- Weil's dr guat got
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Austria "Weil's Dr Guat Got"
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year = 1996
country = Austria
artist = George Nussbaumer
as =
with =
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languages = Vorarlbergish
composer = Mischa Krausz,
George Nussbaumer
lyricist = Mischa Krausz,
George Nussbaumer
conductor = Mischa Krausz
place = 10th
points = 68
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1996at from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk1TZGOuTpE from YouTube]
prev = Die Welt Dreht Sich Verkehrt
prev_link = Die Welt Dreht Sich Verkehrt
next = One Step
next_link = One Step"Weil's Dr Guat Got" (English translation: "Because You Feel Good") was the Austrian representative at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1996 , performed in Vorarlbergish (a dialect ofAustrian German ) byGeorge Nussbaumer .The song was performed eighth on the night (following
Croatia 'sMaja Blagdan withSveta ljubav and precedingSwitzerland 'sKathy Leander withMon Cœur L'Aime ). At the close of voting, it had received 68 points, placing 10th in a field of 23.The song is remarkable for being the second occasion on which Austria would be represented in a dialect of German (the first being
Marianne Mendt with "Musik" in 1971).The song itself is about the enjoyment to be had in the world when everything is going well. Unusually, it is performed in an up-tempo gospel-influenced style. Nussbaumer leads the song on a piano, with a series of backing singers providing appropriate responses.
It was succeeded as Austrian representative at the 1997 Contest by
Bettina Soriat singing "One Step ".
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