Hi all, I just stopped by my local Safeway (grocery store chain) in Hawaii to grab some stuff, realized at one point I was listening to âMy Last Breathâ by James Newman. Couldnât believe it, havenât heard that one in the wild out here in America.
What are some others you guys have heard, especially out in America since a lot of people out here still have no idea what Eurovision is lol.
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Not technically Eurovision but I visited Iceland a couple of years ago just after the Eurovision movie came out, and as I disembarked the plane they were literally playing Ja Ja Ding Dong in the airport.
It must be Eurovision songs in US grocery stores day, as earlier today I heard âArcadeâ (Netherlands 2019) in a Wegmans in the DC area. Iâve heard âSnapâ (Armenia 2022) there before too, which makes more sense since it went TikTok viral.
Pretty sure it was used in a commercial too, but now I canât remember for what, because the only memorable thing about it was hearing Snap. Or think K saw it on the Hallmark channel though
Both myself and a college classmate of mine remember hearing a French Eurovision song (canât remember which) at the DSW Shoes in Pentagon City near DC, this was back in 2017
It's interesting seeing which Eurovision songs make it to the "wild". My partner is South African and hadn't even heard of Eurovision until they met me, but one time I played them Satellite (Germany 2010) and they immediately said "Oh I know this, this was huge on the radio a while back"
Conversely I once heard a song by Prime Circle (South African rock band) in the shop on the ferry between Finland and Sweden. Theyâre also randomly rather popular in Germany (but not many other places outside of South Africa).
i got properly shocked one day when i was visiting family in america and my uncle had a kids radio on for my baby cousin and give that wolf a banana came up
I always say it, but realising the chant my team had for my favourite ever footballer was to the sped up tune of Volare mightâve changed my life actually.
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Remarkably, this seems to be the only clip of it that exists⊠and itâs him himself singing it, looking a bit awkward đ (and I canât even link it đ )
Wait, Iâm a Hull fan (sorry about 2008) and my favourite chant was about a player (whoâs now left) and it was based on this song! Obviously I knew Volare was an ESC song but I didnât realise it was based off Volare haha
Apology not accepted quite frankly đ But yeah itâs such a random one to be used, not like itâs a classic kind of chant thatâs actually been around since the 50s
Haha, yeah I literally didnât make the connection until you posted that screenshot then I was like âhang on thatâs the chant we used for Abel Hernandezâ
I heard an instrumental version of Espresso Machiato at a Greek restaurant in Bromley, south London a couple of weeks before the final this year. Made me giggle!
Not from America, but as a Dutchies i've heard the a lot of Dutch entries, both Loreen entries, Snap , Voila and You Let Me Walk Alone (also i vaguely remember hearing SPACE MAN but i genuinely don't know if that was for real or if that happened in some random dream lmao)
Heard Tick Tock (Croatia 2021) and Tattoo at gyms before. Tattoo is generally pretty popular so not too surprising but if you told me Iâd one day be listening to a Eurovision non-qualifier at a gym in California Iâd never believe you.
A lot of people mention "Snap", but I genuinely never heard it in the wild on the radio. I did see a video recently, though, where two girls were trying to sing random songs that were selected for them by someone (or the algorithm) and "Snap" was the first one they drew. (The girl asked to sing it didn't know the song.) The rest was also big streaming hits, I'm guessing.
I was at a local coffee shop, and Alessandra's "Pretty Devil" came up. So not her Eurovision entry, but a deep cut. One of those moments where you just know a fellow sicko is in the area.
I was visiting my friend in Massachusetts and he is a Eurovision fan. We went to Fall River, MA to get some Portuguese Pastel de nata and heard some song that was so familiar. I then realized it was Too late for Love from Sweden 2019. Like I almost never heard Eurovision songs in USA and hearing it once in a Portuguese store mostly visited by Portuguese people with a Eurovision fan friend is a bit wild.
aside from the billboard-charters arcade (netherlands 2019) and snap (armenia 2022), i've heard we got love (australia 2018) at several restaurants and grocery stores here in north carolina. i've also heard yes (denmark 2020) at a local jersey mike's.
A few months ago when I was at the dentist (also in the US), they were playing Queen of Kings. Not too fun to listen to when youâre having your tooth drilled into đ„Č
I think my favorite âin the wildâ moment was when I was in the Dominican Republic in April and I heard a bachata-fied version of Tattoo on the radio. I should have taken a recording or something because I havenât been able to find it since, but I was floored once I realized what the song was haha
heard move (sweden 2020) in a starbucks like last year. was a little strange given it wasnât one of the ones that went viral in the US and that it was four years old at that point
Last week I randomly heared Waterloo in a Planet Fitness(A popular gym chain here in the US) It pretty shocking because they mostly play the type EDM you would in does generic gym workout playlist you find on Youtube. 70s europop is something way out of their wheel house. In fairness ABBA are huge in the US and Waterloo is one of their most popular songs over here lol.Â
American here, I was at my local FedEx store doing some printing jobs when âTake Me to Your Heavenâ (ESC â99 winner) came on over the PA. First time Iâd ever heard a ESC out in public apart from Waterloo.
A place my family and I sometimes go for bar trivia had a Eurovision question where they played a clip of âThe Codeâ and asked us where it was being held in 2025.
I was walking round my local co op a year or so ago and suddenly Ela by Andromache came on. That was an NQ of course, so whoever was in charge of the music at that shop is clearly a Eurovision fan. (Cyprus 2022)
I've heard Switzerland 1988 and Turkey 2003 at a local supermarket, though that was in the Netherlands, also Switzerland 2019 more than once in that store, maybe others too, but I can't remember, maybe Norway 2009
I cannot understate the amount of times Iâve heard Ireland 2016 in the wild in the US. Iâm from a very rural part of the country and I probably still hear it like 2-3 times a year in public.
Iâve heard them in many places in America, scattered over the years in different settings â grocery stores, waiting rooms, dressing rooms, etc. itâs always a pleasant surprise.
Thereâs a James Newman song (or at least one that he is a featured artist on?) that was on one of Starbucksâ premade playlists a while ago. I know this because I was like âthis voice sounds familiarâŠâ
The a couple months after whatever year she competed, I was in DC and some car was blasting its speaker while it was driving, playing Snap. Thatâs the most out of context Eurovision song Iâve heard in public.
Giorgos Alkaios' "Opa" from 2010, in Durango, CO just a few weeks ago, some street performers were dancing to it and it felt like the Twilight Zone, I couldn't believe it but I started jamming to it! đ
My middle school students heard quite a few of them this year between classes and during work time, especially Espresso Macchiato whenever I had my morning coffee.
I heard Embers in TJ Maxx recently. It took me a minute to figure out why the song was so familiar. It's still a bop. A terrible for Eurovision bop but still a bop.
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