Molitva
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| Single by Marija Šerifović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Molitva - The Best Of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 27 July 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD Single, Maxi Single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Connective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare |
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"Molitva" (Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва; English: "Prayer") is a song with music by Vladimir Graić, lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare, and sung by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović. It was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having dissolved in June 2006. The song was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 June 2007 by Connective Records.
"Molitva" also won the semi final in the 2007 competition, collecting 298 points, which is, as of 2015, and since the expansion of the Contest and the introduction of the semi-finals, the biggest number of points in a semi final.
It was succeeded as the Serbian Representative by Oro by Jelena Tomašević and as the winning song by Believe by Dima Bilan from Russia.
Molitva was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since Dana International's win for Israel in 1998 with "Diva". As of 2016 it is also the last non-English song that has won the ESC. It was also the first time a ballad has won since televoting became the standard and the first one of the so-called Balkan Ballads that came to prominence since the late 1990s to win the contest. The song is also notable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes, pyrotechnics and other gimmicks. The Eurovision Song Contest is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
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