Etymon is a song written by

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Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in , Sweden) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. As a student Forsman attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish ...

and

Henrik Wikström Lars Henrik Wikström (born 1963) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has entered the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer for Sweden in 2006 with the song "Invincible". The song was performed by Carola Häggkvist and placed 5th in ...

, and performed by

Sonja Aldén Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish pop singer best known for her 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2020 Melodifestivalen entries, as well as for working together with Shirley Clamp and Sanna Nielsen. She has also written songs f ...

, using the stage name "Sonya", during the Swedish

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. The song ended up 5th during the competition in

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on 25 February 2006, and was also released as a

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the same year. However, the song failed to enter

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. At the

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, the song peaked at number 35. Spanish artist

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recorded the song as ''Etymon es el rey'' with lyrics fully in Spanish for her 2006 album '' Me siento viva.''

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