Friday, November 29, 2024

Portugal - The Black Mamba - Love Is On My Side

Picture from Festival da Canção Facebook
12 - 153 pts / 4 - 239 in semi 2
The Black Mamba represented Portugal in Rotterdam with Love Is On My Side. The song is written by Pedro Tatanka, the lead singer.
The song is fully in English which is a first for a Portuguese entry.
The song can be found on Festival da Canção 2021 album, out on CD (19-3) and digital.
A promo cds issued by RTP also has the instrumental version.

Last Night In Amsterdam
The Black Mamba's album Last Night In Amsterdam was finally released in 2024 on November 15. It includes a new / alternate version of the Eurovision hit named "Minor version". So far the album is only out through digital sources (Sons Em Transito).




For 2021 the RTP organised the 55th Festival da Canção.  On Januari 20 the songs were revealed.
You can listen to all in this RTP FdC Youtube playlist. The digital album with all songs was released on February 20. The CD was released on March 19.
Or just visit this page art RTP.

The semi finals were on 20 and 27 Februari with a final on March 6.

The 2020 winner was Medo De Sentir by Elisa (Silva). Elisa was not among the 2021 Festival da Canção contestants.

Versions
Love Is On My Side
- digital 20-2 (FdC album), as single 7-3, Festival da Canção 2021 CD, Rotterdam 2CD
Love Is On My Side (Minor version)
- album Last Night In Amsterdam (digital 15-11-2024)
Love Is On My Side - karaoke 
- karaoke on the official karaoke album (digital)

Charts
Netherlands single top 100: 70
Portugal top 200: 44, 117, -


Festival da Canção logo from RTP
Links and sources
RTP Festival da Canção pages, Composers of 2021, Artists of 2021, Facebook
The Black Mamba Website, Facebook, Instagram
Tatanka WebsiteFacebook

1 comment:

  1. Festival Da Cancao 2021 CD will be released 19. March. Available at FNAC

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