"Só sei ser feliz assim" ("Only can be happy this way") was the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was the 46th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 12 May 2001 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first time in 36 years that Denmark hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, thanks to the Olsen Brothers' win the previous year in Stockholm...

, performed in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 by MTM

MTM (group)

MTM is a boy band group from Portugal. They represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the pop song in Portuguese "Só sei ser feliz assim" which translates in "Only Can Be Happy This Way". Although the song was an up beat number it received only 18 points , placing them in 17th...

 (standing for "Marco, Tony and Music"), made up of Portuguese singers Marco Quelhas, who also wrote the song, and Tony Jackson. The two men both wore suits, Marco's in black and Tony's in white.

The song is influenced by urban music

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

, with the duo telling their lovers that it is only with them that they can truly be happy.

The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

's Vanna

Vanna (singer)

Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak is a pop singer from Croatia. She is also known with her artist name Vanna.-Biography:...

 with "Strings of My Heart

Strings Of My Heart

"Strings Of My Heart" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed in English by Vanna....

" and preceding Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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's Gary O'Shaughnessy

Gary O'Shaughnessy

Gary O'Shaughnessy is an Irish singer and musician who represented Ireland in Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Without Your Love" finishing 21st out of 23 entries....

 with "Without Your Love

Without Your Love (Gary O'Shaughnessy song)

"Without Your Love" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed in English by Gary O'Shaughnessy.The song is a ballad, with O'Shaughnessy telling his lover that he doesn't want to live his life without her...

". At the close of voting, it had received 18 points, placing 17th in a field of 23.

Due to the poor result, Portugal was not invited to take part in the 2002 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

. As a country broadcasting but not participating in the Contest (a "passive participant") it was allowed to return to the fold the following year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Portuguese representative

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest

Portugal has entered the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in the 1964 contest. Portugal has missed only three contests since the country's debut in 1964....

 at the 2003 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2003

The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the forty-eighth Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Skonto Hall in Riga, Latvia on 24 May 2003. The hosts were Marie N and Renārs Kaupers. Sertab Erener, the Turkish entrant, won the contest with "Everyway That I Can", scoring 167 points. The winning...

 by Rita Guerra

Rita Guerra

Rita Guerra is a Portuguese singer.-Biography: Born and raised in Lisbon, she has been very successful in her home country of Portugal. She has long competed in the Portuguese national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She first participated in 1992, making it to the national final...

 with "Deixa-me sonhar

Deixa-me sonhar (só mais uma vez)

"Deixa-me sonhar " was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia, performed in Portuguese and English by Rita Guerra. The song was composed by Paulo Martins...

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