Story of My Life (Lesley Roy song)

2020 song by Lesley Roy
"Story of My Life"
Single by Lesley Roy
Released13 March 2020
GenreDance-pop
Length3:05
LabelUniversal Denmark
Songwriter(s)
  • Lesley Roy
  • Robert Marvin
  • Catt Gravitt
  • Tom Shapiro
Lesley Roy singles chronology
"Free the Flame (Ember Moon)"
(2016) 		"Story of My Life"
(2020) 		"Gold"
(2020)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Lesley Roy
Language
English
Composer(s)
  • Lesley Roy
  • Robert Marvin
  • Catt Gravitt
  • Tom Shapiro
Lyricist(s)
  • Lesley Roy
  • Robert Marvin
  • Catt Gravitt
  • Tom Shapiro
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Contest cancelled
Entry chronology
◄ "22" (2019)
"Maps" (2021) ►

"Story of My Life" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Lesley Roy. The song would have represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[1]

Background

The Irish broadcaster RTÉ invited established songwriters and artists to submit songs from which they, in conjunction with 2FM, made a shortlist and chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was meant to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, after Lesley Roy was internally selected by the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Ireland was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show. However, on March 18, 2020, the EBU announced the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 as a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Story of My Life" was first released onto YouTube on 5 March 2020.[3] The music video features Roy wearing pink-colored attire. The video was directed by Kate Dolan.[2]

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Irish Homegrown Top 20 (OCC)[4] 12

References

  1. ^ "🇮🇪 Lesley Roy will wave the Irish flag at Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story Of My Life"". 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Ireland's eyes on Eurovision glory this year with Lesley Roy - Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life - Ireland 🇮🇪 - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2020". Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Irish Homegrown Top 20 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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  • "All Kinds of Everything"
  • "Born to Sing"
  • "Ceol an Ghrá"
  • "Chance of a Lifetime"
  • "Come Back to Stay"
  • "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
  • "Cross Your Heart"
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  • "Millennium of Love"
  • "Mysterious Woman"
  • "One Day Love"
  • "Only Love Survives"
  • "Playing with Numbers"
  • "The Real Me"
  • "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
  • "Somewhere in Europe"
  • "Story of My Life"
  • "Sunlight"
  • "Take Him Home"
  • "Terminal 3"
  • "That's Rich"
  • "That's What Friends Are For"
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  • "Together"
  • "The Voice"
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  • "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
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  • "Waterline"
  • "We Are One"
  • "We've Got the World"
  • "What's Another Year"
  • "When"
  • "When You Need Me"
  • "Why Me?"
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  • "You Can Count On Me"
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