"I Can't Go On" is a song recorded by Swedish singer

Robin Bengtsson Robin Bengtsson (born 27 April 1990) is a Swedish singer who took part in Swedish Idol 2008. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine with the song "I Can't Go On" finishing in 5th place. Career Bengtsson was b ...

. The song was released as a digital download in

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on 26 February 2017 and peaked at number three on the

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. It won

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and represented Sweden in the

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. The song is written by

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, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah, and

Robin Stjernberg Robin James Olof Stjernberg (; born 22 February 1991, Hässleholm, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on home soil on 18 May 2013 with the song " You". Stjernberg ...

Eurovision Song Contest

Bengtsson was announced to be taking part in

, Sweden's national final for the

, on 30 November 2016. He competed in the third semi-final on 18 February 2017 and qualified directly to the final. He won the final of Melodifestivalen on 11 March 2017, after placing first with the international juries and third with the Swedish public. Sweden opened the first semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song finished 5th with 344 points at the grand final, including 126 points from televote (8th place) and 218 points from the juries (3rd place).

Track listing

Credits and personnel

*Robin Bengtsson – vocals *

– songwriter, producer *Hamed Pirouzpanah – songwriter, producer *

– additional vocals, songwriter, keyboards, producer *

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– additional vocals *Petter Lindgård – trombone *Jens Lindgård – trumpet *Frank Nilsson – drums *Lars Norgren – mix, mastering Credits adapted from Qobuz.com

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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