We Could Be the Same

"We Could Be the Same"^[1] (Turkish: Aynı Olabiliriz) is a song by Turkish band maNga. It represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo, placing second.

"We Could Be the Same"
Single by maNga
Released	3 March 2010 (digital download) 20 May 2010 (CD single)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Industrial rock alternative rock
Length	3:01
Label	Sony Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	maNga Evren Özdemir Fiona Movery Akinci
MaNga singles chronology
"Cevapsız Sorular" (2009) "We Could Be the Same" (2010) "Fly to Stay Alive" (2010)
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 entry
Country	Turkey
Artist(s)	maNga
Language	English
Composer(s)	Yağmur Sarıgül Ferman Akgül Özgür Can Öney Efe Yılmaz Cem Bahtiyar
Lyricist(s)	Evren Özdemir Yağmur Sarıgül Ferman Akgül Fiona Movery Akinci
Finals performance
Semi-final result	1st
Semi-final points	118
Final result	2nd
Final points	170
Entry chronology
◄ "Düm Tek Tek" (2009)
"Live It Up" (2011) ►
Official performance video
"We Could Be the Same" on YouTube

maNga in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

There are 3 versions available on official CD single, called as Brussels (Eurovision version), Istanbul (Single version), and Stockholm (Extended version).

Selection

On 7 January 2010, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) announced that it had internally selected maNga as its representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.^[2][3] In February 2010, maNga submitted three songs to TRT, all of them in English.^[4][5] TRT announced "We Could Be the Same" as the selected song on 3 March.^[6][7]

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed on the Bosphorus Strait opposite the Golden Horn on board an oil tanker. Then unknown top model Zeynep Arı appears in the video.

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8]	29
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	56
Turkey (Türkiye Single Top 100)[10]	1
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[11]	129

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010