Il pleut de l'or

"Il pleut de l'or" (French pronunciation: ​[il plø də lɔʁ], It's Raining Gold) is a song sung by Michael von der Heide and composed by the singer, Pele Lorriano and Heike Kospach. It represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] It was first presented on 9 January 2010 at the SwissAwards show.[3]

"Il pleut de l'or"
Single by Michael von der Heide
Released2010
Recorded2010
GenrePop
Length3:01
Songwriter(s)
  • Michael von der Heide
  • Pele Loriano
  • Heike Kospach
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Heike Kospach
Finals performance
Semi-final result
17th
Semi-final points
2
Final result
Did not qualify
Entry chronology
◄ "The Highest Heights" (2009)   
"In Love for a While" (2011) ►

Michael von der Heide was backed in Oslo by singer Amanda Nikolić, former member of Swiss girlgroup Tears,[3] Freda Goodlett and Sybille Fässler.

English and German versions were released at a later stage.[4][5] The German version, entitled Es regnet Gold was released on 12 April 2010.[6]

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 65

References
  1. Schacht, Andreas (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide to represent Switzerland". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. Al Kaziri, Ghassan (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide goes to Oslo". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. Grillhofer, Florian (9 January 2010). "Switzerland: Michael von der Heide presents his song for Europe". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. Hung, Steffi (23 May 2010). "CD-Information on swisscharts.com".
  5. Grillhofer, Florian (25 February 2010). "Michael von der Heide speaks to esctoday.com". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  6. Grillhofer, Florian (12 April 2010). "MicSwitzerland: German version of Il pleut de l'or available". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  7. "Swisscharts.com – Michael von der Heide – Il pleut de l'or". Swiss Singles Chart.


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