- Sing Me a Song
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Netherlands Sing Me A Song
caption =
year = 1983
country = Netherlands
artist = Bernadette Kraakman
as = Bernadette
with =
language = Dutch
languages =
composer =Piet Souer
lyricist = Martin Duiser
conductor =Piet Souer
place = 7th
points = 66
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1983nl from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
prev = Jij En Ik
prev_link = Jij En Ik
next = Ik Hou Van Jou
next_link = Ik Hou Van Jou"Sing Me A Song" was the Dutch entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 , performed in Dutch (with the exception of the English of the title) by Bernadette.The song is a plea for global unity. Bernadette asks her listeners to "sing me a song" - of any type - in the hope that the entire world will be able to join in. Importantly, however, she also asks her listeners to sing a song "About your country/How it is there and what do you do over there?", suggesting that unity can be achieved just as well through an understanding of other countries as it can by adopting a larger culture.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following
Greece 'sChristie Stassinopoulou with "Mu Les " and precedingYugoslavia 's Danijel with "Džuli "). At the close of voting, it had received 66 points, placing 7th in a field of 20.It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1984 Contest by
Maribelle with "Ik Hou Van Jou ".
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