Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)

"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" (originally titled just "Be My Valentine") is a song recorded by Ukrainian singer Svetlana Loboda, written by Loboda herself and Yevgeny Matyushenko. It is best known as the Ukrainian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow.

"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)"
Single by Svetlana Loboda
from the album Anti-Crisis Girl
Released2009
Genre
Length3:00
Composer(s)Svetlana Loboda
Lyricist(s)Yevgeny Matyushenko
Svetlana Loboda singles chronology
"By Your Side"
(2008)		 "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)"
(2009)		 "Live Easye"
(2010)
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Svetlana Loboda
Lyricist(s)
Yevgeny Matyushenko
Finals performance
Semi-final result
6th
Semi-final points
80
Final result
12th
Final points
76
Entry chronology
◄ "Shady Lady" (2008)
"Sweet People" (2010) ►
"Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" being performed at Eurovision

The song also has a Russian version, titled "Парень, ты ничё!" ("Paren', ty nicho!").

Eurovision

The song competed in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009 for Ukraine, where it performed 17th in the running order, following Albania's Kejsi Tola and "Carry Me in Your Dreams" and preceding Estonia's Urban Symphony and "Rändajad". It qualified for the final, where it finished 12th with 70 points.[1] Svetlana has stated that she would be using a "Hell Machine", a machine that rotates and descends to the stage in Moscow.[2]

Music video

The music video that was released in late March was not an original creation, but rather a combination of three of Loboda's past videos, namely "Mishka", "Postoy Muschina", and "Ne Macho", and thus Loboda is often seen not singing along to the song's lyrics.

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Greek Billboard Singles Chart[3] 9
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 46
UK Singles Chart[5] 167

References
  1. Results of the finals of Eurovision 2009 Archived 21 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (17 May 2009)
  2. Svetlana Loboda from Ukraine is ready to take some risks in Moscow! Archived 27 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Eurovision official website (24 April 2009)
  3. Greek Billboard Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 May 2009
  4. "Swedish Singles Chart". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  5. "UK Singles Chart". Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
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