''Day of Glory'' is the debut

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by Swiss singer and fiddle player

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. It was released in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

on 9 January 2015, through

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. The album has peaked to number 9 on the Swiss Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "

Hunter of Stars "Hunter of Stars" is a song by Swiss singer Sebalter. It was chosen to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. The song was released in Switzerland as a digital download on December 2, 2013, as the lead single from h ...

" and "Saturday".

Singles

" was released as the lead single from the album on 2 December 2013. The song has peaked to number 6 in

. The song was selected to represent

at the

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at the

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

. During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the

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, Switzerland was drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. Switzerland qualified from the second semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. At the end of voting, Switzerland finished 13th overall with 64 points, marking the country's best placing in the final since

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. It was later revealed that Switzerland finished 4th in the second semi-final, the best placing for a Swiss participant in the semi-final era. "Saturday" was released as the second single from the album on 18 July 2014.

Singles

Track listing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Release history

References