Open Your Heart (Eurovision song)
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| Open Your Heart | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 2003 entry | |
| Country | Iceland |
| Artist(s) | Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir |
| As | Birgitta (sometimes attested as "Birgitta Haukdal") |
| Language | English |
| Composer(s) | Hallgrímur Óskarsson, Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir |
| Lyricist(s) | Hallgrímur Óskarsson |
| Place | 8th |
| Points | 81 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Open Your Heart was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Birgitta.
The song is a dramatic ballad, set off by guitar chords. Birgitta sings to her lover, asking him to "open your heart, show me the pain" and that this will "show me who you are". She also reminds him that "I'm not gonna run away" when he tells him what he has to. In other words, she will offer him whatever support is required.
The song was performed first on the night (preceding Austria's Alf Poier with Weil der Mensch zählt). At the close of voting, it had received 81 points, placing 8th in a field of 26.
It was succeeded as Icelandic representative at the 2004 Contest by Jónsi with Heaven.
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