Swing'its performance live on NRK for the final of Norwegian Eurovision! Thank you to everyone who voted and supported us: Third place among the people feels like victory for us!
Check out the song on Spotify: 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.
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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
4 фев 2023
