Rise Up (Freaky Fortune song)

"Rise Up"

Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd performing the song on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry
Country	Greece
Artist(s)	Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd
Language	English
Composer(s)	Freaky Fortune
Lyricist(s)	Freaky Fortune, RiskyKidd
Finals performance
Semi-final result	7th
Semi-final points	74
Final result	20th
Final points	35
Appearance chronology
◄ "Alcohol Is Free" (2013)
"One Last Breath" (2015) ►

Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd presenting their song.

"Rise Up" is a song by Greek duo Freaky Fortune featuring rapper RiskyKidd. It was chosen to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.^[1]

Critical reception

The song received mixed to positive reviews. Daily Mirror entertainment writer Carl Greenwood gave the song 1 star out of 5 and said, "Rise Up is the sort of song that gets stuck in your head."^[2] Jess Denham of The Independent, "Rise Up" has a definite holiday vibe to it, just in time for the start of summer."^[3]

Eurovision Song Contest

Main article: Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

On 11 March 2014 Freaky Fortune and RiskyKidd participates to the Greek national final of Eurovision Song Contest 2014. After performing the song under number two at the national final, it gets the 36.83% of votes and becomes the Greek entry in the 2014 Eurovision.

At the Eurovision Song Contest they performed 13th in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. The song qualified from the second semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. In the final at the end of the voting, it had received 35 votes, placing on 20th place in a field of 26 songs. It was, along with 1998, the worst placing ever for Greece.

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rise Up"	3:04
2.	"Rise Up" (Jazz Version)	3:20

Credits and personnel

Vocals - Nicolas Raptakis and Shane Schuller
Lyrics - Nicolas Raptakis, Theofilos Pouzbouris and Shane Schuller
Composer - Nicolas Raptakis and Theofilos Pouzbouris

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Greece (Billboard)^[4]	4
Sweden (Digilistan)^[5]	32
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6]	67
Ireland (IRMA)^[7]	73
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^[8]	93
UK Singles Chart (Official Chart Company)^[9]	110

References

↑ "Freaky Fortune feat. Risky Kidd for Greece". European Broadcasting Union. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
↑ "Eurovision 2014 preview: Will Greece entry Rise Up see Freaky Fortune featuring RiskyKidd join song contest winners". Daily Mirror. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
↑ "Eurovision 2014 semi-final two: Five acts to watch from Conchita Wurst to Freaky Fortune". The Independent. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ "Greece Digital Songs: Mar 29, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
↑ "DigilListan 2014-03-09". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Freaky Fortune + RiskyKidd – Rise Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
↑ "Chart Track: Week 20, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Freaky Fortune + RiskyKidd – Rise Up" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
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External links

Freaky Fortune & RiskyKidd - "Rise Up" on YouTube

Preceded by "Alcohol Is Free"	Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014	Succeeded by "One Last Breath"

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1974 ~~1975~~ 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 ~~1982~~ 1983 ~~1984~~ 1985 ~~1986~~ 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 ~~1999 to 2000~~ 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1970s	Marinella ~~1975~~ Mariza Koch Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy Tania Tsanaklidou Elpida

1980s	Anna Vissi Yiannis Dimitras ~~Themis Adamantidis~~ Kristi Stassinopoulou ~~1984~~ Takis Biniaris ~~Polina~~ Bang Afroditi Frida Mariana Efstratiou

1990s	Christos Callow & Wave Sophia Vossou Kleopatra Katerina Garbi Kostas Bigalis Elina Konstantopoulou Mariana Efstratiou Marianna Zorba Thalassa ~~1999~~

2000s	~~2000~~ Antique Michalis Rakintzis Mando Sakis Rouvas Helena Paparizou Anna Vissi Sarbel Kalomira Sakis Rouvas

2010s	Giorgos Alkaios & Friends Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike Eleftheria Eleftheriou Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd Maria Elena Kyriakou Argo

Songs

1970s	"Krasi, Thalassa Kai T' Agori Mou" ~~1975~~ "Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou" "Mathima Solfege" "Charlie Chaplin" "Sokrati"

1980s	"Autostop" "Feggari Kalokerino" ~~"Sarantapente kopelies"~~ "Mou Les" ~~1984~~ "Miazoume" ~~"Wagon-lit"~~ "Stop" "Clown" "To Diko Sou Asteri"

1990s	"Horis Skopo" "I Anixi" "Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" "Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" "To Trehandiri" "Pia Prosefhi" "Emeis Forame to Himona Anixiatika" "Horepse" "Mia Krifi Evesthisia" ~~1999~~

2000s	~~2000~~ "(I Would) Die for You" "S.A.G.A.P.O." "Never Let You Go" "Shake It" "My Number One" "Everything" "Yassou Maria" "Secret Combination" "This Is Our Night"

2010s	"OPA" "Watch My Dance" "Aphrodisiac" "Alcohol Is Free" "Rise Up" "One Last Breath" "Utopian Land"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Greece did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Albania Belgium Estonia Latvia Moldova Portugal

Semi-final 2	Georgia Ireland Israel Lithuania Macedonia

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Aarzemnieki Axel Hirsoux Cristina Scarlat Hersi Suzy Tanja

Semi-final 2	Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Mei Finegold The Shin & Mariko Tijana Vilija Matačiūnaitė

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	"Amazing" "Cake to Bake" "Mother" "One Night's Anger" "Quero ser tua" "Wild Soul"

Semi-final 2	"Attention" "Heartbeat" "Same Heart" "Three Minutes to Earth" "To the Sky"

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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