- Tausend Fenster
"Tausend Fenster" (English translation: "Thousands of Windows"), was the Austrian entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1968 , performed in German byKarel Gott . The song was written byUdo Jürgens who also recorded his own version at about the same time.Karel Gott , on the other hand, also recorded a Czech version of "Tausend Fenster".The song was performed fourth on the night (following
Belgium 'sClaude Lombard with "Quand Tu Reviendras " and precedingLuxembourg 'sChris Baldo andSophie Garel with "Nous Vivrons D'Amour "). At the close of voting, it had received 2 points, placing equal 13th in a field of 17.The song is a dramatic "chanson", in which Gott remarks on the isolating effects of modern life before suggesting that the lonely person in the next apartment may be the person you're meant to be with.
Following the victory by
Spain 'sMassiel with "La La La ", Austria opted out of the 1969 Contest in protest against the Franco regime. The chaotic result of the that Contest (in which four songs shared first place) led them to skip the 1970 Contest as well. Thus, the song was succeeded as Austrian representative in the 1971 Contest byMarianne Mendt singing "Musik".
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