Ale jestem

"Ale jestem" (English translation: "But I Am") was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Polish by Anna Maria Jopek.

"Ale jestem"
Eurovision Song Contest 1997 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Tomasz Lewandowski
Lyricist(s)
Magda Czapińska
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
11th
Final points
54
Entry chronology
◄ "Chcę znać swój grzech..." (1996)   
"To takie proste" (1998) ►

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Jopek singing about her realisation that life is there to be lived. She sings that she is a number of different things, including "A spark, a gasp of wind" and "A boat stray among the reefs".

The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Germany's Bianca Shomburg with "Zeit" and preceding Estonia's Maarja-Liis Ilus with "Keelatud maa"). At the close of voting, it had received 54 points, placing 11th in a field of 25.

It was succeeded as Polish representative at the 1998 Contest by Sixteen with "To takie proste".

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Poland (LP3)[1] 1
Poland (Music & Media)[2] 2

References

  1. "Notowanie nr 797" (in Polish). 9 May 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. "Major Market Airplay - Week 21/1997" (PDF). Music & Media. 24 May 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 1 February 2021.



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