| "If I Were Sorry" | ||||
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| Single byFrans | ||||
| Released | 28 February 2016 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Cardiac Records | |||
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| Frans singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry | ||||
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| Artist | ||||
| Language | English | |||
| Composers | Fredrik Andersson,Michael Saxell, Frans Jeppsson-Wall, Oscar Fogelström | |||
| Lyricists | Fredrik Andersson,Michael Saxell, Frans Jeppsson-Wall, Oscar Fogelström | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th | |||
| Final points | 261 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Heroes" (2015) | ||||
| "I Can't Go On" (2017) ► | ||||
"If I Were Sorry" is a song bySwedish singerFrans Jeppsson Wall. The song was released inSweden as a digital download on 28 February 2016, and was written by Frans along with Fredrik Andersson,Michael Saxell and Oscar Fogelström.[1] It took part inMelodifestivalen 2016, and qualified to the final from the fourth heat.[2] It later won the final with 156 points, thus earning the right torepresent Sweden in theEurovision Song Contest 2016 inStockholm, where it placed fifth.[3] In the weeks after its Melodifestivalen heat appearance, the song charted in the Spotify Viral charts in Switzerland, Taiwan, Iceland, Uruguay, Czechia, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Norway, France, Denmark, Turkey and Germany.[4][5]
"If I Were Sorry" participated in the fourth heat of the 2016 Melodifestivalen, which was held on 27 February 2016 at theGavlerinken Arena inGävle. The song was the fifth of the seven competing entries to perform and directly qualified to the contest final as one of the two songs which received the mosttelephone votes.[6] On 12 March, during the final held at theFriends Arena inSolna, Frans was the tenth of the twelve competing acts to perform, and "If I Were Sorry" won the contest with 156 votes, receiving the highest number of public votes and the second highest number of votes from the international juries.[7]
By virtue of winning the previous year's contest and being the host country, Sweden automatically qualified to the final of theEurovision Song Contest 2016 inStockholm on 14 May. "If I Were Sorry" was performed in the ninth position of the 26 competing entries, and Frans subsequently finished in fifth place, receiving 261 points in total, 139 points from the public (including the maximum 12 points from Denmark and Iceland) and 122 points from the juries (including the maximum 12 points from the Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland).[8][9]
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] | 34 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[12] | 15 |
| Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[13] | 3 |
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[14] | 57 |
| Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)[15] | 12 |
| Finland Download (Latauslista)[16] | 7 |
| France (SNEP)[17] | 36 |
| Germany (GfK)[18] | 12 |
| Germany Airplay (BVMI)[19] | 1 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[20] | 20 |
| Iceland (RÚV)[21] | 5 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[22] | 47 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] | 34 |
| Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[24] | 1 |
| Russia Airplay (Tophit)[25] | 161 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[26] | 35 |
| Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27] | 6 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] | 16 |
| Slovenia (SloTop50)[29] | 35 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] | 1 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] | 25 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[32] | 61 |
| Chart (2016) | Position |
|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[33] | 41 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[34] | 64 |
| Poland (ZPAV)[35] | 14 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[36] | 11 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[37] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[38] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV)[39] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
| Sweden (GLF)[40] | 7× Platinum | 56,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref |
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| Sweden | 28 February 2016 | Digital download | Sony Music Entertainment Sweden | [1] |
| Italy | 17 June 2016 | Mainstream radio | [41] |
