Taivas varjele!
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"Taivas Varjele!" is a Finnish language
recording by Finnish Hockey Mafia featuring Finnish sports broadcaster and television personality Antero Mertaranta
. The hit recording remixing portions of his broadcast comments he made live during the Russia - Finland ice hockey game on May 13, 2011 in a song.
Anterio Mertaranta's comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGTAyCXWMM came after the Finnish national ice hockey team's 19 year old player Mikael Granlund
scored the game's initial goal giving a crucial first goal to give his country an eventual 3-0 win in the semi-final game of Finland facing Russia in the semi-final of the 2011 IIHF World Championship hosted by Slovakia
. In what is considered one of the most significant goals in ice hockey history, Mikael Granlund scored a spectacular goal. When he was behind the goal area, he put the puck on his stick moved it up and came from the side while still having the puck on his stick and threw it into the goal.
The title of the song "Taivas Varjele!" quotes the Finnish expression used by Mertaranta during his comments meaning "let the Sky to preserve" in Finnish as his reaction to the goal scored.
. It went in straight at #2 on its week of release. The following week it was still in the charts at #3 before slipping to #5 in its third week of release. It was also the top downloaded track the week of its release in Finland.
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
recording by Finnish Hockey Mafia featuring Finnish sports broadcaster and television personality Antero Mertaranta
Antero Mertaranta
Lauri Antero Johannes Mertaranta is a prominent Finnish sportscaster and TV personality and former elementary school teacher....
. The hit recording remixing portions of his broadcast comments he made live during the Russia - Finland ice hockey game on May 13, 2011 in a song.
Anterio Mertaranta's comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGTAyCXWMM came after the Finnish national ice hockey team's 19 year old player Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish SM-Liiga...
scored the game's initial goal giving a crucial first goal to give his country an eventual 3-0 win in the semi-final game of Finland facing Russia in the semi-final of the 2011 IIHF World Championship hosted by Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. In what is considered one of the most significant goals in ice hockey history, Mikael Granlund scored a spectacular goal. When he was behind the goal area, he put the puck on his stick moved it up and came from the side while still having the puck on his stick and threw it into the goal.
The title of the song "Taivas Varjele!" quotes the Finnish expression used by Mertaranta during his comments meaning "let the Sky to preserve" in Finnish as his reaction to the goal scored.
Chart performance
Finnish Hockey Mafia remixed the comments immediately adding musical sections to it. The resulting single was released after the game on Sony Music Finland and became a great hit in the Finland's Official List published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI FinlandMusiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members.-Activity:...
. It went in straight at #2 on its week of release. The following week it was still in the charts at #3 before slipping to #5 in its third week of release. It was also the top downloaded track the week of its release in Finland.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Finnish Download Chart | 1 |