"Aina mun pitää" (; ) is a song by Finnish

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. The song won

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(UMK) 2015 and represented Finland in the

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Background and release

On 7 January 2015, it was leaked through

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that Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät would compete in ''

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'' with the song "Aina mun pitää", along with the seventeen other competing artists. The official music video was presented on 13 January on both the band's

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account and UMK's YouTube channel, and then, the next day, it was released on

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Composition

"Aina mun pitää" is a song which runs for one minute and twenty-seven seconds. It was written by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät's band members. The song's lyrics are about having to engage in daily activities such as washing-up. It is the shortest song to be entered in the history of the

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, beating the record previously held by the

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for their 1957 entry in the contest that clocked in at one minute and fifty-two seconds.

Live performances

The song was performed live for the first time during the first semi-final of ''

'', the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was later performed as well in the grand final three weeks later where it won the competition. Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät also performed the song during the first half of the first semi-final of the

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. They finished 16th out of 16 countries, failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

Track listing

References

External links

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Lyrics in English at YLE Kioski
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aina mun pitaa Eurovision songs of Finland Eurovision songs of 2015 2015 songs 2015 singles Songs in Finnish Sony Music singles