We Are the Winners

Song_infobox
Name = We Are the Winners
Artist = LT United


Released = 2006
Genre =
Length = 2:38
Writer = Andrius Mamontovas Victor ‘Vee’ Diawara
Composer = Andrius Mamontovas Saulius ‘Samas’ Urbonavičius
Misc =Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Lithuania "We Are the Winners"


caption =
year = 2006
country = Lithuania
artist = Andrius Mamontovas,
Marijonas Mikutavičius,
Viktoras Diawara,
Saulius Urbonavičius,
Arnoldas Lukošius,
Eimantas Belickas
as = LT United
with =
language =
languages = English, French
composer = Andrius Mamontovas,
Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius
lyricist = Andrius Mamontovas,
Viktoras Diawara
place = 6th
points = 162
place_semi = 5th
points_semi = 163
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2006lt from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
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prev_link = Little by Little (Eurovision song)
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next_link = Love Or Leave

"We Are the Winners" was the 2006 entry into the Eurovision Song Contest for Lithuania, sung by Lithuanian all-star group LT United.

The song, thematically reminiscent of Queen's "We Are the Champions", is a cheery tongue-in-cheek celebration of their supposedly inevitable victory at the Eurovision Contest in the form of a football chant, with the chorus repeating "We are the winners of Eurovision / We are, we are! [...] So, you gotta vote, vote, vote for the winners!".

"We Are The Winners" is the fourth Eurovision song till 2006 to get booed Fact|date=May 2008. The third was Silvia Night for Iceland during the semi-finals in Athens 2006, although "We Are The Winners" was booed during the finals of the contest. The first was for the song "Love Games" by Belle & The Devotions in 1984, and the second was the song Ne Ver', Ne Boysia by t.A.T.u. Fact|date=May 2008

As Lithuania had not qualified for the final at the 2005 Contest, the song was first performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed eighteenth (following the Netherlands's Treble with Amambanda and preceding Portugal's Nonstop with Coisas De Nada (Gonna Make You Dance)). At the close of voting, it had received 163 points, placing 5th in the 23-strong field and qualifying Lithuania for the final.

In the final, the song was performed fourteenth (following Bosnia and Herzegovina's Hari Mata Hari with Lejla and preceding the United Kingdom's Daz Sampson with Teenage Life). At the close of voting, it had received 162 points, placing 6th in a field of 24 and giving Lithuania an automatic final berth at the next Contest. Perhaps unsurprising, its best points haul was from the United Kingdom, a nation renowned for not taking the contest seriously, and awarding high marks to amusing (sometimes unintentionally so) acts. Its high score from the UK was probably helped by its performance coming immediately before the UK song.

Perhaps fittingly for a football chant-style song, LT United also recorded a version for the 2006 Football World Cup with slightly altered lyrics ("We are the winners/Are you with us", for example). This recording appeared to be intended for any team to adopt, since Lithuania did not qualify for the finals of World Cup 2006.

Trivia

At the after show press conference, winners Lordi sang the chorus of We Are The Winners as they entered.

The refrain of the song was performed live by Robbie Williams during his show in King Baudouin Stadium (Brussels) in June 13, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.eurovision.tv/english/475.htm "We Are The Winners" Lyrics]