"On Top of the World" was the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

, performed in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 by Edsilia Rombley

Edsilia Rombley

Edsilia Francisca Rombley is a Dutch singer. She participated in the Soundmixshow in 1996. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1998 and 2007.-Biography:...

. The song was written by Tjeerd Oosterhuis

Tjeerd Oosterhuis

Tjeerd Oosterhuis is the son of the theologian and former priest Huub Oosterhuis. With his younger sister, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Tjeerd formed the late 1980s band Total Touch....

, Maarten ten Hove and Martin Gijzemijter. It was originally entitled "Nooit Meer Zonder Jou" ("Never Again Without You") and had a lyric in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, however the English version was preferred for the Contest.

The song is an up-tempo, RnB

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

-inspired number. Rombley begins by telling her lover that she has been "trying to let you go", but finds this impossible. She wonders whether they are "making the same mistake", but decides to give him another chance on the condition that he promises never to break her heart again.

As the Netherlands had not qualified for the final at the previous Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed tenth, following Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

's Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu

Natalia Barbu is a Moldovan singer.- Music career :Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians called Trigon on an alternative jazz-folk experiment...

 with "Fight

Fight (song)

"Fight" was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by Natalia Barbu. The song was written by Elena Buga and composed by Alexandru Braşoveanu....

" and preceding Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

's Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci is an Albanian songwriter and international recording artist, he was 5-th finalist of IMA he received 14 grammy nomination on the 49-th GRAMMY AWARDS in all categories...

 with "Hear My Plea

Hear My Plea

"Hear My Plea" was the Albanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Albanian by Frederik Ndoci.The song is a dramatic ballad, with Ndoci pleading with an unnamed power to bring his love back to him...

". At the close of voting, it had received 38 points, placing 21st in a field of 28 and thus failing to qualify for the final.

The song was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 2008 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...

 by Hind with "Your Heart Belongs to Me

Your Heart Belongs to Me (Hind song)

"Your Heart Belongs To Me" is an English language pop song by Dutch singer Hind, released as a single on April 14, 2008. The song is composed by Hind, Tjeerd van Zanen, and Bas van den Heuvel. The lyrics are written by Hind and Tjeerd van Zanen....

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