"Sting"
Single by Eric Saade
Released1 March 2015
Recorded2014
GenrePop
Length3:00
LabelRoxy Recordings
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jason Gill
Eric Saade singles chronology
"Take a Ride (Put 'Em in the Air"
(2014)		 "Sting"
(2015)		 "Girl from Sweden"
(2015)

"Sting" is a 2015 song by Swedish singer Eric Saade. He was participating with the song in Melodifestivalen 2015 in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The song is co-written by Sam Arash Fahmi, Fredrik Kempe, Hamed "K-one" Pirouzpanah and David Kreuger. Saade performed the song live during the first semi-final round of Melodifestivalen on 7 February 2015 in Gothenburg's Scandinavium. Coming first/second that day, he qualified to the Finals held on 14 March 2015 in Stockholm where he came fifth overall after the televoting and jury results was revealed.

In 2017, Uno Svenningsson released a Swedish-language version of the song titled "Slå" as a part of the eighth season of Så mycket bättre.[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Sting" (TV Version)3:00
2."Sting" (Radio Edit)2:50

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 95

Certifications

Certifications for Sting
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[4] 2× Platinum 80,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Sweden 1 March 2015[5] Digital download Roxy Recordings

References

  1. ↑ Larsson, Markus (11 November 2017). "Höjdpunkten var Uno Svenningssons 'balle'". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 12, 2015". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2015" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 48, 2015 | Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sting - Single by Eric Saade on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 April 2020.


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