"My Friend" is a song performed by Croatian singer

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. The song represented Croatia in the

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. It was released as a digital download on 2 March 2017, and is the first Croatian entry to contain lyrics in the

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. Houdek alternates between singing in Italian using his

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and in English using his

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and

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registers.

Eurovision Song Contest

On 17 February 2017, Houdek was announced as the Croatian entrant to the

. On 20 February, it was confirmed that the song he'd be singing was called "My Friend". The song was later released on 2 March. Croatia competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision songs of Croatia Eurovision songs of 2017 2017 songs 2017 singles Italian-language songs Songs about friendship {{2017-single-stub