"Deli" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Single by Mor ve Ötesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Başıbozuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | February 15, 2008 (digital download) May 22, 2008 (CD-single) |
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Format | digital download, CD-single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Label | Rakun Music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Harun Tekin, Kerem Kabadayı, Burak Güven, Kerem Özyeğen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Deli" (English: "Insane") is a song performed by Turkish rock group Mor ve Ötesi. It represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, earning the 7th place in the finals. The song was selected by TRT on February 15 amongst the nine finalists out of 19 entries in the second Eurovision semi-final on 22 May.
The song was performed third in the second semi-final, following Sweden's Charlotte Perrelli with Hero, and preceding Ukraine's Ani Lorak with Shady Lady. The song qualified to the final.
The song was performed 12th in the final, and finished 7th with 138 points.
The lyrics of the song in eight languages can be found on its official webpage (English, Turkish, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Serbian and Greek).
The song was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 2009 contest by Hadise with "Düm Tek Tek".
The video of the song was directed by Turkish director Ezel Akay. It started airing in April 2008.