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{{Short description|Finnish alternative rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Softengine
| image               = Softengine, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 08.jpg
| caption             = Softengine (2014)
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| landscape           = 
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 
| origin              = [[Seinäjoki]], [[Finland]]
| genre               = [[Alternative rock]]
| years_active        = 2011–2018
| label               = [[Sony Music]] (2014–2018)
| website             = 
| current_members     = {{Unbulleted list|Topi Latukka (born 1994)|Ossi Mäkelä|Tuomo Alarinta}}
| past_members        = {{Unbulleted list|Kasimir Kantonen|Eero Keskinen|Henri Oskár (born 1994)}}
}}

'''Softengine''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[alternative rock]] [[rock band|band]] that represented Finland in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2014]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, with their song "[[Something Better (Softengine song)|Something Better]]".<ref name="Finland">{{cite web|title=Finland: Softengine win UMK 2014|url=http://www.esctoday.com/75104/finland-softengine-win-umk-2014/|last=Lewis|first=Pete|work=Esctoday.com|access-date=1 February 2014|date=1 February 2014}}</ref> They released their debut album ''[[We Created the World]]'' in October 2014. The band's members were born between 1994 and 1997.

The first of two parts of their second studio album was released as an EP on 4 December 2015 entitled ''From Earth, From Ashes, From Dust''. It includes the release of the singles "All About You & I" and "Big Fat Bass Drums".

==Music career==

===2011–13: Formation and early beginnings===
The band was formed in the city of [[Seinäjoki]], [[Finland]] in the summer of 2011 at the cottage of the grandparents of singer/guitarist/songwriter Topi Latukka. They came to their line-up in the summer of 2013, after diligent songwriting, practising, gigging and success in band competitions.<ref>[http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=31453 Softengine – Something Better (Finland 2014) | Participant Profile | Eurovision Song Contest – Copenhagen 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326073239/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=31453 |date=2014-03-26 }}</ref>

===2013–14: Eurovision Song Contest and ''We Created the World''===
{{Main|Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|We Created the World}}
[[File:Softengine - Something Better presentation (English).webm|thumbnail|Softengine presenting themselves and Something Better at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.]]
On 10 December 2013 Softengine was revealed as one of the acts for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014. On 11 January 2014 they won their Heat to advance to the final. On 1 February 2014 Softengine were chosen to represent Finland with the song "Something Better" at the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] at the [[B&W Hallerne]] in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the [[Copenhagen City Hall]], Finland were drawn to compete in the second half of the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. In the second semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Finland would perform 8th, following [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|Lithuania]] and preceding [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|Ireland]]. They released their Eurovision song "Something Better" on 21 March 2014.<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/something-better-single/id839085651 iTunes – Music – Something Better – Single by Softengine]</ref> The song got qualified to the final with 3rd place and 97 points. At the final, they performed 18th, following [[Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|Slovenia]] and preceding [[Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|Spain]]. Their final result was 11th place with 72 points, Finland's best placing since [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|2006]]. 
In June 2014 they released a new single, called "Yellow House". 
In September 2014 it was announced that bassist Eero Keskinen would leave the band to focus on his career as a lighting technician.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/softengineband/photos/a.232762183444616.69645.217279278326240/727022780685218/?type=1 Softengine's Facebook page]</ref> 
On 3 October 2014 they brought a new single out "The Sirens", the official video was released on YouTube on the 17 October 2014. Also on 17 October 2014 they released their debut album ''[[We Created the World]]''. The debut album features 11 songs, including singles Something Better, Yellow House and The Sirens. 
"What If I?" was released as a single on 17 December 2014, along with a music video.

=== 2015 ===
The band appeared on the Finnish Eurovision selection show UMK in March 2015, to perform an acoustic version of "Something Better" followed by "The Sirens".
On 17 June 2015, the band released "All About You And I".

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br/><ref name="FIN">{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Softengine|title=Discography Softengine|publisher=Finnish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[We Created the World]]''
| 
* Released: 17 October 2014
* Label: [[Sony Music]]
* Format: Digital download, CD
| 7
|-
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br /><ref name="FIN"/>
|-
! scope="row"| ''From Earth, From Ashes, From Dust''
|
* Released: 4 December 2015
* Label: [[Sony Music]]
* Formats: [[Music download|Digital download]], [[Compact disc|CD]]
| —
|-
| colspan="20" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br/><ref name="AUT">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Softengine|title=Discographie Softengine|publisher=Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br/><ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Softengine&country=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403085542/http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Softengine&country=de|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2015|title=Discographie Softengine|publisher=German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br/><ref name="IRE">{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Softengine|title=Discography Softengine|publisher=Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="UK">Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
* For "Something Better": {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140524cluk.txt|title=CHART: CLUK Update 24.05.2014 (wk20)|publisher=Zobbel.de}}
</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Broken Reflection"
| rowspan="11" |2014
|—
|—
|—
|—
| rowspan="11" |''We Created the World''
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "In Disarray"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Narcissus"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Our Life, Our Love"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Our New Age"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Phone Call from Unknown"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Something Better (Softengine song)|Something Better]]"
| 62 || 80 || 72 || 93
|-
! scope="row" | "The Sirens"
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "What If I?"
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Yellow House"
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "All About You & I"
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| — || — || — || —
| rowspan="4" | ''From Earth, From Ashes, From Dust''
|-
! scope="row"| "Big Fat Bass Drums"
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Golden Years"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Raise a Glass"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Free Rider"
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "She Is My Messiah"
| — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|-
|}

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| before=[[Krista Siegfrids]]<br>with "[[Marry Me (Krista Siegfrids song)|Marry Me]]"
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| years=[[Eurovision Song Contest 2014|2014]]
| after=[[Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät]]<br>with "[[Aina mun pitää]]"
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