Esta Balada Que Te Dou

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song = "Esta Balada Que Te Dou"


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year = 1983
country = Portugal
artist = Armando António Capelo Dinis da Gama
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language = Portuguese
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composer = Armando António Capelo Dinis da Gama
lyricist = Armando António Capelo Dinis da Gama
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place = 13th
points = 33
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1983pt from Diggiloo Thrush]
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"Esta Balada Que Te Dou" (English translation: "This Ballad That I Give You") was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Portuguese by Armando Gama.

The song, as the title suggests, is a piano-driven ballad. Gama describes the end of a relationship, all the while dedicating "this ballad" to his former lover and explaining that there is nothing wrong with being sad.

The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following Israel's Ofra Haza with "Khay" and preceding Austria's Westend with "Hurricane"). At the close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing 13th in a field of 20.

It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1984 Contest by Maria Guinot with "Silêncio E Tanta Gente".

Critics have pointed out the eery similarity of its chorus with that of Paul Simon's hit "Still Crazy After All These Years". [See the song sang by a contestant in the 11 December, 2007 gala of the Operação Triunfo TV show (portuguese version of Star Academy) at http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=1AlW_Ie1hAo]

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