"Taivas varjele!" (English: "''Good heavens!''") is a

Finnish language Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official langu ...

recording by Finnish Hockey Mafia featuring Finnish sports broadcaster and

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Antero Mertaranta Lauri Antero Johannes Mertaranta (born 17 January 1956 in Hyvinkää, Finland) is a prominent Finland, Finnish sportscaster and television personality, TV personality and former elementary school teacher. Antero Mertaranta is best known for his e ...

. The hit recording remixing portions of his broadcast comments he made live during the Russia - Finland ice hockey game on May 13, 2011 in a song. Mertaranta's comments came after the Finnish national ice hockey team's 19-year-old Finnish player

Mikael Granlund Mikael Antero Granlund (born 26 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played professionally in Finland with Oulun Kärpät and HIFK of the SM-liiga and ...

scored the game's initial goal giving a crucial first goal to give his country an eventual 3–0 win in the game Finland–Russia in the semi-final of the

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hosted by

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. When Granlund was behind the goal area, he managed a rare

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(or simply, in Mertaranta's translated words, "For heaven's sake, what is that? It's a GOAL!"), anchoring the puck on his stick blade, lifting it off the ice, and throwing the puck into the goal. The title of the song "Taivas varjele!" quotes the Finnish expression used by Mertaranta in response to Granlund's goal during his commentary of the game.

Chart performance

Finnish Hockey Mafia remixed the comments immediately adding musical sections to it. The resulting single was released after the game on Sony Music Finland and became a great hit in the

Finland's Official List The Official Finnish Charts (; ) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is ...

published by

Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short (; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat; ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 recor ...

. It went in straight at #2 on its week of release."Taivas Varjele!" page on FinishCharts website
/ref> The following week it was still in the charts at #3 before slipping to #5 in its third week of release. It was also the top downloaded track the week of its release in Finland.

References

External links

Finnish Hockey Mafia YouTube page
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