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, its official release on 18 March 2014 was followed on 21 March by Conchita's first live TV performance of the song, on the ORF show '' Dancing Stars''. "Rise Like a Phoenix" was Austria's second winning entry in the competition, their first being in

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Background

Composer Ali Zuckowski had originally composed the song for another project, however, every major record label in Austria had refused to produce "Rise Like a Phoenix". Following a request from the Austrian Eurovision team about possible song contributions, Zuckowski immediately thought of suggesting "Rise Like a Phoenix", reasoning, "I knew that with this song still something great was going to happen". The song was entered into the ORF internal selection process and was ultimately chosen to represent the country.https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stern.de%2Fkultur%2Fmusik%2Fesc-siegerin-conchita-wurst-plattenfirmen-lehnten-rise-like-a-phoenix-ab-2110281.html&edit-text=&act=url

Music video

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to accompany the release of "Rise Like a Phoenix" was first released onto YouTube on 18 March 2014 at a total length of three minutes and five seconds.Conchita Wurst – Rise Like A Phoenix (Austria) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest –

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Release

The song was released by the ORF on 18 March 2014. The accompanying music video was premiered on YouTube on the same day, while the song was offered on the ORF website for download.

Critical reception

Stern gave the song a rating of four out of five. 1966 Austrian winner Udo Jürgens said the song was "a well-composed song with a beautiful musical bow", and as the lyrics suggest, "rises from the ashes".

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Text and translation of the song
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