Il pleut de l'or

"Il pleut de l'or"
"Il pleut de l'or"
Single by Michael von der Heide
Released	2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Pop
Length	3:01
Songwriter(s)	Michael von der Heide; Pele Loriano; Heike Kospach;
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 entry
Country	Switzerland
Artist(s)	Michael von der Heide
Language	French
Composer(s)	Michael von der Heide; Pele Loriano;
Lyricist(s)	Heike Kospach
Finals performance
Semi-final result	17th
Semi-final points	2
Final result	Did not qualify
Entry chronology
	◄ "The Highest Heights" (2009)
	"In Love for a While" (2011) ►

"Il pleut de l'or" (French pronunciation: [il plø də lɔʁ], It's Raining Gold) is a song sung by Michael von der Heide and composed by the singer, Pele Lorriano and Heike Kospach. It represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway.^[1]^[2] It was first presented on 9 January 2010 at the SwissAwards show.^[3]

Michael von der Heide was backed in Oslo by singer Amanda Nikolić, former member of Swiss girlgroup Tears,^[3] Freda Goodlett and Sybille Fässler.

English and German versions were released at a later stage.^[4]^[5] The German version, entitled Es regnet Gold was released on 12 April 2010.^[6]

Charts[]

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	65

References[]

^ Schacht, Andreas (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide to represent Switzerland". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ Al Kaziri, Ghassan (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide goes to Oslo". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Grillhofer, Florian (9 January 2010). "Switzerland: Michael von der Heide presents his song for Europe". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ Hung, Steffi (23 May 2010). "CD-Information on swisscharts.com".
^ Grillhofer, Florian (25 February 2010). "Michael von der Heide speaks to esctoday.com". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
^ Grillhofer, Florian (12 April 2010). "MicSwitzerland: German version of Il pleut de l'or available". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Michael von der Heide – Il pleut de l'or". Swiss Singles Chart.

External links[]

Official music video - YouTube
Performance at SwissAwards show YouTube
Lyrics^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Schacht, Andreas (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide to represent Switzerland". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[2] Al Kaziri, Ghassan (18 December 2009). "Michael von der Heide goes to Oslo". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[Presentation-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Grillhofer, Florian (9 January 2010). "Switzerland: Michael von der Heide presents his song for Europe". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[4] Hung, Steffi (23 May 2010). "CD-Information on swisscharts.com".

[5] Grillhofer, Florian (25 February 2010). "Michael von der Heide speaks to esctoday.com". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

[6] Grillhofer, Florian (12 April 2010). "MicSwitzerland: German version of Il pleut de l'or available". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

[sc_Switzerland_Michael_von_der_Heide-7] "Swisscharts.com – Michael von der Heide – Il pleut de l'or". Swiss Singles Chart.

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