Hurricane (Westend song)

"Hurricane"
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 entry
Country	Austria
Artist(s)	Gary Lux, Hans Christian Wagner, Bernhard Rabitsch, Peter Vieweger, Patricia Tandien
As	Westend
Language	German
Composer(s)	Peter Vieweger
Lyricist(s)	Heli Deinboek, Heinz Nessizius
Conductor	Richard Österreicher
Finals performance
Final result	9th
Final points	53
Appearance chronology
◄ "Sonntag" (1982)
"Einfach weg" (1984) ►

"Hurricane" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in German by Westend.

The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Portugal's Armando Gama with "Esta balada que te dou" and preceding Belgium's Pas de Deux with "Rendez-vous". At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 entries.

The song is an up-tempo number, in which the band sings about being without the object of their affections and likens this condition to being in a hurricane.

It was succeeded as Austrian representative in the 1984 contest by Anita singing "Einfach weg".

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1983   Countries Final France Norway United Kingdom Sweden Italy Turkey Spain Switzerland Finland Greece Netherlands Yugoslavia Cyprus Germany Denmark Israel Portugal Austria Belgium Luxembourg (winner)   Artists Final Guy Bonnet Jahn Teigen Sweet Dreams Carola Häggkvist Riccardo Fogli Çetin Alp & the Short Waves Remedios Amaya Mariella Farré Ami Aspelund Christie Stasinopoulou Bernadette Danijel Stavros & Constantina Hoffmann & Hoffmann Gry Johansen Ofra Haza Armando Gama Westend Pas de Deux Corinne Hermès   Songs Final "Vivre" "Do Re Mi" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Främling" "Per Lucia" "Opera" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Io così non ci sto" "Fantasiaa" "Mou Les" "Sing Me a Song" "Džuli" "I Agapi Akoma Zi" "Rücksicht" "Kloden drejer" "Hi" "Esta balada que te dou" "Hurricane" "Rendez-vous" "Si la vie est cadeau" (Note: All information are in order of appearance)