Mickey Joe Harte

Mickey Harte
Birth name	Michael Joseph Harte
Also known as	MJ
Born	1973 Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
Genres	Pop Pop rock
Occupations	Singer Songwriter
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Swerve Music Ltd.
Website	Official site
Notable instruments
Guitar

Michael Joseph (Mickey Joe) Harte (born 1973) or now simply known as Mickey Harte is a professional singer-songwriter from Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland. He was chosen to represent Ireland in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest^[1] with "We've Got the World" (written by Martin Brannigan and Keith Molloy). He won this through telephone votes by viewers of the Raidió Teilifís Éireann reality show, "You're A Star", which set records for Irish TV ratings over the period of November 2002 to March 2003.

"We've Got the World" reached #1 on the Irish singles chart.

In 2006, he released his third studio album "Live and Learn". In 2003, he recorded a cover version of Beyoncé Knowles's Crazy In Love for Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1, and in 2004 a cover version of Eamon's Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back) (albeit without the Fuck It part).

Other You're A Star Winners

• Chris Doran
• Donna and Joseph McCaul
• Lucia Evans

References

1. ^ Barclay, Simon. Eurovision Song Contest - The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. Simon Barclay. pp. 116–. ISBN 9781445784151. http://books.google.com/books?id=BfuBF7fOnyoC&pg=PA116. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Gary O'Shaughnessy with "Without Your Love"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003	Succeeded by Chris Doran with "If My World Stopped Turning"

Persondata
Name	Harte, Mickey Joe
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Date of birth	1973
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