Sunday, September 1, 2024

Finland - Windows95Man - No Rules!

19 - 38 pts / 7 - 57 pts in semi 1
Visual artist and DJ Windows95Man won the Finnish UMK with the song No Rules! written by Teemu Keisteri (= Windows95man), Jussi Roine and Henri Piispanen.
Henri Piispanen is the main vocalist of the song and W95 does the shouting, bouncing, running around and some epic pyrotechnic spinning in correct length denim shorts.

No Rules! was released as a digital single on January 16.
The Spa Mix was released on April 19, they could have called it the Gregorian Chant mix. Nice one.

On April 26 the classical version was released. Recorded with the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Megamix EP
The No Rules! Megamix EP was released on June 14.
The digital release features six versions of the song (see versions below)
Update:
A cdsingle with the same 6 tracks is now available here

Windows95
No Rules!? The EBU has some though and they are very clear about product placement in the Song Contest and even though the Windows95 computer operating system is long out of stock, Windows is still a brand. Teemu knows and has changed (blurred) the t-shirts for Malmö.

Finland's national selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK, New Music Competition) happened on February 10. The seven songs participating have been revealed one by one (two to go at the time of writing).
YLE's UMK pages have links to the songs that are also released as digital singles.


Versions:
Classical version
No Rules! - single version
- digital 16-1, Official Malmö album
No Rules! - Spa Mix
- digital 19-4
No Rules! - Classical version
- digital
No Rules! - Sturgeon Happy Hardcore remix
No Rules! - Sturgeon Happy Hardcore remix (Extended)
No Rules!- Rave remix
- All above on digital EP/cds No Rules! Megamix
No Rules! - karaoke
- Official karaoke album (digital)

Charts:
No Rules! entered the Finnish charts at #17 upon release but fell out the next week.
Re-entered 3 weeks later.
Finland top 50 (IFPI): 17, -, -, 6, 11, 20, 26, 41, 49, -, re: 16, -
Swedish top 100 (Topplistan): 82
Lithuania top 100 (AGATA): 35, 89


Links and sources:
Windows95Man: FB, tumblr, Insta

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