"Arcade" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, performed by Duncan Laurence.
It went into the Contest as the odds-on favourite to win and after topping the vote in the second-semi final it claimed victory with 498 points, giving the country its fifth win, thus tying it with France, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom, as well as its first since 1975.
Between 2020 and 2021, the song went viral around the world thanks to its use in TikTok videos, earning certifications in many countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia. In August 2023, it became the first Eurovision song to be streamed over 1 billion times on Spotify.
Lyrics[]
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
I'm afraid of all I am
My mind feels like a foreign land
Silence ringing inside my head
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home
I spent all of the love I've saved
We were always a losing game
Small-town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
How many pennies in the slot?
Giving us something and take a lot
I saw the end 'fore it begun
Still I carried, I carried, I carried on
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
I don't need your games, game over
Get me off this rollercoaster
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Videos[]
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