Chacun pense à soi

"Chacun pense à soi" (French pronunciation: [ʃakœ̃ pɑ̃s a swa]; "Everyone cares about themselves") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in French by Ortal.

"Chacun pense à soi"
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Marie Ortal Malka
As
Language
Composer(s)
Marie Ortal Malka, Saad Tabainet
Lyricist(s)
Marie Ortal Malka, Saad Tabainet
Finals performance
Final result
23rd
Final points
11
Entry chronology
◄ "À chaque pas" (2004)
"Il était temps" (2006) ►

Despite France having placed 15th in the 2004 Contest, their position as one of the "Big Four" (along with Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom) guaranteed an automatic final berth. Thus, the song was performed twenty-fourth and last on the final night, following Latvia's Walters & Kazha with "The War Is Not Over". At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 23rd in a field of 24.

The song is an up-tempo number (with some hip-hop influences), with Ortal singing about the problems caused in the world by the fact that everyone thinks primarily of themselves. She sings that as a result, we forget about those who love us.

It was succeeded as French representative at the 2006 contest by Virginie Pouchain with "Il était temps".

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak position
Belgium Singles Chart[1] 47
French Singles Chart[2] 52

References

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