| "Love Is on My Side" | ||||
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| Single bythe Black Mamba | ||||
| Released | 7 March 2021 | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Songwriter | Tatanka | |||
| The Black Mamba singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Love Is on My Side" onYouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist | ||||
| Language | English | |||
| Composer | Pedro Tatanka Taborda | |||
| Lyricist | Pedro Tatanka Taborda | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 4th | |||
| Semi-final points | 239 | |||
| Final result | 12th | |||
| Final points | 153 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Medo de sentir" (2020) | ||||
| "Saudade, saudade" (2022) ► | ||||
| Official performance video | ||||
| "Love Is on My Side" (Second Semi-Final) onYouTube "Love Is on My Side" (Grand Final) onYouTube | ||||
"Love Is on My Side" is a song by Portuguese soul bandthe Black Mamba that represented Portugal in theEurovision Song Contest 2021.[1] It was written by the lead vocalist of the band, Pedro Tatanka, and is the first Portuguese entry in the contest to be performed entirely inEnglish.
The song is about a sex worker that the band met during a trip to Amsterdam in 2019. The song is sung from the woman's perspective. In the beginning, she is young and full of hope. But, things didn't turn out as planned and she would end up using drugs and going into prostitution. However, despite the hardships, she still retains some of her youth.[2]
The song was selected to representPortugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, after winningFestival da Canção, the music competition that selects Portugal's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Portugal was placed into the second semi-final, held on 20 May 2021, from which they qualified in 4th place. In the grand final, held on 22 May 2021, the song was performed 7th in the running order and came 12th with 153 points.
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Iceland (RÚV)[3] | 17 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[4] | 46 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] | 70 |
| Portugal (AFP)[6] | 44 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 5 |
| UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[8] | 55 |