- Wadde hadde dudde da?
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song = flagicon|Germany Wadde hadde dudde da?
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year = 2000
country = Germany
artist =Stefan Raab
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language = German
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composer =Stefan Raab
lyricist =Stefan Raab
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place = 6th
points = 96
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2000de Lyrics]
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prev = Reise Nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat
prev_link = Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat
next = Wer Liebe Lebt
next_link = Wer Liebe lebt"Wadde hadde dudde da?" (A kind of mixture of some different
German dialects related to the German expression "Was hast Du denn da?", English translation: "What do you have there?") was the German entry in theEurovision Song Contest 2000 , performed in an inventeddialect of German byStefan Raab . The song was the fifteenth performed on the night, followingDenmark 'sOlsen Brothers with "Fly on the Wings of Love " and precedingSwitzerland 'sJane Bogaert with "La vita cos'e ". At the close of voting, it had received 96 points, placing fifth in a field of 24.The idea of the song could have come from Raab's show
TV total , where a short snippet from another TV-show shows a woman with her dog, which carries something in its mouth to her. In a childish cutesy dialect she asks the dog what he has there (in its mouth), hence the "Wadde hadde dudde da?".Raab had previously written and composed
Guildo Horn 's "Guildo hat Euch lieb! " in the 1998 Contest, and "Wadde hadde dudde da?" is in a similar vein. The song opens with a monologue delivered in English and German in which Raab is described as "the sensational super sack of German television." Another voice explains in German that Raab had gone to America and promised "If I make it there"/"I'm never coming back to Germany again".Raab's own appearance consists of a rapid-fire hip-hop-inspired delivery of tongue twisters in an invented German dialect on the general theme of questions about what "he has there". After the opening linces, a female vocalists asks in broken English "I am so curious, I just wanna know what you there have?" (a reference to German word order). It is never revealed what Raab has there, but the final line "Oh my God", implies that it is something surprising.
The performance at the Contest was flamboyant, with Raab and his guitarists dressed in cowboy hats, and the six-person ensemble all wearing bright yellow clothing. An excerpt of the performance appeared in a montage of "Unforgettable Performances" at the Congratulations special in late 2005. It was succeeded as German representative at the 2001 Contest by Michelle with "
Wer Liebe lebt ".
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