Ireland: Miles Graham releases his entry “Yeah, we’re gonna get out of it” for the 'Eurosong 2022' selection

Friday, 21 January 2022

• The sixth and last entry of the Irish national selection for Eurovision has been released, as Miles Graham has dropped his song “Yeah, we’re gonna get out of it”.

  The sixth entry that will be competing in the Irish national selection for Eurovision 2022 has gone public, with the song by Miles Graham presented during the radio show  Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1.

  For the next Eurovision RTE has opted for a televised national final in order to select the Irish ESC 2022 hopeful, marking the country's return to a national selection since 2015. From 320 submitted songs a special panel of experts shorlisted six acts that will compete for the right to represent Ireland.

  The six contestants will compete in a special edition of The Late Late Show on February 4. The outcome of the Irish selection for Turin will be determined by public voting, a national jury and for the first time  an international jury.

   

  Miles Graham -“Yeah, we’re gonna get out of it”.

  For Irish singer/songwriter Miles Graham, music has always offered tremendous solace in moments of struggle. As a child raised in hard times on the outskirts of Dublin, he immersed himself in American soul records as an escape from his troubled surroundings, eventually creating his own songs and earning major buzz with his BBC Radio 2-playlisted track “I Can’t Love You Again.”

  Singer-songwriter Miles Graham is originally from Clondalkin in Dublin and is now based in Co. Sligo. Growing up in Neilstown, Graham first discovered his passion for soul music as a kid and soon became something of a musical recluse. Over the years, he dedicated himself to songwriting. His debut EP Air In My Lungs in 2015. Quickly finding a fan in the late great Sir Terry Wogan, who invited Graham to perform on his massively popular BBC Radio 2 show, he later linked up with several innovative producers in the electronic/dance world, lending his vocal talents to tracks like L’Tric’s “1994” and Don Diablo’s “Bright Skies (The Bit U Know)” (a cut from the Dutch DJ’s hugely successful 2018 album Future). With more collaborations in the works, Graham is destined to feature on countless top-tier feel-good playlists in the coming years.

  
  Over the years, he’s also enraptured audiences with his unforgettable voice, a velvet-smooth and soulful instrument that’s made him an in-demand artist in the dance world, as evidenced by his cutting-edge collaborations with leading artists like L’Tric and Don Diablo.

  His Eurosong entry “Yeah, we’re gonna get out of it” has been composed by Miles Graham Miley, Justin Broad and Paul Herman.

   

  Previously in the week the rest five entries were revealed: 

  • Rachel Goode – “I’m Loving Me”
  • Brendan Murray – “Real Love”
  • Janet Grogan – “Ashes of Yesterday”
  • Brooke – “That’s Rich”
  • Patrick O’Sullivan – “One Night, One Kiss, One Promise”

   

   

  Ireland in Eurovision

  Ireland is a country of records when it comes to the Eurovison Song Contest. It has participated 54 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples and has won the competition 7 times, more than any other country. (1970, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996). It is the only country that has won the contest three successive years (1992, 1993, 1994) while Dublin is the only city to have hosted the event two consecutive years. (1994,1995).

  During the decade of 90’s the country had a row of 4 vicotries in a 5 year time  (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997) and Dublin became host city three times.Irish act Johnny Logan is the only one to have won the contest twice (1980, 1987).

  In 2018 the country selected internally  Ryan O’Shaughnessy to represent the country with his song Together, which finished 16th in the grand final, marking the country's first qualification to the final since 2013. In 2019 internally selected  Sarah McTernan represented the country with her entry “22” which failed to qualify to the grand final.

  Lesley Roy was selected to represent the nation in Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story of my life" but never reached the stage as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Lesley was reinvited for the 2021 edition in Rotterdam where she performed "Maps" which sadly finished in the last place of the 1st Semi Final. 

   

  News Source: RTE

  Photo: milesgraham.com