You Are the Only One (Ivan Mikulić song)
"You Are The Only One" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Ivan Mikulić.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry | |
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Artist(s) | |
Language | |
Composer(s) | Ivan Mikulić, Vedran Ostojić[1] |
Lyricist(s) | Duško Gruborović[1] |
Finals performance | |
Semi-final result | 9th[1] |
Semi-final points | 72[1] |
Final result | 12th[1] |
Final points | 50[1] |
Entry chronology | |
◄ "Više nisam tvoja" (2003) | |
"Vukovi umiru sami" (2005) ► |
As Croatia had not pre-qualified for the final, the song was performed eighteenth[1] in the semi-final (following Estonia's Neiokõsõ with "Tii" and preceding Denmark's Thomas Thordarson with "Shame On You"). Here, it received 72 points, finishing 9th in the 22-song field and qualifying for the final.
In the final, it was performed eleventh[1] (following Ukraine's Ruslana with "Wild Dances" and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina's Deen with "In The Disco"). At the close of voting, it had received 50 points, placing 12th in a field of 24 and requiring Croatia to qualify through the semi-final at their next Contest (upon a tie-break which granted Malta automatic qualification for the 2005 final).
The song itself is a power ballad, with the singer declaring that his lover is "a part of me, who lives for me, who would die for me". Pre-Contest publicity had focused on Mikulić's vocal range, which was generally agreed to be at least four octaves. The song was performed in a very simple manner, with Mikulić largely alone on stage.
The decision to perform the song in English was taken by a poll in Croatia, with the English version triumphing over the Croatian version, titled "Daješ mi krila" (You Give Me Wings), by a very narrow margin. There is in fact a second version in English as well, titled "You Were My Only One", presenting a negative view at the end of the relationship described in the other lyrics.
It was succeeded as Croatian representative at the 2005 Contest by Boris Novković with "Vukovi umiru sami".