Invincible (Carola Häggkvist song)

"Invincible" is the name of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry from Sweden, sung by Carola Häggkvist. Being one of the favourites to win, it ended up finishing 5th out of 24.

"Invincible"
Single by Carola Häggkvist
from the album Från nu till evighet
Released23 March 2006 (Europe)
Recorded2005
GenreEuropop
Length3:01
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Thomas G:son, Carola Häggkvist, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström
Carola singles chronology
"Genom allt"
(2005)		 "Invincible"
(2006)		 "Stanna eller gå"
(2006)
Alternative cover
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
Carola
Language
Composer(s)
Thomas G:son,
Bobby Ljunggren,
Henrik Wikström
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
4th
Semi-final points
214
Final result
5th
Final points
170
Entry chronology
◄ "Las Vegas" (2005)   
"The Worrying Kind" (2007) ►

Carola performed the song in the Swedish national final, in the Swedish language, under the name Evighet (Eternity). It scored 2nd place by the judges, but was a runaway winner by public votes, therefore booking Carola a place in Athens.

At the singles chart, the Swedish-language version peaked at #1 in Sweden and #8 in Norway, and the English-language version peaked at #29 in Sweden.

The Swedish-language version was tested for Svensktoppen, entered the list on 30 April 2006 and reached 5th place, where it also came the two following weeks. After that it fell, being at Svensktoppen for five weeks in total. Nonetheless, the song became a huge hit in Scandinavia, and was performed at many of the Swedish top shows that year.

A cover version by Tomas Andersson Wij in 2007 was at the Swedish Trackslistan.

The BBC used an instrumental version of the song for their coverage of the 2006 European Athletics Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Track listing and formats
International Download edition
  1. Invincible — 3:02
  2. Invincible (SoundFactory Supreme Anthem)
  3. Invincible (SoundFactory One Love Dub)
  4. Invincible (SoundFactory Radio Edit)
International CD Single
  1. Invincible — 3:02
  2. Invincible (Instrumental Version) — 2:59
Swedish CD Single
  1. Evighet — 3:01
  2. Evighet (instrumental version) — 2:59

Charts

Invincible version
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[1] 56
Faroe Islands Airplay Chart[2] 19
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 29
Turkish Singles Chart 33

Evighet version
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Danish Singles Chart 8
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 8
Svensktoppen 5
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References
  1. Belgian Flanders Singles Chart
  2. Faroe Islands Airplay Chart
  3. Swedish Singles Chart
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