Planet of Blue
| Planet of Blue | |
|---|---|
| Leon | |
| publication | 1996 |
| length | 4:12 |
| Genre (s) | Eurodance |
| Author (s) |
Hanne Haller Anna Rubach |
| album | Leon |
Planet of Blue is the German contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 , which was actually supposed to be presented by the singer Leon at the final of the contest. However, the title could not qualify for the final. The song was written by Hanne Haller and Anna Rubach . Hanne Haller was also behind the production of the title.
Song content
The song describes how an astronaut travels into space to see the world from there.
Background information
The singer Leon was still an unknown artist in 1996 and sent a demo cassette to Hanne Haller . Shortly thereafter, he was a participant in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 called A Little Happiness and won it with the song Planet of Blue with 37.9% of the votes.
However, Germany had previously reached last place in 1995 with the title In Love with You by Stone & Stone . In addition, however, 30 countries applied to participate in the ESC and thus an internal decision was made as to who is allowed to participate in the final and who is not. The ARD declined this year to the broadcast of the Euro Vision Song Contest and moved them instead to the station NDR . The program was commented on by Ulf Ansorge , whose comments caused negative reactions from viewers.
Already one year later, in 1997, Leon tried again to take part in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Schein (My Little Flashlight) and achieved 2nd place with 13.0% of the votes.
Chart successes
The song was able to place itself in the charts of the television program ZDF-Hitparade: Schlager des Jahres with Uwe Hübner . Otherwise there was no entry in the official charts.
Versions
- Planet of Blue (Radio Version), 4:00
- Planet of Blue (TV Version), 3:00
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Leon&titel=Planet+Of+Blue&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Leon&titel=Planet+Of+Blue&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/DV1996.htm
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Leon&titel=Planet+Of+Blue&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.diggiloo.net/?1996de00
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 15, 2012 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.
- ↑ http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/DV1996.htm
- ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=310#Scoreboard
- ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/geschichte/oslo201.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2016 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2016 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.
- ↑ http://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/DV1997.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 15, 2012 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.
- ↑ Leon - Planet Of Blue
