"Aina mun pitää" (pronounced [ˈɑi̯nɑ mum ˈpitæː]; English: I always have to[1]) is a song by Finnish punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. The song won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2015 and represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[2]
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| Single by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | ||||
| Released | 13 January 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Genre | punk rock | |||
| Length | 1:27 | |||
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| Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry | ||||
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| Composer(s) | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 16th | |||
| Semi-final points | 13 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Something Better" (2014) | ||||
| "Sing It Away" (2016) ► | ||||
Background and release
editOn 7 January 2015, it was leaked through Spotify that Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät would compete in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015 with the song "Aina mun pitää", along with the seventeen other competing artists.[3] The official music video was presented on 13 January on both the band's Vevo account and UMK's YouTube channel, and then, the next day, it was released on iTunes.[4]
Composition
edit"Aina mun pitää" is a song which runs for one minute and twenty-seven seconds. It was written by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät's band members. The song's lyrics are about having to engage in daily activities such as washing-up. It is the shortest song to be entered in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, beating the record previously held by the United Kingdom for their 1957 entry in the contest that clocked in at one minute and fifty-two seconds.[1][5]
Live performances
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The song was performed live for the first time during the first semi-final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015, the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was later performed as well in the grand final three weeks later where it won the competition.[2] Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät also performed the song during the first half of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna. They finished 16th out of 16 countries, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Aina mun pitää" | 1:27 |
| 2. | "Diagnoosivammainen" | 1:29 |
| 3. | "Sofianlehto" | 1:07 |
References
edit- ^ a b Caroline Westbrook (28 February 2015). "You'll never have heard a Eurovision entry like Finland's". Metro. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ a b Vasilyev, Mikhail (28 February 2015). "FINLAND: PERTTI KURIKAN NIMIPÄIVÄT WINS UMK15 WITH "AINA MUN PITÄÄ"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Finland: Artists and songs leaked on Spotify". eurovisionworld.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Aina mun pitää - Single". iTunes. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Henrik Ståhl (28 February 2015). "Punkbandet tog storslam med rekordkort låt" [Punk band took landslide victory with a record-breaking short song]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 March 2015.