About Spirit in the Sky

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by Norwegian music group KEiiNO. It was released as a digital download and for streaming on 25 January 2019 as the lead single from their debut studio album OKTA. It represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was performed during the second semi-final on 16 May 2019, and qualified for the final. It placed first in the televote with 291 points but finished in sixth place with 331 points overall.

The song is an uptempo number, inspired by 80s disco and dance music, which has been described as dance-pop,[4][5][6] electropop, yoik, and Sami folk music. It is about the struggles for equal rights regardless of ethnicity, gender identity and sexuality, given their long struggle in pursuit of equal rights. The music video of "Spirit in the Sky" was released on 4 April 2019. It contains some lyrics in the Northern Sami language, ?ajet dan ?uovgga ("Show me the light") and the non-lexical vocables, He lå e loi la as part of the yoiking segment.