Children of the Universe
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| Single by Molly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Eurovision Song Contest: Copenhagen 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 15 April 2014 (digital release) 28 April 2014 (physical release) |
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| Format | CD, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Indie pop, alternative rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | East West Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Molly Smitten-Downes, Anders Hansson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Anders Hansson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Children of the Universe" is a song by British singer Molly. It was chosen internally by the BBC to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. The song was co-written by Molly Smitten-Downes and Anders Hansson. Despite being one of the favourites to win the contest, it finished in 17th of 26 places with 40 points, however achieved the best placing for the UK since the 11th place of Blue in the 2011.
It also reached No.23 in the UK Charts featuring a decent amount of radio airplay including on BBC Radio 2. The highest charting UK Eurovision song since 2011's "I Can" by Blue.
Smitten-Downes was discovered for her work on BBC Introducing and was invited to compose a song especially for the 59th Eurovision Song Contest. The song has been described as a powerful, contemporary, anthemic and uplifting track specifically written with live performance in mind. Talking to the BBC she said, "I'm so excited for everyone to hear 'Children of The Universe'. I'm so happy with it. To represent the United Kingdom in such a huge competition, not only as a singer and performer but as a songwriter is an unbelievable honour. I hope I can do us proud". The song was inspired by Max Ehrmann's poem, Desiderata.
It received airplay from the UK national radio station BBC Radio 2 on their 'A' list during April and May 2014. The song was released on 28 April 2014 through East West Records, a division of Warner Music Group and was made available for digital download on iTunes from 15 April. The digital release of the single will come packaged with an extended version and remix from Secaina Hudson. A remixed version by Scott Mills was uploaded via the BBC Eurovision website on 10 April.
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