Halayla
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| Halayla | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 entry | |
| Country | Israel |
| Artist(s) | Hakol Over Habibi |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Composer(s) | Shuki Levy |
| Lyricist(s) | Shulamit Dor, Yuval Dor |
| Place | 7th |
| Points | 56 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Halayla (Hebrew script: הלילה, English translation: "Tonight") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Hebrew by Hakol Over Habibi.
The song is a dramatic ballad, with the singer describing what will happen between herself and a lover "tonight". The exact details are left unsaid, but she sings, for example, that "We'll say things that we've never said before/Tonight, tonight, it will be the night", implying a level of intimacy which the couple had not previously achieved.
The song was performed fifth on the night (following Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with C'Est Peut-Être Pas L'Amérique and preceding Denmark's Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach with Krøller Eller Ej). At the close of voting, it had received 56 points, placing 7th in a field of 20.
It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1982 Contest by Avi Toledano with Hora.
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