Spirit of the Night


"Spirit of the Night" is a song performed by Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta and American singer Jimmie Wilson. The song was released as a digital download on 17 March 2017 through Eurosong Records. The song was written by Ralph Siegel, Jutta Staudenmayer and Steven Barnacle. It represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Eurovision Song Contest

On 12 March 2017, it was announced that Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson would be representing San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. They performed in the second half of Semi-final 2 on 11 May 2017. It was the fourth time Valentina sung at the Eurovision Song Contest. Monetta jointly holds the record as the woman with the most participations in the Eurovision Song Contest, tied with Elisabeth Andreassen and Sue of Peter, Sue & Marc.
San Marino failed to qualify for the final. They ranked at last place overall, receiving no points from the jury vote and only 1 point from the public televote. This single point came from Germany, the composer Ralph Siegel's home country. It's currently tied for San Marino's worst result overall in the contest.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Spirit of the Night" was first released onto YouTube on 12 March 2017 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-five seconds.

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