Rock Me (Riva song)

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Yugoslavia "Rock Me"


caption =
year = 1989
country = Yugoslavia
artist = Riva
genre =
language = Serbo-Croatian
languages =
composer = Rajko Dujmić
lyricist = Stevo Cvikić
conductor = Nikica Kalogjera
place = 1st
points = 137
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1989yu from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Mangup
prev_link = Mangup (song)
next = Hajde da ludujemo
next_link = Hajde da ludujemo

"Rock Me" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by Riva, representing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the first and only time that this country would win the Contest.

The song was performed in Serbo-Croatian and its topic is a pianist who performs very well (as well as "Mozart, Chopin and Liszt") and is asked by the singer to play something danceable.

During the BBC broadcast of the Congratulations special in late 2005, the commentator remarked that the title of the song can be heard roughly every ten seconds throughout it. This song's victory has brought the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 to Zagreb's Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Its success pushed Yugoslav rock into the international news in May 1989, particularly since the song's small town orgins showed that rock 'n' roll in Yugoslovia was not monopolized by the big Yugoslovia cities. [cite book |title= Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic|last= Ramet|first= Sabrina P.|year= 2002|publisher= Westview Press|location= |isbn= 0813339057|pages= 145|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=7IK8us1frhAC&pg=PA145&dq=Rock+Me+(Riva+song)&sig=ACfU3U1eIO8G6QjxEs5sYf3x9ix6ETPj3w#PPA145,M1]

Riva's frontress Emilija Kokić continued to appear in various shows but had no significant success after the 1990 victory.

The song was succeeded as winner in 1990 by Toto Cutugno representing Italy with .

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