Israel: A snippet from the music video of “October Rain”!

“Hurricane“, Israel’s entry for Eurovision 2024 was released a couple weeks ago. As is widely known, “Hurricane” is the modified version of “October Rain“, which was originally submitted to EBU and was rejected due to its political overtones.

Given the short amount of time available to film a music video, the filming was done using the original version, and when “Hurricane” was officially approved, it was changed to include the new lyrics.

Therefore, Mako released the music video of “October Rain” without the changes made, which is now known as “Hurricane“.

As you can realize, the instrumental remains the same, but the lyrics change. Specifically the lyric:

We got nothing to hide

now is

I got nothing to hide

the word “flowers” is now “empowers”

and most importantly,

Babe promise me that never again, i’ m still wet from this October rain

is replaced by:

i’m still broken from this hurricane.

There were more changes made to the lyrics of the song, in the pre-chorus as the original lyrics were “Life is no game for the cowards”, and now is “Life is no game but it’s ours”.

The lyrics of “October Rain”

Hours and hours and flowers
Life is no game for the cowards
Why does time go wild
Every day I’m losing my mind
Holding on in this mysterious ride

Dancing in the storm
We got nothing to hide
Take me home
And leave the world behind
And I promise you that never again
I’m still wet from this October rain
October rain

Living in a fantasy
Ecstasy
Everything’s meant to be
We shall pass but love will never die

Hours and hours and flowers
Life is no game for the cowards
Why does time go wild
Every day I’m loosing my mind
Holding on in this mysterious ride

Dancing in the storm
We got nothing to hide
Take me home
And leave the world behind
And I promise you that never again
I’m still wet from this October rain
October rain

Israel currently sits on the eight place of the betting odds, while “Hurricane’s” music video has received almost three million views on YouTube. Eden Golan will perform at the second half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also watch EurovisionFun’s reaction video on “Hurricane“, below:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: Mako