Stemmen I Mit Liv

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Denmark "Stemmen I Mit Liv"


caption =
year = 1997
country = Denmark
artist = Kølig Kaj
as =
language = Danish
composer = Lars Pedersen
lyricist = Thomas Lægård
conductor =
place = 16th
points = 25
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1997dk Lyrics]
clip =
prev = "Fra Mols Til Skagen"
prev_year = 1995
prev_link = Fra Mols Til Skagen
next = "This Time I Mean It"
next_year = 1999
next_link = This Time I Mean It

"Stemmen I Mit Liv" (English translation: "The Voice In My Life") was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Danish by Kølig Kaj.
The song was performed twenty-first on the night (following Russia's Alla Pugacheva with "Primadonna" and preceding France's Fanny with "Sentiments Songes"). At the close of voting, it had received 25 points, placing 16th in a field of 25.

The song deals with the singer's difficulties in speaking to the object of his affections. The lyrics are ambiguous as to whether this is a real person or a voice on a phone sex line (Des Mangan takes the latter view).

Due to the poor placement, Denmark was not invited to take part in the 1998 Contest. Thus, the song was succeeded as Danish representative at the 1999 Contest by Michael Teschl & Trine Jepsen with "This Time I Mean It".

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