Mother (Axel Hirsoux song)

"Mother"

Axel Hirsoux, 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry
Country	Belgium
Artist(s)	Axel Hirsoux
Language	English
Composer(s)	Ashley Hicklin, Rafael Artesero
Lyricist(s)	Ashley Hicklin, Rafael Artesero
Finals performance
Semi-final result	14th
Semi-final points	28
Appearance chronology
◄ "Love Kills" (2013)
"Rhythm Inside" (2015) ►

"Mother" is a song by Belgian singer Axel Hirsoux. It was chosen to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark after winning Eurosong 2014. The song was written by Spanish songwriter Rafael Artesero and British songwriter Ashley Hicklin, who also composed the 2010 Belgium Eurovision entry "Me and My Guitar" performed by Tom Dice.^[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mother" (Eurosong 2014)	3:00

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[2]	7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[3]	32

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Belgium^[4]	10 March 2014	Digital download	VRT Line Extensions

References

↑ Granger, Anthony (16 March 2014). "Belgium: Axel Hirsoux Has Won!". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Axel Hirsoux – Mother" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Axel Hirsoux – Mother" (in French). Ultratop 50.
↑ iTunes - Music - Mother (Eurosong 2014) - Single by Axel Hirsoux

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

1950s	Fud Leclerc Mony Marc Bobbejaan Schoepen Fud Leclerc Bob Benny

1960s	Fud Leclerc Bob Benny Fud Leclerc Jacques Raymond Robert Cogoi Lize Marke Tonia Louis Neefs Claude Lombard Louis Neefs

1970s	Jean Vallée Lily Castel & Jacques Raymond Serge & Christine Ghisoland Nicole & Hugo Jacques Hustin Ann Christy Pierre Rapsat Dream Express Jean Vallée Micha Marah

1980s	Telex Emly Starr Stella Pas de Deux Jacques Zegers Linda Lepomme Sandra Kim Liliane Saint-Pierre Reynaert Ingeborg

1990s	Philippe Lafontaine Clouseau Morgane Barbara Dex ~~1994~~ Frédéric Etherlinck Lisa del Bo ~~1997~~ Mélanie Cohl Vanessa Chinitor

2000s	Nathalie Sorce ~~2001~~ Sergio & The Ladies Urban Trad Xandee Nuno Resende Kate Ryan The KMG's Ishtar Patrick Ouchène

2010s	Tom Dice Witloof Bay Iris Roberto Bellarosa Axel Hirsoux Loïc Nottet Laura Tesoro

Songs

1950s	"Messieurs les noyés de la Seine" "Le plus beau jour de ma vie" "Straatdeuntje" "Ma petite chatte" "Hou toch van mij"

1960s	"Mon amour pour toi" "September, gouden roos" "Ton nom" "Waarom?" "Près de ma rivière" "Als het weer lente is" "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel" "Ik heb zorgen" "Quand tu reviendras" "Jennifer Jennings"

1970s	"Viens l'oublier" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "À la folie ou pas du tout" "Baby, Baby" "Fleur de liberté" "Gelukkig zijn" "Judy et Cie" "A Million in One, Two, Three" "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Hey Nana"

1980s	"Euro-Vision" "Samson" "Si tu aimes ma musique" "Rendez-vous" "Avanti la vie" "Laat me nu gaan" "J'aime la vie" "Soldiers of Love" "Laissez briller le soleil" "Door de wind"

1990s	"Macédomienne" "Geef het op" "Nous, on veut des violons" "Iemand als jij" ~~1994~~ "La voix est libre" "Liefde is een kaartspel" ~~1997~~ "Dis oui" "Like The Wind"

2000s	"Envie de vivre" ~~2001~~ "Sister" "Sanomi" "1 Life" "Le grand soir" "Je t'adore" "Love Power" "O Julissi" "Copycat"

2010s	"Me and My Guitar" "With Love Baby" "Would You?" "Love Kills" "Mother" "Rhythm Inside" "What's the Pressure"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Belgium 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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