The Ride (Rafał Brzozowski song) explained

The Ride

Cover:

Rafał - The Ride.png

Type:

single

Artist:

Rafał Brzozowski

Released:

12 March 2021

Studio:

Softwall Studio

Length:

3:00

Label:

Synthwave

Producer:

Joakim Övrenius

Prev Title:

Gentleman

Prev Year:

2020

Next Title:

Głośniej

Next Year:

2021

Misc:

Embed:	yes
Song:	"The Ride"
Year:	2021
Country:	Poland
Language:	English
Place Semi:	14th
Points Semi:	35
Prev:	Empires
Prev Year:	2020
Prev Link:	Empires (Alicja Szemplińska song)
Next:	River
Next Year:	2022
Next Link:	River (Krystian Ochman song)

"The Ride" is a song by Polish singer Rafał Brzozowski. The song represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.^[1]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Internal selection

On 12 March 2021, Telewizja Polska confirmed that Rafał Brzozowski would represent Poland in the 2021 contest.

At Eurovision

The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.^[2] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of,,, and the, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final.^[3] ^[4] On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Poland would be performing in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest.^[5]

Clara Rubensson version

Parallel to the version of "The Ride" by Rafał Brzozowski, there is an alternative version of this song with a different arrangement, performed by its co-author, Swedish singer Clara Rubensson. This version appeared on 11 March 2021^[6] that is just before the release of the Polish singer's version as a leak made by one of the music sites.In an interview published on 23 April 2021 for the eurowizja.org portal belonging to the OGAE Polska association, the songwriters revealed that the song was created in 2020 and was ready at the beginning of October with the original purpose for Clara Rubensson (which was to be the fourth single in her output), but with a view to Eurovision Song Contest the song was taken over by Rafał Brzozowski.^[7] On 16 July 2021 on the Swedish music market the song "The Ride" by Clara Rubensson was released as a bonus to her cover of the song entitled "Love in Siberia" from the repertoire of the Danish band Laban, the original version of the song was released in 1985.^[8] ^[9]

Notes and References

Web site: RAFAŁ takes 'The Ride' to Rotterdam – Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest. 12 March 2021. 12 March 2021.
Web site: Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 24 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155243/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021. 24 December 2020.
Web site: Rules–Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 5 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073043/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/. 8 April 2020.
Eurovision Song Contest 2021. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 18-22 May 2021. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Web site: 2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Groot. Evert. 24 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118125722/https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year. 18 November 2020. 17 November 2020.
Web site: Πολωνία: Με το Ride στην Eurovision 2021; (video). EurovisionFun. 11 March 2021.
Web site: Eurowizja 2021: "The Ride" w nowej wersji? Twórcy utworu nie mówią "nie". OGAE Polska. 23 April 2021.
Web site: Clara Rubensson released "Love in Siberia" and "The Ride".. ESCCovers. 19 July 2021.
Web site: Message from Clara Rubensson's Facebook profile . Clara Rubensson on Facebook. 17 July 2021.