7 - 182 pts / 8 - 90 pts in semi 2
Belgium is represented by Gustaph with his song Because Of You.
Gustaph (Stef Caers) won the 7 song Belgian final organised by the Flemish Broadcaster VRT.
Gustaph (Stef Caers) won the 7 song Belgian final organised by the Flemish Broadcaster VRT.
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The song contains a famous sample: Yeah, Woo, which has been used in many hip hop and house tracks over the years. Bobby Bird says Yeah and James Brown says Woo. From the 1972 classic Think (About it) by Lyn Collins. (I didn't realise until Gustaph's karaoke appeared)
Fun fact: Gustaph ended 8th in his semi but in the final he beat all that were above him. His 7th place was the highest finish for a semi 2 entry.
The final top 3 were the top 3 of semi 1 but in a slightly different order.
Physical releases
The Gustaph Shop has a vinyl single, cdsingle, hat and bundle for sale.
Bothe the 7"inch and the cdsingle have the Eurovision version and a DJ edit. The cdsingle also has a karaoke with backing vocals, different from the instrumental from the official karaoke album. (see comments, thanks Earl). 
Out now.
Catalogue numbers:
Vinyl: N.E.W.S. 5411045
cdsingle: N.E.W.S. 5411045CDS
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On May 19 a remix by Captain E. was released. The Captain E's Gluten - Free Dub mix is a dub mix, in the sense that there is no full vocal line but some vocal samples and effects. But you can party to it like it's 1993. or 1988 even.
A vocal mix/edit of this was released on June 16.
Initially the 7 artists from the Belgian selection each had two songs and selected one in the week ahead of the final. The artists showcased both their songs on TV to their competition and listened to some advice but in the end chose the final songs themselves.
Among the artists was duo the Starlings with Tom Dice, known from Me And My Guitar, 6th in the 2010 Oslo Song Contest.
13 out of the 14 songs have been released as digital tracks.
He had his first hit Gonna Lose You (as Steffen) in Belgium in 2000 and sang (and wrote) with Hercules & Love Affair for six years, most notably on their album Omnion (2017)
His babysitter used to play him ABBA songs and that's when it all started. (proof at Gustaph's FB).
Versions:
Because Of You - single version
- digital 13-1
Because Of You - DJ edit
- Vinyl single / cdsingle
Because Of You - Captain E Gluten-free dub
- digital 19-5
Because Of You - Captain E Gluten-free vocal mix
- digital 16-6
Because Of You - karaoke (with backing vocals)
- cdsingle
Because Of You - karaoke (= instrumental except the sample)
- On the official karaoke album (digital), vinyl single, cdsingle
Charts:
Belgium top 50 (Flemish): 3, 8, 9, 6, 20, 14, 21, 17, 6, 11, 14, 20, 8, 11, 4, 8, 6, 2, 2, 5, 6, 13, 16, 14, 27, 32, 34, 35, 46, 44, 47, - (2-31)
Belgium top 50 (Wallonian), only charting after ESC: 34, -, 46, -, 43, 49, -
Because Of You reached platinum status in Belgium on June 9.
Swedish top 100 (Topplistan) 82, -
U.K. top 100 (OCC): 63, -
Links and sources:
The CD single features a true karaoke version of the song (with the backing singers), while the digital karaoke album features a purely instrumental version.
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