Love Is on My Side
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| "Love Is on My Side" | ||||
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| Single by the Black Mamba | ||||
| Released | 7 March 2021 | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Songwriter | Tatanka | |||
| The Black Mamba singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Love Is on My Side" on YouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry | ||||
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| Language | English | |||
| Composer | Pedro Tatanka Taborda | |||
| Lyricist | Pedro Tatanka Taborda | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 4th | |||
| Semi-final points | 239 | |||
| Final result | 12th | |||
| Final points | 153 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Medo de sentir" (2020) | ||||
| "Saudade, saudade" (2022) ► | ||||
| Official performance video | ||||
| "Love Is on My Side" (Second Semi-Final) on YouTube "Love Is on My Side" (Grand Final) on YouTube | ||||
"Love Is on My Side" is a song by Portuguese soul band the Black Mamba that represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[1] It was written by the lead vocalist of the band, Pedro Tatanka, and is the first Portuguese entry in the contest to be performed entirely in English.
The song is about a sex worker that the band met during a trip to Amsterdam in 2019. The song is sung from the woman's perspective. In the beginning, she is young and full of hope. But, things didn't turn out as planned and she would end up using drugs and going into prostitution. However, despite the hardships, she still retains some of her youth.[2]