"Give Me Your Love" is a 2003 song written by and and recorded by
Jessica Andersson
Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show ''Fame F ...
and
Magnus Bäcklund as "
Fame". The song won
Melodifestivalen 2003
Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final ...
and was the entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) a ...
, where it placed 5th out of 26 competing entries.
Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest
"Give Me Your Love" participated in the second heat of the
2003 Melodifestivalen which was held on 22 February 2003 at the
Scandinavium
Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.
Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty t ...
indoor arena in
Gothenburg. The song was performed sixth of the eight competing entries and directly qualified to the contest final as one of the two songs song which received the most
telephone votes. On 15 March, during the final held at the
Globe Arena
Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stock ...
in
Stockholm, Fame were the first of the ten competing acts to perform, and "Give Me Your Love" won the contest with 240 points, receiving the highest number of votes from the regional juries and the public vote.
"Never Let It Go" was performed on 24 May 2003 at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Riga, Latvia. Sweden was drawn to perform in twenty-fifth position of the 26 competing entries, and subsequently Fame finished in fifth place, receiving 107 points in total, including the maximum 12 points from Romania.
Track listing
CD single (MLCDS 011)
# "Give Me Your Love"
(Original Radio Version) - 3:03
# "Give Me Your Love"
(PVC One 5 Radio Mix) - 3:28
# "Give Me Your Love"
(PVC One 5 Club Mix) - 8:46
# "Give Me Your Love"
(PVC One 5 Ultra Dub) - 8:47
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
In 2003, "Give Me Your Love" was certified gold in Sweden.
References
Eurovision songs of Sweden
Eurovision songs of 2003
Melodifestivalen songs of 2003
Number-one singles in Sweden
Fame (duo) songs
Songs written by Calle Kindbom
2003 songs
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