"Répondez-moi" (; ) is a song by Swiss singer

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. It was released as a

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on 6 March 2020 by Muve. The song was composed and written by the singer himself along Alizé Oswald, Jeroen Swinnen and Xavier Michel. The song was scheduled to represent Switzerland in the

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, the Netherlands, before the contest's cancellation due to the

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Background and composition

The subject of the song is personal for

. He said, "Everyone asks themselves why exactly are we here, where do we come from and where are we going. These are key questions, particularly for people from a migrant background. My parents are from Albania and Kosovo. I grew up in Switzerland and it's my home, these are questions that I think about a lot."

Release and promotion

A music video to accompany the release of "Répondez-moi" was first released onto YouTube on 4 March 2020. Gjon's Tears wanted to do more than just arouse emotion and show impressive shots, he wanted to create his own world of memories, dreams and reality. For this, he took inspiration from the style of one of his favourite filmmakers,

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. He said, "The shooting was more difficult than expected because we wanted to use real elements to create rain, snow and fire. In order to control the fire in the fight scene, we burned 8 curtains for sure." The video was directed by Janine Piguet. The video also features his parents, his brother and grandmother. It was shot in Fribourg Library, amongst other places.

At Eurovision

Rotterdam

The song was selected to represent

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Switzerland was set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "", written by Gjon's Tears, Gjon Muharremaj, Xavier Michel, Alizé Oswald, and Jeroen Swinnen, and performed by Muharremaj himself under his stage name Gjon' ...

after

was internally selected by the Swiss broadcaster

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(SRG SSR). On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Switzerland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.

Remake

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and Matt Felner, remixed the track for their 2021 albu
Inspirations

Track listings

*Digital download # "Répondez-moi"2:59 # "Répondez-moi" (Karaoke Version)2:59 *Digital download - remix # "Répondez-moi - Sunlike Brothers Remix"2:22

Charts

Release history

References

{{Eurovision Song Contest 2020, state=collapsed 2020 songs 2020 singles Eurovision songs of 2020 Eurovision songs of Switzerland Gjon's Tears songs Songs written by Gjon's Tears Songs written by Jeroen Swinnen