Mil Etter Mil

Mil Etter Mil

Infobox ESC entry
song = "Mil Etter Mil"


caption =
year = 1978
country = Norway
artist = Jahn Teigen
as =
with =
language = Norwegian
languages =
composer = Kai Eide
lyricist = Kai Eide
conductor = Carsten Klouman
place = 20th
points = 0
place_semi =
points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1978no from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
prev = "Casanova"
prev_link = Casanova (song)
next = "Oliver"
next_link = Oliver (song)

"Mil Etter Mil" (English translation: "Mile After Mile") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Norwegian by Jahn Teigen.

The song is a ballad, with Teigen describing his long journey to find someone and telling this person that he simply cannot walk any further - having walked "mile after mile" already.

By all accounts, Teigen did not like Egil Monn-Iversen's brass-dominated jazz arrangement; when the song was issued as a record a few weeks after the contest, it was in a rock version with more drums and guitar, a bit of strings and no brass. This version was recorded in Norwegian and English, it was a huge hit in Norway and was also issued in many other countries. Teigen also recorded a mock-Russian version on his best-selling comedy album "Brakara" with the group Prima Vera; this version had most of the guitars mixed out.

The song was performed second on the night (following Ireland's Colm C. T. Wilkinson with "Born To Sing" and preceding Italy's Ricchi e Poveri with Questo amore). At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded "nul points", placing 20th (last) in a field of 20.

It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1979 Contest by Anita Skorgan (Teigen's then-wife) with "Oliver".


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