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If Love Was a Crime
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
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| cover = If Love Was a Crime (Poli Genova).jpg
| alt = The artwork portrays Genova posing in front of a white backdrop.
| type = single
| artist = Poli Genova
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| recorded = 2016
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| genre = Dance-pop
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| writer = 'Composers': Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson, Johnny K. Palmer
'Lyricists': Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson, Poli Genova
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| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Sluhove
| next_year = 2016
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"'If Love Was a Crime'" is a song recorded by Bulgarian recording artist Poli Genova. Written by Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Bo Persson, Johnny K. Palmer and Genova, the track represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. As a result, it came in fourth place in the final, with it becoming the highest placing in the contest for Bulgaria. An accompanying music video for "If Love Was a Crime" was released on 21 March 2016, followed by the launching of the single on 30 March 2016 through the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) and Universal. Upon its appearance in the contest, the recording charted at number 200 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top eighty in Austria, Belgium, Scotland and Sweden.
Despite its success, the song was removed from digital music platforms after its initial distribution deal with Universal expired.
A campaign by the Pop Activism website saw a new deal struck between the rights holders BNT and distributor Universal in April 2018
with the song returning to digital music platforms.
Eurovision Song Contest
On 19 February 2016, BNT announced that the broadcaster's managing board had internally selected Poli Genova to represent Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song "If Love Was a Crime" was also internally selected for Genova and was presented to the public on 21 March 2016 through the release of the official music video via the official Eurovision Song Contest website 'eurovision.tv'. Genova performed the song during Eurovision Song Contest 2016 second semi-final on 12 May 2016, held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and qualified for the final as one of the ten countries which received the highest number of points. In the final, on 14 May 2016, after the results came through, "If Love Was a Crime" finished the contest in 4th place with 307 points. It was then Bulgaria's highest scoring entry at Eurovision; it was also the first participation for Bulgaria on the final since 2007.
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Chart performance
The track has been streamed over four million times through Spotify. Since its release, the official video has been watched almost 15 million times.
Other versions
"If Love Was a Crime" has also been performed by Greek singer Demy in Greek under the title "Isovia Mazi" ( ", meaning "Life mprisonment Together").
References
Category:Eurovision songs of Bulgaria
Category:Eurovision songs of 2016
Category:2016 singles
Category:2016 songs
Category:Universal Music Group singles
Category:Songs written by Joacim Persson
Category:Songs written by Borislav Milanov
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