music.wikisort.org - Composition"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 performed in Swedish by the trio of brothers Herrey's, representing Sweden. Lyrics were written by Britt Lindeborg, and the tune by Torgny Söderberg. It was produced by Anders Engberg and Torgny Söderberg.
1984 song
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" |
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Country | Sweden |
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Artist(s) | - Per Herrey
- Louis Herrey
- Richard Herrey
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Lyricist(s) | Britt Lindeborg |
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Final result | 1st |
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Final points | 145 |
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◄ "Främling" (1983) |
"Bra vibrationer" (1985) ► |
The song is an upbeat 1980s-style dance song, performed by three clean-cut young men – fellow Swedish Eurovision participant Tommy Körberg famously dubbed them "the dancing deodorants" in the press, a derogatory nickname that stuck with them for the rest of their career in their home country[1] – and the nonsensical title harking back to previous entries such as "Boom Bang-a-Bang", "Ding-a-dong" and "La, la, la". The song has achieved considerable fame among Eurovision Song Contest fans, with a well-known archive of contest lyrics using the domain name diggiloo.net, named after it. Despite the reception the song receives today, in the run-up to the contest it was not an immediate favorite to win: bookmakers Ladbrokes had Ireland's "Terminal 3" and Italy's "I treni di Tozeur" as higher favourites, so the song winning came as a surprise to many.
According to author John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History, Herrey's opened the contest and thus became the third winners of the competition to sing from pole position, following Teach-In in 1975 and Brotherhood of Man in 1976. No song sung first or second has won since.[2]
The song itself deals with the lead singer discovering a pair of golden shoes in the street one day. He puts them on and immediately feels like dancing in the street, entering a "magical world". Thus, he wishes for everyone to have a pair.
The English translation, released some time after the Contest, took much the same theme, titling the song "Golden Shoes".
Richard Herrey, lead singer of the band, performed at the Congratulations special in late 2005. In 2015, all three band members performed the track with a mixture of English and Swedish lyrics at Apollo theatre in Hammersmith, London as part of the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits concert to mark the contests 60th anniversary.
The song was succeeded as winner in 1985 by Bobbysocks representing Norway with "La det swinge". The highest chart position the song reached was No. 2, in the Swedish singles chart.[citation needed] They reached No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart.[citation needed]
Track listing
- "Diggi Loo – Diggi Ley" – 3:05
- "Every Song You Sing" – 3:34
Charts
Chart (1984) |
Peak position |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) |
10 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] |
4 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] |
5 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) |
4 |
Norway (VG-lista) |
5 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) |
2 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) |
10 |
UK Singles (OCC) |
46 |
Covers
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- The Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" on their 1998 album Schlager Metal.
- Meiju Suvas has recorded a version in Finnish.
- The Danish duo Small Talk released an English cover version on their 2001 album Eurovision.
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Preceded by |
Melodifestivalen winners 1984 |
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Eurovision Song Contest winners 1984 |
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Eurovision Song Contest winners |
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1950s |
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- France
- Netherlands
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1960s |
- France
- Luxembourg
- France
- Denmark
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Austria
- United Kingdom
- Spain
- France
- Netherlands
- Spain
- United Kingdom
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1970s |
- Ireland
- Monaco
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- France
- Israel
- Israel
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1980s |
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
- Norway
- Belgium
- Ireland
- Switzerland
- Yugoslavia
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1990s |
- Italy
- Sweden
- Ireland
- Ireland
- Ireland
- Norway
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Israel
- Sweden
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2000s |
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Greece
- Finland
- Serbia
- Russia
- Norway
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2010s |
- Germany
- Azerbaijan
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Austria
- Sweden
- Ukraine
- Portugal
- Israel
- Netherlands
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1950s |
- "Refrain"
- "Net als toen"
- "Dors, mon amour"
- "'n Beetje"
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2010s |
- Julie Frost, John Gordon [da]
- Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman, Iain James Farquharson
- Thomas G:son, Peter Boström
- Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard
- Charlie Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckwoski, Julian Maas
- Anton Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb
- Jamala, Art Antonyan
- Luísa Sobral
- Doron Medalie, Stav Beger
- Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy, Will Knox
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Category
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 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest |
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Participation |
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete
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Eurovision Song Contest 1984 |
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Countries |
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Yugoslavia
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Songs |
- "100% d'amour"
- "Anna Maria Lena"
- "Aufrecht geh'n"
- "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles"
- "Avanti la vie"
- "Ciao, amore"
- "Det' lige det"
- "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
- "Einfach weg"
- "Halay"
- "Hengaillaan"
- "Ik hou van jou"
- "Lady, Lady"
- "Lenge leve livet"
- "Love Games"
- "Silêncio e tanta gente"
- "Terminal 3"
- "I treni di Tozeur"
- "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"
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Alphabetical order |
- Austria
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Israel
- Luxembourg
- Norway
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter) |
На других языках
[de] Diggi-loo Diggy-ley
Diggi-loo Diggy-ley war der Siegertitel der schwedischen Popgruppe Herrey’s beim Eurovision Song Contest 1984 und zugleich auch der größte Erfolg des Brüder-Trios.
- [en] Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
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