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Cesár Sampson

Cesár Sampson will represent Austria at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Nobody But You'.

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Cesár Sampson isn’t unknown in Austria's domestic music scene. At the age of seventeen he started touring the world as lead singer for some of Austria’s most internationally acclaimed alternative music acts; Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sofa Surfers and Louie Austen. He then moved behind the scenes of the music business as a songwriter, lyricist and vocal producer.

Cesár Sampson and the Eurovision Song Contest have already proven a success story. As a member of Symphonix International he was part of the Vienna-based producers collective that led Bulgaria to their historic fourth and second places in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In December 2017, Austria's broadcaster ORF revealed that Cesár would represent the country at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

The idea and the first demo for Nobody But You came from Cesár Sampson and Sebastian Arman. Cesár said: "Once we had finally found the songs core, and defining theme, the other three members of Symphonix — Joacim Persson, Borislav Milanov and Johan Alkenäs — came in one by one and contributed exactly what they do best." The result: "A song that on the one hand contains my soul and my story and, on the other, listeners will relate to."

About the song writers and composers 

The authors of the music and lyrics of the song, Nobody But You, are Sebastian Arman, Cesár Sampson, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenäs and Borislav Milanov.

They have achieved significant success and acquired great experience with a number of Eurovision entries. Over the years they have worked together as well as separately, for artists such as Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Jonas Brothers, Tokio Hotel, Mary J. Blige, Iyaz, Selena Gomez, Armin Van Buren, Alexandra Stan and Lariss — to name just a few.

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Lyrics of Nobody But You

Lord I’m gonna get so high tonight
I’m gonna let the floodgates open wide
I’m in open water
This is what I need
And though I try to get you off my mind

And I get no sleep
I’m in too deep
I can’t let you leave

It wouldn’t be right letting you go running away from love
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto
So am I wrong giving my all making you stay tonight?
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto

Lord, I’m gonna bring you back tonight
Oh you’re running circles round my mind
After your words have been my bible
How could I search for someone new?
When I really want you by my side

And I get no sleep
I’m in too deep
I can’t let you leave

It wouldn’t be right letting you go running away from love
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto
So am I wrong giving my all making you stay tonight?
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto

Don’t make me tear my heart out
I’m shaking till I fall down
Don’t make me tear my heart out
Don’t make me tear my heart out
I’m shaking till I fall down
Don’t make me tear my heart out

It wouldn’t be right letting you go running away
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto
So am I wrong giving my all making you stay tonight?
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto
It wouldn’t be right letting you go running away from love
Ain’t nobody but you I can hold onto
Ain’t nobody but you