For Real (Athena song)

"For Real" was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by the band Athena. The song is in the ska punk genre.

"For Real"
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
Language
Composer(s)
  • Gökhan Özoğuz
  • Hakan Özoğuz
Lyricist(s)
  • Gökhan Özoğuz
  • Hakan Özoğuz
Finals performance
Final result
4th
Final points
195
Entry chronology
◄ "Everyway That I Can" (2003)
"Rimi Rimi Ley" (2005) ►

In the final, it was performed 22nd on the night of the contest, following Cyprus' Lisa Andreas with "Stronger Every Minute" and preceding Romania's Sanda with "I Admit". At the close of voting, it had received 195 points, placing 4th in a field of 24, and marking the highest score for Turkey in its Eurovision history. These points got Turkey directly in the final the following year without need to perform in the qualifications.

The song was succeeded as Turkish representative by Gülseren with "Rimi Rimi Ley".

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Germany (German Singles Chart)[1] 56
Greece (Greek Singles Charts)[2] 18
Turkey (Turkish Singles Chart)[3] 1

References
  1. German Singles Chart
  2. Greek Singles Charts Top 50 Singles
  3. Turkish Top 20 Chart Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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