La det swinge

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La det swinge
Eurovision Song Contest 1985 entry
Country	Norway
Artist(s)	Hanne Krogh Sundbø ("Hanne Krogh"), Elisabeth Andreassen
As	Bobbysocks
Language	Norwegian
Composer(s)	Rolf Løvland
Lyricist(s)	Rolf Løvland
Place	1st
Points	123
Lyrics	from Diggiloo Thrush

"Let It Swing/La det swinge"

Single by Bobbysocks
from the album Bobbysocks
Released	1985
Format	gramophone record
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop
Length	2:50
Label	Bahama Records
Writer(s)	Rolf Løvland
Producer(s)	Torgny Söderberg
Certification	(unknown)
Chart positions
1st (Norway)
Bobbysocks singles chronology
(none)	"Let It Swing/La det swinge" (1985)	"Waiting for the Morning" (1986)

La det swinge is a song in Norwegian. The Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks, consisting of Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh sang it, and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 for Norway. The song is particularly well-known by Norwegian fans, as it represented their country's first ever Contest victory (Norway holds the unwanted distinction of having failed to score a point most often). It is also generally considered one of the stronger songs to have won the Contest.

Performed in Norwegian, the song is a tribute to dancing to old music heard on the radio. Befitting the subject matter, the song itself is written in a more old-fashioned manner than other Eurovision entries of the same time, with a memorable saxophone melody setting the chorus off.

The song was performed thirteenth on the night (following Italy's Al Bano and Romina Power with Magic Oh Magic and preceding the United Kingdom's Vicki Watson with Love Is...). At the close of voting, it had received 123 points, placing 1st in a field of 19

It was succeeded as winner in 1986 by "J'aime La Vie", performed for Belgium by Sandra Kim.

It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1986 Contest by Ketil Stokkan with Romeo.

[edit] Single

On the single record, the Norwegian language version was on one side, and the English language version on the other side. The English language version is Let It Swing.