Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley

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Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 performed in Swedish by Herreys.

The song is often used to demonstrate everything wrong with the Contest, as it is a very upbeat 80s-style dance song, performed by three impossibly clean-cut young men. Further, the title is absolute nonsense, harking back to previous entries such as Boom Bang-a-Bang, Ding-A-Dong and La La La. Nevertheless, it has achieved considerable fame among Contest fans, with the most well-known archive of Contest lyrics owning the domain diggiloo.net.

The song itself deals with the lead singer discovering a pair of golden shoes one day in the city. He puts them on and immediately feels uplifted and enters a "magical world". Thus, he wishes for everyone to have a pair.
The English translation, released some time after the Contest, took much the same theme, titling the song "Golden Shoes".

Richard Herrey, lead singer of the band, performed at the Congratulations special in late 2005.

The song was succeeded as winner in 1985 by Bobbysocks representing Norway with La Det Swinge.

Preceded by Främling by Carola Häggkvist	Melodifestivalen winners 1984	Succeeded by Bra vibrationer by Kikki Danielsson
Preceded by Si la vie est cadeau by Corinne Hermès	Eurovision Song Contest winners 1984	Succeeded by La det swinge by Bobbysocks