"Viszlát nyár"
Single by AWS
from the album Fekete részem
Released21 October 2017
GenrePost hardcore, metalcore
Length3:25
LabelEDGE
Songwriter(s)
  • Dániel Kökényes
  • Bence Brucker
  • Áron Veress
  • Soma Schiszler
  • Örs Siklósi
Producer(s)
  • Dániel Kökényes
  • Bence Brucker
  • Áron Veress
  • Soma Schiszler
AWS singles chronology
"Hajnali járat"
(2016)		 "Viszlát nyár"
(2017)		 "Hol voltál?"
(2018)
Music video
"Viszlát nyár" on YouTube
Hungary "Viszlát nyár"
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
  • Dániel Kökényes
  • Bence Brucker
  • Áron Veress
  • Soma Schiszler
Lyricist(s)
  • Örs Siklósi
Finals performance
Semi-final result
10th
Semi-final points
111
Final result
21st
Final points
93
Entry chronology
◄ "Origo" (2017)
"Az én apám" (2019) ►

"Viszlát nyár" ([ˈvislaːt ˈɲaːr]; "Summer, Gone") is a song performed by Hungarian heavy metal band AWS. The song was released as a digital download on 21 October 2017 through EDGE Records and was written by Dániel Kökényes, Bence Brucker, Áron Veress, Soma Schiszler, and Örs Siklósi. It represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest

AWS was confirmed as one of the entrants in A Dal 2018, the Hungarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, on 6 December 2017.[2] They went on to compete in the second heat on 27 January 2018, and advanced to the semi-finals through the jury vote.[3][4] They later competed in the second semi-final on 17 February 2018 and were able to qualify to the finals via the jury vote.[5][6] The final was held on 24 February, where the song was declared the winner after winning the public vote.[7][8]

The song competed in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.[9][10]

Composition

Viszlát nyár is lyrically about the singer Örs Siklósi's deceased father. The song runs at 164 BPM.

Track listing

Digital download[11]
No.TitleLength
1."Viszlát nyár"3:25

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[12] 1
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[13] 11

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Various 21 October 2017 Digital download EDGE

References

  1. ↑ Mercereau, Damien (9 March 2018). "Eurovision 2018 : le rock musclé du Groupe AWS pour la Hongrie" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Casselini, Stefano (6 December 2017). "Hungary: Here are the 30 songs for A Dal 2018". ESCToday.
  3. ↑ Agadellis, Stratos (27 January 2018). "Hungary: Results of A Dal 2018 Heat 2". ESCToday.
  4. ↑ Herbert, Emily (27 January 2018). "Hungary: Six Artists Progress From A Dal 2018 Heat Two". Eurovoix.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (17 February 2018). "Hungary: A Dal 2018 Finalists Determined". Eurovoix.
  6. ↑ Knoops, Roy (17 February 2018). "Hungary: A Dal 2018 semi-final 2 results are in, Grand Final line-up complete!". ESCToday.
  7. ↑ Casselini, Stefano (24 February 2018). "Hungary: AWS will fly to Lisbon!". ESCToday.
  8. ↑ Herbert, Emily (24 February 2018). "Hungary: AWS to Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix.
  9. ↑ "Lisbon revealed as Host City of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Jordan, Paul (12 January 2018). "All Aboard for the Semi-Final Allocation Draw". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Viszlát nyár - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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