"Begging" is a 2013 song by Swedish singer

Anton Ewald Anton Kim Ewald (born 7 August 1993) is a Swedish singer and dancer. He has participated in Melodifestivalen several times as both a background dancer and singer. Career Ewald began his career as a background dancer at Melodifestivalen. In Melo ...

. The song was released on February 22, 2013, as the lead single from his debut

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, ''A''. Written by Fredrik Kempe and

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, it was performed in

Melodifestivalen 2013 Melodifestivalen 2013 was the Swedish music competition that selected the 53rd Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Robin Stjernberg's song "You" won the final, and became the first Second Chance song to win the Melodifestivalen f ...

in the second semi-final was held on 9 February 2013 in

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. Finishing 3rd/4th, it went on to the Second Chance round, where it passed through to the Melodifestivalen final after a duel with Behrang Miri and his song " Jalla Dansa Sawa". In the finals, it finished at fourth place, failing to qualify to

2013 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria (Loreen song), Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the Europea ...

. Despite the result at the contest, the song gained popularity with the Swedish public and the single was released immediately after the competition. It subsequently peaked at number two on the

Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name s ...

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References

Melodifestivalen songs of 2013 Songs written by Fredrik Kempe Songs written by Anton Hård af Segerstad 2013 songs {{2010s-song-stub