"Vjerujem u ljubav" was the Croatia

Croatia

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n 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 Croatian

Croatian language

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 and English

English language

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 by Dragonfly

Dragonfly (band)

Dragonfly is the group which represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.Members are Drago Vidakovic, Branko Kuznar, Branko Badanjak and Iva Gluhak....

 featuring Dado Topić

Dado Topic

Adolf "Dado" Topić is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly. He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band...

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The song is a rock

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-influenced power ballad, written as a duet between Topić and Dragonfly lead singer Iva Gluhak.

Gluhak begins the vocal singing in Croatian and addressing her words to Topić, singing that "it's not the pain of needing you/I live and know I don't have you". Topić then responds in English that Gluhak will "never know how much I love you/You'll never know how much I need you".

The song continues in Croatian, with Topić singing that he has been hiding his pain from Gluhak for some time, and likening her to "salt in my wound". He delivers the chorus, explaining that he believes in love, which is apparently something Gluhak did not want, and that he will not let his heart wake up to reality.

Following a repeat of the English lyrics in the introduction, Gluhak then tells Topić that he lives eternally in her heart and that "for me, the world without you/Might as well not exist". At this point, the two singers return to the chorus, which features a slightly altered lyric (from "Something you didn't want" to "Just as you do") as they realise that the other one shares their feelings.

The performance featured all the musicians wearing leather clothing. Gluhak was naturally taller than Topić, but her hairstyle and high-heeled boots resulted in a considerable height discrepancy. Given the difference in age between the two singers, the effect appeared somewhat incongruous on camera, with the BBC

BBC

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 commentary remarking on this fact at the end of the performance.

As Croatia had not finished 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...

 in the top ten, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed thirteenth (following Denmark

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's DQ

DQ (artist)

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 with "Drama Queen" and preceding Poland

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's The Jet Set

The Jet Set

The Jet Set is a Polish R&B duo which consists of English-born David Junior Serame and Russian-born Sasha Strunin The band represented Poland in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki.-Albums:-Singles:*How Many People...

 with "Time To Party

Time To Party

"Time To Party" was the Polish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by The Jet Set.The song is an up-tempo number, with hip-hop and RnB influences. The lead vocal is delivered by female vocalist Alexandra Strunin, who tells her listeners that she likes to party...

"). At the close of voting, it had received 54 points, placing 16th in a field of 28 and thus failing to qualify for the final.

Significantly, this was the first occasion on which Croatia had failed to appear in the final of a Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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 since its debut as an independent country in 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

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Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Croatian Top 20 Chart	2