Europapa
Sign in to save"" () is a song by Dutch musician Joost Klein. Self-described as a "very Dutch" 1990s-style song, it was written by Klein along with six other songwriters. It was self-released on 29 February 2024 and was the Netherlands' entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it was disqualified from the final due to Klein reportedly making "unlawful threats" to a member of the contest's production crew, prompting a police investigation that eventually led to Klein's charges being dropped. The song was the first and , only in the contest's history to be disqualified after the contest had started. Th
Key facts
- Song.name
- Europapa
- Song.cover
- Europapa (cover art).png
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Joost
- Song.album
- Unity
- Song.language
- Dutch
- Song.English_title
- Eurodaddy
- Song.genre
- Rave happy hardcore gabber Europop
- Song.length
- 2:40
- Song.label
- Self-released
- Song.composer
- Paul Elstak Teun de Kruif Thijmen Melissant
- Song.lyricist
- Joost Klein Donny Ellerström Tim Haars
- Song.producer
- Paul Elstak Teun de Kruif
- Song.prev_title
- Droom groot
- Song.prev_year
- 2023
- Song.next_title
- Luchtballon
- Song.next_year
- 2024
- Song contest entry.embed
- yes
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Wikidata facts
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2024
- Genre
- Eurodance
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Main subject
- Europe
- Duration
- 160
- Performer
- Joost Klein
- Lyrics by
- Tim Haars
Show 6 more facts
- form of creative work
- song
- title
- Europapa
- language of work or name
- Dutch
- publication date
- 2024-02-29
- music created for
- Eurovision Song Contest 2024
- inspired by
- Vengaboys
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Background and composition
- Music video and promotion
- Promotion
- Critical reception
- Dutch media and personalities
- Eurovision-related and international media
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Internal selection
- At Eurovision
- Disqualification
- Reactions to disqualification
- Cover versions
- Commercial performance
- Track listing
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- References
"" () is a song by Dutch musician Joost Klein. Self-described as a "very Dutch" 1990s-style song, it was written by Klein along with six other songwriters. It was self-released on 29 February 2024 and was the Netherlands' entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it was disqualified from the final due to Klein reportedly making "unlawful threats" to a member of the contest's production crew, prompting a police investigation that eventually led to Klein's charges being dropped. The song was the first and , only in the contest's history to be disqualified after the contest had started. The song was later included in Klein's ninth studio album, Unity (2025).
The song has been described as an ode to Europe and a "letter" to his late father, who taught him that the world has "no borders". It was met with relative praise amongst both Dutch and international media, with support for the song's message about the advocation of diversity along with the tribute to Klein's father being mentioned. "Europapa" was met with commercial success, peaking at number one on the singles charts of the Netherlands, Flanders, Latvia and Lithuania, in the process becoming the most streamed competing song of Eurovision 2024 on Spotify and YouTube.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Europapa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.