni are all together, playing video games (a game made by Dai himself, 'Dai and Gagnamagni: Think About Aliens!)' and are cleaning up the room when the alarm sounds. The screen goes to black, and 10 Years starts to play. Dai runs to the room where the Gagnamagni where they rush to devise a plan to defeat the monster. The group dress up for battle, instruments and all, and fly to the monster with jetskis. When they arrive, the monster is shown to be destroying houses in the area. Dai is now faced with the monster, and is nervous. They do the 10 Years dance to gather up energy. Once done, they fire a laser, but it backfires as the monster uses the energy to fire it back at the group. The group survives by Dai's shield, and flee. Meanwhile, the monster decides to destroy a farm. The group head to a secluded place in the mountains, and team up to create a robot to defeat the monster. The group once again performs the 10 Years dance, to finally defeat the monster. The credits show the monster dancing in the mountains.
Eurovision Song Contest
Internal selection
On 23 October 2020, RV confirmed that Dai og Gagnamagni would represent Iceland in the 2021 contest. The song, entitled "10 Years", was released on 13 March 2021.At Eurovision
The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 May and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021. According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of , , , and the , are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Iceland would be performing in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest.On 20 May 2021, the entry qualified to participate in the grand final, having placed in the top 10 in the second semi-final.
On 22 May they finished in 4th place in the final.
Charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "10 Years"
! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
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|-
|-
! scope="row"| Greece (IFPI)
| 33
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (Pltutindi)
|1
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! scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA)
| 11
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! scope="row"| Norway (VG-lista)
| 33
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
| 23
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|-
|-
|}
References
Category:2021 songs
Category:2021 singles
Category:Eurovision songs of 2021
Category:Eurovision songs of Iceland
Category:Number-one singles in Iceland
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