Is It True? (Yohanna song)

"Is It True?"
Single by Yohanna
from the album Butterflies and Elvis : Limited Edition
Released	31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)
Format	Radio single, CD single
Recorded	2009
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:04
Writer(s)	Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil
Producer(s)	Óskar Páll Sveinsson
Yohanna singles chronology
"Is It True" (2009) "I Miss You" (2009)
"Is It True?" Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entry Country Iceland Artist(s) Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir As Yohanna Language English Composer(s) Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil Lyricist(s) Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze, Chris Neil Finals performance Semi-final result 1st Semi-final points 174 Final result 2nd Final points 218 Appearance chronology ◄ "This Is My Life" (2008)    "Je ne sais quoi" (2010) ►

"Is It True?" is a song by Icelandic singer Yohanna and was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The song was composed by Óskar Páll Sveinsson and won second place in the contest. The song was also recorded in Spanish ("Si te vas"), German ("War es nur"), Russian ("Я не сплю" /"Ja nje splju") and French ("Si tu sais").^[1][2][3][4]

Yohanna performed the song in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009, where it came in first place with 174 points (qualifying for the final). In the final, the song came in second place overall with 218 points. That made it the most successful Icelandic song entry to the Eurovision contest since 1999, when Selma placed second with the song "All Out of Luck."

"Is It True?" reached #1 in the Icelandic Singles Chart. It became a Top 10 hit in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greece, Switzerland, and also charted in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Russia, Slovakia, the UK, and reaching #14 in the European Hot 100 chart, making it the second best-selling Eurovision entry of the year, only surpassed by Alexander Rybak's winning song "Fairytale".

The song is available as a single, and on the official Eurovision Song Contest album. Yohanna released an album in 2008, Butterflies and Elvis, but it did not include the song as it was not yet recorded, however a limited edition of the album was released in 2009 with the song included. "Is It True?" was recently used in a video entitled: 'Why the financial crisis matters for security: a three-minute guide' which formed part of the July 2009 edition of the NATO Review online magazine: To watch the video, click the Nato website.^[5]

Charts

Sales and certifications

References

External links

• Video from the official Eurovision channel on YouTube
• Lyrics from the official Eurovision website

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1980s ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst 1990s Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar 1998 Selma 2000s August & Telma Two Tricky 2002 Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna 2010s Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Greta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Songs 1980s "Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér" 1990s "Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" 1998 "All Out of Luck" 2000s "Tell Me!" "Angel" 2002 "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?" 2010s "Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"
(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)