Hold Me Closer (Cornelia Jakobs song)

"Hold Me Closer"
Single by Cornelia Jakobs
Released26 February 2022 (2022-02-26)
Length3:19 (single)
3:00 (Eurovision version)
LabelFreebird Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Cornelia Jakobs singles chronology
"Weight of the World"
(2020) 		"Hold Me Closer"
(2022)
Music video
"Hold Me Closer" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
English
Composer(s)
  • Cornelia Jakobsdotter
  • David Zandén
  • Isa Molin
Lyricist(s)
  • Cornelia Jakobsdotter
  • David Zandén
  • Isa Molin
Finals performance
Semi-final result
1st
Semi-final points
396
Final result
4th
Final points
438
Entry chronology
◄ "Voices" (2021)
"Tattoo" (2023) ►

"Hold Me Closer" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Cornelia Jakobs, released as a single on 26 February 2022. It represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, after winning the Melodifestivalen 2022 final with 146 points. At Eurovision, Jakobs performed 17th of the 18 acts in the second semi-final, where she qualified for the grand final. In the grand final, she performed 20th of 25th acts and finished in fourth place in the Eurovision grand final with 438 points.

The song was Sweden's best performing song at Eurovision in the seven years since their last victory and scored the most points ever received by a Swedish entry in the grand final before being surpassed by next year's entry, "Tattoo".

Eurovision Song Contest

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Main article: Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Jakobs was announced as a participant in Melodifestivalen 2022, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Hold Me Closer" on 26 November 2021.[1] Drawn to compete in the first heat on 5 February 2022, following a technical glitch during the show's broadcast, voting through the competition's mobile app failed and only telephone votes were counted during the heat as a result, despite telephone votes typically making up just one of eight voting categories which determine qualification at Melodifestivalen.[2][3] "Hold Me Closer" ultimately received the most telephone votes during the heat, leading to Jakobs and the song qualifying directly to the final.[4][5][6] The final was later held on 12 March, where "Hold Me Closer" went on to win the competition, receiving the most points from the international juries and second-most points from the Swedish public.[7][8][9]

As the winner of Melodifestivalen, Jakobs represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with "Hold Me Closer". The song competed in the second semi-final on 12 May, where it qualified to the final after placing first in the semi-final, receiving the highest number of points from both the juries of music professionals and the viewing public.[10][11] Going into the final, Sweden was considered one of the frontrunners to win the competition, and was awarded the Composer Award by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) at the Marcel Bezençon Awards, voted on by the participating composers for the best and most original composition.[12] The final was held on 14 May, where Sweden placed fourth overall, placing second with the juries and sixth with the public.[13][14]

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations for "Hold Me Closer"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2022
 Marcel Bezençon Awards Composer Award Won [12]
Rockbjörnen Swedish Song of the Year Won [15]
Musikplats Stockholm Song of the Year Won [16]
Musikförläggarnas Pris Song of the Year Won [17]
2023
 Grammis Song of the Year Nominated [18]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Hold Me Closer"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[36] 3× Platinum 24,000,000†

† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ Rossini, Federico (2021-12-14). "Melodifestivalen: la scaletta delle quattro semifinali". Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-15.
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  4. ^ "Melodifestivalen 2022 heat 1 results: Cornelia Jakobs and Robin Bengtsson qualify for final". wiwibloggs. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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  8. ^ "The right one at the right time? Cornelia Jakobs wins in Sweden 🇸🇪". Eurovision.tv. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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  10. ^ "Eurovision 2022: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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  12. ^ a b "2022 Marcel Bezençon Award Winners". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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  14. ^ "Ukraina vinner Eurovision – Jakobs fyra". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Cornelia Jakobs vinner Årets svenska låt och Årets genombrott". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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  21. ^ "Offizielle Download Charts Single" (in German). Official German Charts. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Billboard Global Excl. US: Week of May 28, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  23. ^ "IFPI Charts". ifpi.gr. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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  29. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2022-20". VG-lista. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  30. ^ "Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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  33. ^ "Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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