Swing'it - Prohibition - Live on Melodi Grand Prix
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2023
- Swing'it is in the final of the Norwegian Eurovision!
Prohibition Music Video is out! Check out the song on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/track/66MuV7...
Music and lyrics by: Martin Jarl Velsin, Sam Norris, Jonah Hitchens and Vebjørn Mamen
Production: @samnorrismusic
These lyrics (see below) are of course inspired by the Prohibition Era in the 1920s in the States. Politicians enforced in 1920 the 18th Amendment to the U.S Constitution which banned the manufacture of alcohol!
During the so called Roaring Twenties people started making secret parties at speakeasies dancing lindy hop and charleston and the early jazz continued to evolve. Many have probably also read the famous Great Gatsby book that highlights the positivity of the decade and the freedom to dress, dance and play the music they wanted - which also gave the 20s the name «Jazz Age».
One of the symbols of the Roaring Twenties were the flappers: Young ladies exploring their freedom; smoking, drinking, dancing and dressing in ways the society deemed vulgar - and they started to vote!
This song is about fighting for your rights to be who you want to be and act the way you want to act. Even though the story is set in the Prohibition Era, the fight to express yourself and who you are is still important in todays society.
We are very excited to show this on National Television this Saturday on Eurovision!
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LYRICS:
Intro:
Well hello, Ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the party
Let me present to you the incredible Swing’it!
Verse 1:
Down in the town there’s a secret place
Where people are dancing to the drum and bass
Swingers are swingin’, flappers flying high
Baby it’s a roaring time
So leave your inhibitions at the door
Get your feet up on the floor
Chorus:
It’s Prohibition, dance into the night
The politicians, they took away our rights
We’re on a mission, to keep it out of sight
I’ll tell you why, cause we’ll never stop to fight for what is right
Pa-pa-party, pa-party, pa-pa-party, tell the world of it
Pa-pa-party, party till the break of day
Verse 2:
If you’re looking to have a good time baby follow my lead
I can help you be what you wanna be
Oh-oh, flying high
Baby we can touch the sky
So leave your inhibitions at the door
Get your feet up on the floor
Chorus:
It’s Prohibition, dance into the night
The politicians, took away our rights
We’re on a mission, to keep it out of sight
I’ll tell you why, cause we’ll never stop to fight for what is right
Pa-pa-party, pa-party, pa-pa-party, tell the world of it
Pa-pa-party, party till the break of day
Hey, guys! How did you find our performance of Prohibition in Melodi Grand Prix?
Definetly the highlight of the evening!
You jumped from my second place to my first place! You all did wonderfully :D
Congratulations on qualifying!! It made my entire evening/night!
Greetings from your Scandinavian neighbor! (Denmark)
I was present in the audience 😅😅😅
Incredible!! SO fun!
Y’all were the best of the night! 100% deserved to qualify
You nailed it!!!!
Insanely underrated
Insanely good. I am very inspired. HOPE YOU WIN! GREETINGS FROM A 13 YEAR OLD NORWEGIAN TRUMPET PLAYER🎉🎉
Thank you soo much! We're crossing our fingers and we'll see!
@@swingit3191 I HOPE YOU WIN🎉
Honestly love this it's so different from the other submissions and it would give a nice bop
Thank you!
You guys were robbed the win 😭this is by far the best song ive heard on MGP in years
Anyone else completely obsessed with this? Cause I sure am lol
Haha, thank you!! :D
The vibe during this perfromance is everything!
my band was one of the first band in the whiole norway that played this song
AMAZING PERFORMANCE HOLY SHIT
I voted for you🔥
❤it..From Chicago Illinois
YES! THE ROARING 20s ARE BACK NOW! I HOPE THIS GOES TO EUROVISION! GREETINGS FROM THE UK!
While im sad you didnt win, I am super glad that eurovision made me discover you guys. Got yourself a new permanent listener and good luck in the future! love you guys
Thank you so much! Third place among the people feels like winning to us!
Eg har ikje sett de andre representantene for de andre landå, men dokkor må vinna!!
Honestly one the best SONGS i've ever heard *swing'it" you can count on my vote for the final :))
Loving it. It has good positive energy that makes you wanna vibe with it. and it has the more old fashion style, instruments.
Stemte på dere, nummeret overkjørte alle andre. Musikken skaper stemning, sceneshowet er spektakulært. Lykke til videre🔥🔥
Tusen takk ❤️🕺🤩
Oh my lord det her fikk meg til å sprette ut av stolen og danse på gulvet. Ful guffe på anlegget! OH WOW!!!!!!!! YASSSS!!!!
You got a sax, you got a piano, you got moves, you got a banger song!!! The only worry is that I count seven memebers, esc permits only six, I hope they'll make an exception for you! Good luck!!!
Thank you! We'll manage with six if you have to;)
Just saw you in the final and what a performance! And a great message too! I'm sorry you didn't win but you guys definitely seem to have what it takes to make it big if you keep this up!
It's just not fair! I want all of the acts from the Norwegian NF to make it to Eurovision, since nearly all of the songs in the final are fantastic! This is EXACTLY my kinda vibe though. Hope this doesn't get underrated in the final next Saturday!
You defied the odds in the semi, and you will definetly will on the final! Fingers crossed, you got this guys!
Well, we're not expecting anything more, we're just happy to be in the final! We'll just continue to have fun and try and create a good vibe and take it as it comes. Weirder things have happened!
Gives me "welcome to the internett by Bo burnam" vibes! In a good way
I hope this wins.
This is absolutely fantastic! Hope you get to represent Norway at Liverpool. Greetings from Michigan! 🇺🇸
YESSSS A EUROVISION FAN FROM THE SAME STATE AS ME
Wow!
That is some nice music.
This is more American than what is happening on the American music scene lol.
But fr, this was a breath of fresh air, since we don't get these kinds of entry (Jazz), let alone in ESC.
Thank you, glad to hear you liked it!
Incredible performance!! So excited to see you guys in the final!
Thank you! I can promise you that we're excited too!
@@swingit3191 😄😄
To be honest this is probably the best song in MGP🎶🎵
Hope you get to represent us in eurovision👍
Wow, that's a big compliment! We're crossing our fingers!
Har lytta til den her nonstop siden mgp. Første gang jeg har uironisk lyttet til mgp, men låten her bare for bra. Fantastisk stemning!
lead vocals was unbelievably close to the studio version if not like the studio version... I can see this going Top 5 in the finals at Trondheim!
Greetings from The Philippines!!!
Thank you very much! That's a good compliment, we'll do our best to perform good in Trondheim too!
IM SO SAD THIS DIDNT WIN DUDE ITS SO GOOD😭 DET BLIR SÅ GOD STEMNING
i was so suprised to see you on there. such a bop too just like all your other songs 🔥
Starsi Panowie z potężnym songiem
Why can't Solve eat a hamburger?
Like honestly this do be epic though! I don’t really watch Melodi Grand Prix but this is pretty jazzed
(Pun intended)
Thank you! Not much jazz in MGP, but glad we could jazz it up a little!
Det var en sykt bra opptreden 🙌🏼😊
Takk skal du ha 🙌
Vive Scandinavia!
Behold sceneshowet ganske likt, det gjorde halve sangen🔥
Takk for det! Vi skal jobbe med noen detaljer, men blir nok ikke store endringene!
Heisann! Digger denne sangen, har dere Storband arr på den også?
Heisann! Dessverre har vi ikke det, men vi kan vurdere å lage et! Send oss en mail om du har et storband som vil spille det så kan vi lage et arr!
A question, if you do manage to win MGP who will be left out in Eurovision? There is a limit of six people on stage and you guys are seven.
Unfortunately that will be the trombone player 😢
@@swingit3191 alright, it would be sad though :(
@@swingit3191 That is sad 😢😢
Can the retro tv from MGP show the trombone player, if you guys participate in MGP and win
Easily the best song On the Norwegian MGP this year, BY FAR. I am dissapointed my countrymen didn't put this on top, or atleast higher.
The jury has to be in someone's pockets
Thank you! That means a lot to us! Third place among the people are a victory for us anyway (and who cares about that jury anyway ;)
lissen, if you guys represent norway in Eurovision then Eurovision would be much better
Thank you! Crossing our fingers!
God speed in anny music competition you guys participate in👍