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, and represented

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in May 2010 in

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. The song won the final of the '' O melodie pentru Europa 2010'', that took place on 6 March. It gained the maximum number of points from both the juries and the televotes. In the contest, it was performed first on the night of the first semi-final, preceding Russia's Lost and Forgotten and passed to the final. The inspiration for the "Epic Jazz Jive" came from observing ducks, waddling through sand, on the beach. After the contest, "Run Away" would also become the subject of a major

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surrounding the

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solos performed by saxophonist Sergey Stepanov who, in a phenomenon similar to

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and Trololo, was dubbed the "Epic Sax Guy" in videos on

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. Later, this song is used more as background music of video gaming (such as ''

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'') "Best moments" videos. The rules of the contest prohibited musical instruments being played on stage, meaning Stepanov was not actually playing the saxophone at all, but rather synchronising movements with a prerecorded track.

Charts

References

External links

Official music video
– YouTube
National Final performance
- YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Semi-Final 1 performance
- YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Grand Final performance
- YouTube Eurovision songs of 2010 Eurovision songs of Moldova 2010 singles 2010 songs SunStroke Project songs Internet memes introduced in 2010 {{Moldova-stub