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Shady Lady (Ani Lorak song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Shady Lady
| cover = Ani_LorakShadyLadycover.jpg
| alt =
| type = Promotional single
| artist = Ani Lorak
| album = Solntse
| B-side =
| released = April 2008
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Dance-pop
* disco
| length = 2:59
| label = Virgin
| writer = * Karen Kavaleryan
* Philipp Kirkorov
* Dimitris Kontopoulos
| producer = Dimitris Kontopoulos
| prev_title = Ya s toboy
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Ja Stanu Morem
| next_year = 2008
| misc =
}}
"'Shady Lady'" is a song recorded by Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak. It is best known as the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade. It was composed by Philipp Kirkorov and written by Karen Kavaleryan. However, around the time of the contest there were many rumors in Greece stating that popular composer Dimitris Kontopoulos had actually composed the song. Although his name was not credited during the Eurovision Song Contest performances, it was later confirmed that Kontopoulos was indeed a producer of the song.
Eurovision
The song competed in the second semi-final on 22 May, performing 4th in the running order, preceding 's Mor ve tesi with "Deli" and preceding 's Jeronimas Milius with "Nomads in the Night". It received 152 points, placing 1st in a field of 19 and qualifying for the final.
In the final she performed her song 18th, the third year in a row that a Ukrainian entry had performed in this position, following 's Diana Gurtskaya with "Peace Will Come" and preceding 's Sbastien Tellier with "Divine". It received 230 points, despite only receiving the maximum 12 points only once, from , coming 2nd in a field of 25, behind Dima Bilan's song "Believe" for . A Russian-language version of the song exists, titled "" ("From Sky to Sky").
The single itself has become very successful in Ukraine featuring two A-sides: "Shady Lady" and "Ja Stanu Morem" ("I'll Be a Sea"), which was also a Eurovision candidate. The single also featured the video of "Shady Lady" as a bonus track, while the other three Eurovision candidates were also included. It charted for over 30 weeks, peaking at number 1 on the official Ukrainian charts, while also faring well in neighbouring countries.
Track listing
;Ukrainian edition
# "Shady Lady" (Philipp Kirkorov, Karen Kavaleryan)
# "The Dream of Brighter Day" (Ani Lorak, Juri Sak)
# "I'll Be Your Melody" ("Bozheny Kostroma")
# "du tebja" ("Waiting for You")
# "Ja Stanu Morem" ("I'll Be a Sea")
Bonus track:
# "Shady Lady" (video)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:Eurovision songs of Ukraine
Category:Eurovision songs of 2008
Category:Songs with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan
Category:English-language Ukrainian songs
Category:Virgin Records singles
Category:2008 songs
Category:Songs written by Dimitris Kontopoulos
Category:Songs written by Philipp Kirkorov
Category:Eurodisco songs
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