"Melodies of Hope" is a song by German singer-songwriter Patty Gurdy. With the pop song, Gurdy takes part in the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Unser Lied für Liverpool. Creation and publication Gurdy was affected by the 2021 European floods and lost her apartment and her studio as well as almost all the equipment. With the support of her fan base, a recording studio was set up again in a short time. This development, but also various crises of the current time (e.g. the war in Ukraine) is processed in the lyrics of her song. The first musical beginnings of the song came about during a stay abroad in Edinburgh. Together with her producer Hannes Braun, the entire song was created within a day. Gurdy herself describes the song as Celtic folk pop. When the work was published, Gurdy was already involved in the selection process for the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The song was released, as was the music video, on 23 November 2022. Gurdy herself was responsible for the post-production of the video. Musical structure The song contains two verses and a chorus, which is sung once after the first and second verse. The chorus after the second verse is followed by a bridge before the song concludes after another repeat of the chorus. Musically, the use of the instrument, the hurdy-gurdy, should be emphasized. It is used stylistically at the beginning of the song, after the first and second repeat of the chorus, and at the end of the song. References 2022 in German music 2022 songs 2022 singles English-language German songs