Weil's Dr Guat Got
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Weil's Dr Guat Got (English translation: "Because You Feel Good") was the Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Vorarlbergish (a dialect of Austrian German) by George Nussbaumer.
The song was performed eighth on the night (following Croatia's Maja Blagdan with Sveta Ljubav and preceding Switzerland's Kathy Leander with Mon Cœur L'Aime). At the close of voting, it had received 68 points, placing 10th in a field of 23.
The song is remarkable for being the second occasion on which Austria would be represented in a dialect of German (the first being Marianne Mendt with Musik in 1971).
The song itself is about the enjoyment to be had in the world when everything is going well. Unusually, it is performed in an up-tempo gospel-influenced style. Nussbaumer leads the song on a piano, with a series of backing singers providing appropriate responses.
It was succeeded as Austrian representative at the 1997 Contest by Bettina Soriat singing One Step.
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