Birds " is a song recorded by Dutch singer Anouk , released as the first single from her eighth studio album '' Sad Singalong Songs '' ( 2013 ) . The song was written by Anouk Teeuwe and composed by Tore Johansson , Martin Gjerstad and Anouk Teeuwe . It is best known as the Netherlands ' entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö , Sweden . The song competed in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 for and managed to qualify for a spot in the final on 18 May 2013 , the Netherlands ' first qualification in 9 years , where Anouk achieved 9th place in a field of 39 ; the best result for the Netherlands since the 1999 competition
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Birds (Anouk song)