Do It for Your Lover

"Do It for Your Lover"
Single by Manel Navarro
from the EP Do It for Your Lover
Released13 January 2017
Recorded2016
Genre
Length3:24
LabelSony Music Spain
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Antonio Rayo "Rayito"
Manel Navarro singles chronology
"Candle"
(2016) 		"Do It for Your Lover"
(2017) 		"Keep On Falling"
(2017)
Music video
"Do It for Your Lover" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Manel Navarro
  • Antonio Rayo "Rayito"
Finals performance
Final result
26th
Final points
5
Entry chronology
◄ "Say Yay!" (2016)
"Tu canción" (2018) ►
Official performance video
"Do It for Your Lover" (final) on YouTube

"Do It for Your Lover" is a song performed by Spanish singer Manel Navarro and written by himself together with Antonio Rayo "Rayito". The song was released as a digital download on 13 January 2017 through Sony Music Spain. It represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 held in Kyiv.

Background

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Conception

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"Do It for Your Lover" was written by Manel Navarro and Antonio Rayo "Rayito", and recorded by Navarro himself.[1]

Selection

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On 12 January 2017, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) confirmed "Do It for Your Lover" performed by Navarro to be one of the six finalists songs competing in Objetivo Eurovisión 2017, their national selection for the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[2] On 11 February 2017, the national final was held on La 1 of Televisión Española, and "Do It for Your Lover" finished first with the juries and third with the Spanish public, in a tie with "Contigo" by Mirela. The jury then broke the tie in Navarro's favour, and he was declared the winner,[3] so "Do It for Your Lover" became the Spanish entry for Eurovision.[4]

Music video

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The official video of the song, directed by Mauri D. Galiano, was filmed in February 2017 on the north coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.[5] The video premiered on Navarro's YouTube Vevo channel on 9 March 2017.[6]

Promotion

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On 18 February, Navarro performed the song at the Ukrainian national final as a special guest during the third semi-final.[7] On 25 February, he performed the song on talk show ¡Qué tiempo tan feliz! [es], aired on Telecinco.[8] On 5 March, he also performed as a guest performer during the Romanian national final.[9] On 2 April, he performed the song during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom.[10] On 5 April, he performed at the Israel Calling event in Tel Aviv, Israel.[9] Navarro also performed the song during the 2017 Eurovision in Concert, the largest gathering of Eurovision artists outside of Eurovision itself, held in the Melkweg, a popular music venue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 April.[11] On 15 April, he performed during the Eurovision-Spain Pre-Party event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid.[12]

Eurovision

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On 13 May 2017, the Eurovision Song Contest grand final was held at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv hosted by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), and broadcast live throughout the continent. As Spain is a member of the "Big Five", he had automatically advanced to the final.[13][14] Navarro performed "Do It for Your Lover" sixteenth on the night following Greece's "This Is Love" by Demy and preceding Norway's "Grab the Moment" by Jowst.[15] Hans Pannecoucke was the staging director for his performance.[16] In the climax of the song, Navarro went notoriously off-key, and his bad result was partly attributed to it.[17]

At the close of voting, "Do It for Your Lover" obtained no points from the professional juries and only five from the public televote (all from Portugal), finishing in twenty-sixth and last place.[18]

Track listing

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Digital download[19]
No.TitleLength
1."Do It for Your Lover"3:24
EP
No.TitleLength
1."Do It for Your Lover"3:24
2."Candle"3:21
3."If I Go" (Inedita)3:38
4."Do It for Your Lover" (Eurovision 2017)3:02
5."Do It for Your Lover" (acoustic version)2:35
6."Do It for Your Lover" (urban remix) (featuring Danny Romero)3:18
7."Do It for Your Lover" (live studio session)2:38

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 75
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 16

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 13 January 2017 Digital download Sony Music Spain

References

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  1. ^ "Spain Participant Profile". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Maika, Manel Navarro, Mario Jefferson, Mirela, Paula Rojo y LeKlein candidatos de 'Objetivo Eurovisión'" [Maika, Manel Navarro, Mario Jefferson, Mirela, Paula Rojo and LeKlein candidates of 'Objetivo Eurovisión']. rtve.es (in Spanish). Televisión Española. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (11 February 2017). "Manel Navarro to represent Spain in Kyiv!". eurovision.tv. EBU.
  4. ^ Herbert, Emily (11 February 2017). "Spain: Manel Navarro to Represent Spain at Eurovision 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ^ García Hernández, José (23 February 2017). "Ambiente surfero e isleño en el videoclip de Do it for your lover" [Surfing and island ambiance on the video of Do it for your lover]. eurovision-spain.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (9 March 2017). "Spain: Manel Navarro releases the official videoclip of his Eurovision entry". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. ^ Jiandani, Sergio (16 February 2016). "Spain: Manel Navarro special guest at the Ukrainian Semi-final". Esctoday.com. Eurovision Spain. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Manel Navarro interpreta en '¡Qué tiempo tan feliz!' su eurovisiva canción" [Manel Navarro performs his Eurovision song on ¡Qué tiempo tan feliz!']. telecinco.es (in Spanish). Telecinco. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Manel Navarro, rumbo a Rumanía para promocionar su "Do it for your lover"" [Manel Navarro, on his way to Rumanía to promote his "Do it for your lover"]. rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Manel Navarro". londoneurovision.com. London Eurovision Party. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Bienvenido España!". Escotday.com. Eurovision In Concert. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. ^ Rico, Vicente (27 March 2017). "Manel Navarro será el anfitrión de la Eurovision-Spain Pre-Party" [Manel Navarro will be the host of the Eurovision-Spain Pre-Party]. eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Eurovision Spain. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  13. ^ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  14. ^ Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2017 final". Eurovision Song Contest. 13 May 2017. UA:PBC / EBU.
  16. ^ "El belga Hans Pannecoucke es el director artísitico de la puesta en escena de Manel Navarro" [The Belgian Hans Pannecoucke is the artistic director of Manel Navarro's stage performance]. rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  17. ^ El corte de manga de Manel Navarro, el representante de España en Eurovisión in La voz de Galicia
  18. ^ Manel Navarro, aplastado por la ola in El País.
  19. ^ "Do It for Your Lover - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  20. ^ "Manel Navarro – Do It For Your Lover" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 May 2017. Click on "Veckans Heatseeker".
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