No no never
No no never | |
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Texas Lightning | |
publication | March 26, 2006 |
length | 3:00 |
Genre (s) | Country |
Author (s) | Jane Comerford |
album | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch ... |
No No Never is a country song by the German group Texas Lightning from 2006. The band competed for Germany with the title as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens . The song received 36 points and took 15th place. With a chart listing of 38 weeks, No No Never is the second most successful Eurovision song in Germany since 1959.
Background information
The piece was written by the band's singer, Jane Comerford . In the German preliminary round , Texas Lightning competed against Thomas Anders and Vicky Leandros and won the majority of the audience. The song sings of unshakable love for a person.
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The rather unusual choice of a country songs for the contest and, referring to the venue of Athens ( English Athens ) was the BBC commentator Terry Wogan asked the question: "Are we in Athens, Georgia ?" ( "Are we in the city of Athens landed in the US state of Georgia? ").
Scoring for Germany:
Points | number | countries |
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12 points | 0 × | |
10 points | 0 × | |
8 points | 0 × | |
7 points | 1 × | Switzerland |
6 points | 0 × | |
5 points | 3 × | Great Britain , Spain , Albania |
4 points | 0 × | |
3 points | 4 × | Denmark , Latvia , Ireland , the Netherlands |
2 points | 0 × | |
1 point | 2 × | Belgium , Norway |
0 points | 27 × | Slovenia , Romania , Andorra , Portugal , Sweden , Finland , Hungary , Serbia and Montenegro , Estonia , Malta , Lithuania , Cyprus , Ukraine , Russia , Poland , Armenia , France , Belarus , Moldova , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Iceland , Monaco , Israel , Greece , Bulgaria , Macedonia , Turkey |
Chart successes
No No Never was able to achieve great sales success in the German-speaking charts. The single went platinum.
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 1 (38 weeks) | 38 |
Austria (Ö3) | 4th (34 weeks) | 34 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 6th (34 weeks) | 34 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ hitparade.ch
- ↑ songcontest.ch
- ↑ songcontest.ch
- ↑ Most successful Eurovision title ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. chartsurfer.de, accessed on November 24, 2012
- ↑ hitparade.ch
- ^ ARD: The German preliminary decision 2006 - 50 years of the Grand Prix
- ↑ BBC - Eurovision Song Contest 2006
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Final - Scoreboard. eurovision.tv, May 20, 2006; Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ musikindustrie.de
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Run & Hide ( Gracia ) |
Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |
Women rule the world ( Roger Cicero ) |