"Why Am I Crying" is a song written by
Molly Sandén
Molly My Marianne Sandén (born 3 July 1992), also known by her middle name My Marianne, is a Swedish pop singer and voice actress. As a teenager, she represented Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and participated in Melodife ...
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Aleena Gibson and Windy Wagner. Participating in the third semifinal of
Melodifestivalen 2012
Melodifestivalen 2012 is a Swedish song contest that was held between 4 February and 10 March 2012. It selected the fifty-second Swedish entry to be internationally represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (ESC 2012).
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Leksand on 18 February 2012, the song made it directly to the finals inside the
Stockholm Globe Arena on 10 March the same year. Once there, it ended up fifth.
The single was released on 25 February 2012, following the final semifinal. On 2 March 2012, the song debuted on the
Swedish singles chart where it peaked at number 8 on 16 March the same year.
The lyrics were written before Molly Sandén broke up with
Eric Saade in 2011.
The song also appeared on Molly Sandén's studio album ''
Unchained'', with both the original version and an
acoustic version.
The song was featured in the second episode of Australian TV show, ''
Ja'mie: Private School Girl''.
Charts
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References
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2012 singles
EMI Music Sweden singles
Melodifestivalen songs of 2012
Molly Sandén songs
Songs written by Aleena Gibson
2012 songs
English-language Swedish songs