We Could Be the Same

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We Could Be the Same is a song by Turkish nu-metal band maNga that served as Turkey's entry in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. The contest took place on May 29, 2010, at Fornebu/Bærum near Oslo.

The announcement of maNga as Turkey's representative came in January 2010, with the band already preparing their song suggestions. In February, they submitted three English-language song proposals to TRT, a Turkish television channel that selects the participating entry for the competition. The chosen song was We Could Be the Same, which would go on to represent Turkey at Eurovision.

The lyrics and music of the song were written by maNga's lead vocalists Ferman Akgül and Evren Özdemir. The CD single, produced by Sony Music Entertainment, was released on October 20, 2010. It became available as a download single on March 3, 2010.

At the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2010, We Could Be the Same finished second with 170 points, narrowly missing out on first place to Romania's entry. The song received strong support from various countries, including Azerbaijan (12 points), France (12 points), and Croatia (12 points). In total, maNga secured twelve points each from these three countries.

The point distribution for Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was as follows: 12 points from Azerbaijan, Croatia, and France; 10 points from Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, and the United Kingdom; 8 points from Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania, Albania; 7 points from no country; 6 points from Belgium, Estonia, Denmark; 5 points from Georgia and Sweden; 4 points from Lithuania; 3 points from Belarus, Finland, Switzerland, Spain, Serbia; 2 points from Slovenia and Norway; one point from Ireland; and no points from Armenia, Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia.