| "Calm After the Storm" | ||||
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| Single byThe Common Linnets | ||||
| from the albumThe Common Linnets | ||||
| Released | 14 March 2014 | |||
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| Length | 3:04 (Radio edit) 3:32 (Album version) | |||
| Label | Universal Music Group | |||
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| Language | English | |||
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| Semi-final result | 1st | |||
| Semi-final points | 150 | |||
| Final result | 2nd | |||
| Final points | 238 | |||
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| ◄ "Birds" (2013) | ||||
| "Walk Along" (2015) ► | ||||
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| "Calm After the Storm" (Semi-1) onYouTube "Calm After the Storm" (Final) onYouTube | ||||
"Calm After the Storm" is a song by Dutch country rock duoThe Common Linnets –Ilse DeLange andWaylon–, composed and written by DeLange herself, JB Meijers,Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, and Jake Etheridge. Itrepresented the Netherlands at theEurovision Song Contest 2014 held inCopenhagen, placing second with 238 points.
"Calm After the Storm" was composed and written byIlse DeLange, JB Meijers,Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby, and Jake Etheridge.[1]
On 25 November 2013,AVROTROS announced that it hadinternally selected singersIlse DeLange andWaylon, under the nameThe Common Linnets, as its performers for the59th edition of theEurovision Song Contest.[2] On 4 March 2014, the duo revealed duringNPO's talk showDe Wereld Draait Door that "Calm After the Storm" would be their Eurovision entry, becoming theDutch entrant for the contest. They first performed the song live, in an acoustic version, on 12 March 2014 onDe Wereld Draait Door.[3] The studio version was presented on 13 March 2014.[4] The music video, shot entirely black-and-white, was filmed later in March 2014 inEdam.[5]
On 6 May 2014, the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest was held inB&W Hallerne inCopenhagen hosted by theDanish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and broadcast live throughout the continent. After having taken the first place in this semi-final, the song finished in second place in the grand final on 10 May 2014, behind the winning song "Rise Like a Phoenix" byConchita Wurst forAustria.[6][7] This was the highest position for the Netherlands since it last won in the1975 contest, and the highest score for the Netherlands in all the Eurovision contests until the2019 edition, whenDuncan Laurence claimed victory with the song "Arcade".
In addition to their high placement in the contest, the song picked up twoMarcel Bezençon Awards: the Artistic Award, chosen by the commentators from the various participating broadcasters, and the Composers Award, chosen by the songwriters of all the participating songs from the 2014 contest.[8]
On 18 May 2014, it reached number 9 in the UK singles chart, becoming 2014's highest charting Eurovision single,[9] and the fourth non-winning Eurovision song from outside the UK to enter the top ten, the other songs being "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (Italy 1958), "Si" (Italy 1974) and "I See a Star" (Netherlands 1974).
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 66 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] | 1 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] | 20 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] | 2 |
| Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)[15] | 4 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 6 |
| France (SNEP)[17] | 102 |
| Germany (GfK)[18] | 3 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] | 4 |
| Iceland (RÚV)[20] | 1 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[21] | 4 |
| Luxembourg Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[22] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] | 2 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] | 1 |
| Scotland (OCC)[25] | 8 |
| Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[26] | 25 |
| Slovenia (SloTop50)[27] | 17 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28] | 5 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29] | 36 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] | 3 |
| Turkey (Number One Top 40)[31] | 7 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[32] | 9 |
| Chart (2014) | Position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[33] | 6 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[34] | 68 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[35] | 22 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[36] | 99 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[37] | 60 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] | 17 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Austria (IFPI Austria)[39] | Gold | 15,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[40] | 3× Gold | 450,000‡ |
| Netherlands (NVPI)[41] | Gold | 10,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||