"Ihmisten edessä" () is a

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pop song by Finnish pop singer

Jenni Vartiainen Jenni Mari Vartiainen (born 20 March 1983) is a Finnish pop singer. Before her professional musical endeavours, she was a figure skating, figure skater in her teenage years and attended the Kuopio Senior High of Music and Dance. Vartiainen rose t ...

. It was released by

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on 5 September 2007 as the second single from her eponymous debut album ''

Ihmisten edessä ''Ihmisten edessä'' () is the debut studio album by Finland, Finnish Pop music, pop singer, Jenni Vartiainen. The Finnish language, Finnish-language album was released digitally on 5 September 2007, with the physical release following on 12 Sept ...

''. Written by Teemu Brunila, the lyrics to "Ihmisten edessä" talk about a couple's struggles with showing their romantic affection in public. The music video depicts the couple as two

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, though Vartiainen, when interviewed by ''City'' magazine, said the song could be about any couple whose love is not accepted by the surrounding society. In 2008,

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, the main Finnish

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organization, awarded Vartiainen and Brunila with its annual award, Asiallisen tiedon omena (the "Apple of Objective Information"), for the song. According to Seta, the piece is "an apposite evocation of the courage needed from LGBT people e.g. to hold hands in public". "Ihmisten edessä" debuted at number 20 on the

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and peaked at number two on its fourth week, while charting for 33 weeks. The single topped the Download Chart on its seventh week. "Ihmisten edessä" has sold

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in Finland with over 16,000 copies to date, was the sixth-best-selling single of 2008 and ranks currently 66th on the list of the best-selling singles of all time in the country.

Track listing

*Digital download

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ihmisten Edessa 2007 singles Jenni Vartiainen songs Songs in Finnish LGBTQ-related songs Songs written by Teemu Brunila 2007 songs Warner Music Finland singles