I can't even recall what the song that won that year was called or what country it was from. This one, however, is still on my iPod after all these years. You were the real winners Finns, fantastic song. Love from Romania
I actually prefer the live version to this... this studio version is good but heavily relying on the technical side of it... i want to hear their actual voices at least the beat and soundtrack is great
Even crazier is that they would not even have qualified to the final. In both 2008 & 2009 the 9 first songs of each semifinal were decided by the televote and the juries selected a wildcard from the rest of the non-qualifying entries. North Macedonia actually placed 10th with 45 points but the jury selected Finland which placed 12th with 42 points. Only recieving points from 9 countries but 12 points from Iceland.
This is a cracking Eurovision track that should have at least finished In the top 10. The studio version is so dramatic, aggressive and energetic. I feel the reason it struggled on stage is that it didn’t transition at all from studio version to a live staged version. The staging lacked energy really badly, relying heavily on two guys spinning flames. It was such an empty performance and it deserved better. Still listen to this over 10 years on!
I was 18 years old when I saw my first Eurovision back in Mexico. Since then I became a fan ad the greatest show on Earth. As well I loved this song and it was one of my favorites to win. Greetings from the USA
I genuinly love this song and consider it’s been 12 years later and we all still vibe to it means that the music indeed triumphed. Who cares about the competition.
I thought their English accents were perfect - I'm a native English speaker and can't fault them. I was very impressed with how the whole group (including the firedancers) answered questions in perfect English during the interviews. You have a great education system in Finland.
My childhood memories with this masterpiece 😪✊🏻❤️ 2009 was the 1st Esc show I watched ever. Thank you so much Finland for this amazing song 🙌🏻 Much love from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷
olin sillon aika nuori ku tää oli euroviisuissa mut silti tää vaa on soinu miun päässä siitä asti. Onneks satuin muistamaan tän biisin nimen pari päivää sitte :D. Sanokoot kuka mitä tahtoo tästä biisistä mutta kyllä tää vaan on perkeleen hyvä minun mielestä!
This is a song which has grown and grown in my memory over the years. Have now discovered the South African cover version in Afrikaans. It's called 'Ek Val Vir Jou' and sung by Monique and Snotdrop. This version is also growing on me. Pity the Eurovision performance didn't match the quality of the song - but certainly deserved more points.
Hello from Australia! I love Finland so much :) I do like this song, but I missed the traditional Finnish Eurovision entry - usually a hardcore rock or metal song. That's what seperated Finland from the other countries the most in my opinion, that they always had such a unique song, always the non-conformist song :) RAKASTAA SUOMI!
Great song and video which show us that nowadays people are self-centered. They don't pay attention to problems of others and they don't want to help them. Everyone looks for themselves.
Oh my god. I didn't know this song was a Eurovision one. I've listened so many times on Spotify, ahah. The studio version is so much better than the stage one.. I can understand why they finished at the last place in 2009..
BlackBird_One VFR es lo que tiene tener una buena canción y una puesta es escena que dejo mucho que desear. Además no se adaptó a la canción original (mira el directo) y eso que era mi preferida ese año.
This was my absolute favorite song. Last place only shows the age group of people watching on Saturday night. What a great well- song chorus - all the harmonies are spot on. Beautiful. Thanks
I might just be new to this stuff, but it totally blew my mind when I realized that this song's meaning is about getting away from drugs. I happened to do an group essay about drugs with my friends, and found a term "420, 4/20, 4:20". It is said that a group of teens calling themselves "The Waldos" invented that term "in connection with a plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop". (Wikipedia) Today, 4/20 (4:20 p.m. / 16:20) is a popular time to go smoke weed and show others that you are a part of cannabis culture. I might be wrong about this song's and drug cultures connection, but it now seems pretty obvious when listening to the lyrics and watching the video.
This was so bullied at Eurovision. Glad Finland wasn't bullied this year, except that there was a Swedish hegemony preventing Finland from winning. Still so bitter... BTW, IMO this song deserved the same place as Käärijä. Or TOP 10 anyway.
I remember that I watched this many times before the 2009 contest. It was my absolute favourite together with Spain. And then both of them were on the last places in the final... "I just can't believe it"! Love from Germany :)
This was my favorite song from ESC 2009. I was sure just by the video it would place high. However, the live performance was the worst. Off key. Bad choreography, just awful. I feel that's why it came in last place that year. Amazingly, I still love to listen to this song in 2024.
@@mpmqbi puolustuksena sanon sen että ne oli flunsassa mut tuntuu et joka vuos suomen edustaja on kipee euroviisuissa ja menee kaikki sen takia päin vittua
"I don't wanna lose control but I'm falling. I just can't believe it. Never thought that I would be the one falling down." Epic words that describe so many people having so many problems and still shitty eurovision couldn't respect that.
i couldnt believe this came last. it was one of my faves and was in my opinion a fave to win that year. this has to have been one of the most shocking results in eurovision history
underrated eurovision gold
True.
eurovision judgement almost always sucks - you know
True
True but its better In studio version than live✨
One of many
I can't even recall what the song that won that year was called or what country it was from. This one, however, is still on my iPod after all these years. You were the real winners Finns, fantastic song.
Love from Romania
***** Finland at least brought a great song that sounds bad live, unlike most others who brought songs that sound bad live AND pre-recorded :p
Sebastian Anderson Alexander Ryberg from Norway won it with the song Fairy Tail, and he set a new record for the points
Sebastian Anderson I agree with you. I remember this song time from time, but have completely forgotten all other.
Kelly Wilson you said so many wrong things.
I actually prefer the live version to this... this studio version is good but heavily relying on the technical side of it... i want to hear their actual voices at least the beat and soundtrack is great
It's not crazy that they didn't win. In fact, they were the LAST!! Now that's what i call crazy.....
Even crazier is that they would not even have qualified to the final. In both 2008 & 2009 the 9 first songs of each semifinal were decided by the televote and the juries selected a wildcard from the rest of the non-qualifying entries. North Macedonia actually placed 10th with 45 points but the jury selected Finland which placed 12th with 42 points. Only recieving points from 9 countries but 12 points from Iceland.
Eurovision is rigged, corrupted
the best song 2009 eurovision
fantastic song! one of the best Eurovision songs...love it!!
This is a cracking Eurovision track that should have at least finished In the top 10. The studio version is so dramatic, aggressive and energetic. I feel the reason it struggled on stage is that it didn’t transition at all from studio version to a live staged version. The staging lacked energy really badly, relying heavily on two guys spinning flames. It was such an empty performance and it deserved better. Still listen to this over 10 years on!
Just today I realized this is a song against drugs. CRAZY.
More about economic depression that hit in 2008. Homeless people was everywhere.
@@kenseitakesi1662 Yea a terrible time.That’s when I graduated business school,bankers getting fired.
I can't believe this was 7 years ago. And also the last place that year, while this is one of the less songs I still can remember
I was 18 years old when I saw my first Eurovision back in Mexico. Since then I became a fan ad the greatest show on Earth. As well I loved this song and it was one of my favorites to win.
Greetings from the USA
Aaaaa the same 😍 (except for the fact that I live in Brazil)
I genuinly love this song and consider it’s been 12 years later and we all still vibe to it means that the music indeed triumphed. Who cares about the competition.
Almost 2 million viwers means a lot. This song is so great, i still can't belive how it went to last place in ESC... A million points from Portugal ;)
Who here in 2024. 12 points from me in Norway
12 points from U.S.A.
Too bad it didn't manage to get higher, guess the live performance was just too bad. Otherwise song is great, worth of listening again and again.
They sing good in -live too
Unfortunately live was pretty bad. This was a winning song for sure, if the live performance had been even decent.
10 years after I heard this on Eurovision, the best song I've ever heard on Eurovision. Still kicking on and brings true emotions :')
this year was that greatest contest ever...with the best songs ever.....
I thought their English accents were perfect - I'm a native English speaker and can't fault them. I was very impressed with how the whole group (including the firedancers) answered questions in perfect English during the interviews. You have a great education system in Finland.
Coming from a metalhead, this is a gem among pop music from the millennial era. Video nailed even more! SUOMI PRKL!
finlands rock!!!!! i am fin too and i and my
friens are best best people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the few Eurovision songs that I still listen to after so many years. 2009 was a golden Eurovision year
My childhood memories with this masterpiece 😪✊🏻❤️
2009 was the 1st Esc show I watched ever.
Thank you so much Finland for this amazing song 🙌🏻
Much love from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷
Hello Waldos People!!! Thanks to Eurovision you guys have a new fan now from Toronto Canada!
I cant believe Finland came last.
I love this song, especially the chorus =)
Such a catchy, upbeat tune.
tätä nostalgian määrää
Enemmän nostalgiaa nyt
TÄÄ O IHA PARAS
One of few eurovision songs i go back to :)
I rooted for Finland in 2009 and I still rooted for Finland in 2023
It was the best song of ESC 2009 by far. I don't understand why it get last. Is unbelieveble.
Nearly 10 years later, and Paranoid is still the perfect pop album. Back to back tracks of thumping bass, soaring vocals, and guitars.
Looking through my teenage notebooks and found a written list of songs names .. totally have forgotten this one .. beautiful
Top tier song! Its a shame that it doesnt play out that well when its performed live
Hello from Austria!!
This song is soooooo cooolll. I love it so much.
olin sillon aika nuori ku tää oli euroviisuissa mut silti tää vaa on soinu miun päässä siitä asti. Onneks satuin muistamaan tän biisin nimen pari päivää sitte :D. Sanokoot kuka mitä tahtoo tästä biisistä mutta kyllä tää vaan on perkeleen hyvä minun mielestä!
Mä katon tätä vasta nyt :D
Loved it as a 12 year old.
Still love it as a 25 year old ^^
Congratulations from Spain. For me, one of the best. All my family listen this song several days each time. Thank you
Tbh this is probably the best song Finland has even had in Eurovision.
must agree with you.
but the problem is that the performance was a shame unfortunaly
Ahem... Lordi
MazZucco I prefer Softengine in 2014 and Lordi in 2006 over this one but it's a good third
I love it, is my favourite song in eurovision, the style is very seem to E-type, I like it!! One greeting from Spain ;)
Yes. Pretty much same type than E-Type-True believer. But i think, this is better!👍🎶💥💯
i love this song!!!! greats from Portugal
Old but gold
anyone 2019?
Juu. Muistan. I remember.
me
me from Lima - Perú , this is similar 90s
Still here
2020
The best Song Finland has ever sent!! ❤️❤️ SUOOOOOMIIIII ❤️❤️ 12 from Germany
Yes, yes, yes!
i think finland deserved to win
the music is amazing and the videoclip its the best i ever saw in all the i ever watched
waldo's people 4ever
This is a song which has grown and grown in my memory over the years. Have now discovered the South African cover version in Afrikaans. It's called 'Ek Val Vir Jou' and sung by Monique and Snotdrop. This version is also growing on me. Pity the Eurovision performance didn't match the quality of the song - but certainly deserved more points.
Snotkop! :D
Just looked up their version. It's done really well. Thanks for the info.
The true Eurovision winner 2009.
the best song!!!
kisses from Greece!
Hello from Australia!
I love Finland so much :)
I do like this song, but I missed the traditional Finnish Eurovision entry - usually a hardcore rock or metal song. That's what seperated Finland from the other countries the most in my opinion, that they always had such a unique song, always the non-conformist song :)
RAKASTAA SUOMI!
RAKASTAN SUOMEA*
@@NC2O1O.Raksutan Sumimaa
ompas kivaa kuunnella hyvää kotimaista 😍
Great song and video which show us that nowadays people are self-centered. They don't pay attention to problems of others and they don't want to help them. Everyone looks for themselves.
Oh my god. I didn't know this song was a Eurovision one. I've listened so many times on Spotify, ahah. The studio version is so much better than the stage one.. I can understand why they finished at the last place in 2009..
Mükemmel bir şarkıydı. Perfect ! Greetings from Turkey
I LOVE THIS MUSIC
Como pudo quedar esta cancion ultima en eurovision??????
Increible!!!!
BlackBird_One VFR es lo que tiene tener una buena canción y una puesta es escena que dejo mucho que desear. Además no se adaptó a la canción original (mira el directo) y eso que era mi preferida ese año.
Why Finland didn't win that year? -_-
TsakalaTranslations Blog _Because their singing sucked live._
Same reason Pirates of the Sea didn't win the year before. Too good
This was my absolute favorite song.
Last place only shows the age group of people watching on Saturday night.
What a great well- song chorus - all the harmonies are spot on.
Beautiful. Thanks
I have no idea how they came in last..
This was one of my favorites
GO FINLAND :'D
I might just be new to this stuff, but it totally blew my mind when I realized that this song's meaning is about getting away from drugs.
I happened to do an group essay about drugs with my friends, and found a term "420, 4/20, 4:20". It is said that a group of teens calling themselves "The Waldos" invented that term "in connection with a plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop". (Wikipedia)
Today, 4/20 (4:20 p.m. / 16:20) is a popular time to go smoke weed and show others that you are a part of cannabis culture.
I might be wrong about this song's and drug cultures connection, but it now seems pretty obvious when listening to the lyrics and watching the video.
Well, stop doing drungs then, nothing in this has anything whit drugs to do
Rytmi Laatikko kyyrpi
@ThePro Lmao, so aggressive. I love it.
This was so bullied at Eurovision. Glad Finland wasn't bullied this year, except that there was a Swedish hegemony preventing Finland from winning. Still so bitter...
BTW, IMO this song deserved the same place as Käärijä. Or TOP 10 anyway.
When this was on eurovisions i was like 8-10 and i didnt even remember this and suddenly like woah memories lol xD
Tälläst musaa vois kuvitella euroviisuis kuulla suomelt =D
Finland was the best. greetings from Georgia!!
I remember that I watched this many times before the 2009 contest. It was my absolute favourite together with Spain. And then both of them were on the last places in the final... "I just can't believe it"!
Love from Germany :)
nostalgia
2022 and I still love it perfect song.
This was my favorite song from ESC 2009. I was sure just by the video it would place high. However, the live performance was the worst. Off key. Bad choreography, just awful. I feel that's why it came in last place that year. Amazingly, I still love to listen to this song in 2024.
Miten vitussa tää on voinut olla viimeinen euroviisuissa. :D Tää oli hyvä biisi 2009 ja on edelleen.
Okei, liveveto ei kyllä toiminut kovin hyvin, mutta silti.
Live-veto vissiin feilas aika pahasti. Erittäin kova styge kyllä edelleen ja stoori huumeistakin helvetin hyvä.
This is the real winner ! Finland !!!
Greetings from Serbia :)
Jotenkin tulee E-Type ja sellaiset mieleen
Muistan tän biisin ripuloidessani ympäri pöntön seinämiä. Ne näyttivät riimukirjoituksilta, olen lähes varma että ripulimonsteri on tämän takana!
Semmoset psykoosit sieltä sitte
Spuge12345 XDDDDDD
Torille
Good song! Hello from Azerbaijan, Baku! 😍
this song is so true. they never thought they'd be the one falling down! :P 25th place... great beat though
I want to live in Finland
San a
No
You can move here :)
The eurovision needs more songs like this, nice and fresh!
wtf 25th place?
I'm lithuanian and i would give then 1st place with Rybak xD
kerranki suomi teki hyvän biisin
+Zoe Ravenrider Joka sit ei lopulta toiminu xD
Joo, koska livenä laulu ja räppääminen olivat aivan perseestä. :D
+Mpmqbi no Älä XD
Randomi Ihminen hah hah XD
@@mpmqbi puolustuksena sanon sen että ne oli flunsassa mut tuntuu et joka vuos suomen edustaja on kipee euroviisuissa ja menee kaikki sen takia päin vittua
This is one heck of a song! One of the best! I loved it at the Eurovision. I'm Finn too. I can't believe that we lost!
"I don't wanna lose control but I'm falling. I just can't believe it. Never thought that I would be the one falling down." Epic words that describe so many people having so many problems and still shitty eurovision couldn't respect that.
This came low in eurovision 2009. shud have been top 5 :(
For me this was the best song of Eurovision 2009...Long live Finland.Greetings from Moldova:)
E-type True believer :-D
DotaMaster1994 Waldo's People is pretty much the E-type of Finland
Anyone 2020?
Nostalgia ❤️
Suomi mainittu torilla tavataan :P
Ja nakkivene
Wish that Iceland and Finland stood better together as nordic brothers, Sweden, Norway and Denmark always do...
All the above stand together, including Iceland. Greetings☺️🇫🇮
I felt strange vibration in my right arm and leg while listening to this song :). Go Finland! (From Finland :>!)
Epic song...but the live perfomance was so so so so bad
Yeah that's why they came last unfortunately.
Can't remember I'm always drunk to watch Eurovision
Perfect!!!!!!
Loved it and voted for it!!!!
Love this song ! 2020 !
this is suchs a nice song i still listen it every week :D
love it so much especially the rap-parts
i love this song one of the best song of the Eurovision
One of my favs!
Love Finland, love their music.. This song rocks! :)
Good eurodance song of this decade , you are so cool Waldo , congrats from Peru .
Maglindq thank you for your comment about this song. ment so much for me. finland and sweden forever!!!
i couldnt believe this came last. it was one of my faves and was in my opinion a fave to win that year. this has to have been one of the most shocking results in eurovision history
i miss Finland so much!!! been there 6 times, hope to go there soon!
On tää pirun hyvä :D En oo kuunnellu vuosiin mutta tää on niin tarttuva että muistaa yhä miten tää menee😄💗
finland is always in the rythm of eurovision, bravo!
Still love this
This song deserved to be in the top 5 at the Eurovision. It always comes down to what countries like eachother Grrr!
I love this song, It is one of All My favorite in Eurovision, Love from Indonesia,
I ♥ this song!