Sing Me A Song
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| Sing Me A Song | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1983 entry | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Artist(s) | Bernadette Kraakman |
| As | Bernadette |
| Language | Dutch |
| Composer(s) | Piet Souer |
| Lyricist(s) | Martin Duiser |
| Place | 7th |
| Points | 66 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Sing Me A Song was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Dutch (with the exception of the English of the title) by Bernadette.
The song is a plea for global unity. Bernadette asks her listeners to "sing me a song" - of any type - in the hope that the entire world will be able to join in. Importantly, however, she also asks her listeners to sing a song "About your country/How it is there and what do you do over there?", suggesting that unity can be achieved just as well through an understanding of other countries as it can by adopting a larger culture.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Greece's Christie Stassinopoulou with Mu Les and preceding Yugoslavia's Danijel with Džuli). At the close of voting, it had received 66 points, placing 7th in a field of 20.
It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1984 Contest by Maribelle with Ik Hou Van Jou.
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