Young day

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Young day
Gitte Hænning
publication 1973
length 3:15
Genre (s) Bat
Author (s) Günther-Eric Thöner , Stephan Lego

Young day was the German contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 , which was sung in German by the Danish singer Gitte Hænning . At the end of the vote, he had received 85 points and finished 8th in a field of 17 contributions.

background

The hit won the preliminary decision Ein Lied für Luxemburg . At the Song Contest he reached 8th place.

Hænning was the third of three Scandinavian pop singers who represented Germany in the competition in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first was the Norwegian Wencke Myhre in 1968 with Ein Hoch der Liebe and the second was the Swede Siw Malmkvist with prima ballerina in 1969.

Music and lyrics

The melancholy of the night is described in minor , while the major (with the beginning of the rhythm) depicts the new day, which offers new experiences.

The song has also been recorded in other languages ​​by Hænning; in Danish, their mother tongue ( Unge Dag ), English ( Hello Today ), French ( Nouveau Jour ) and Spanish ( El nuevo sol ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ESC 1973 at eurovision.de
  2. Young day at diggiloo.net
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