Wir geben 'ne Party
 "Wir geben 'ne Party" |
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|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Dorkas Kiefer,
Kati Karney, Melanie Bender |
| As | |
| Languages | |
| Composer(s) | |
| Lyricist(s) | |
| Conductor |
Norbert Daum
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
3rd
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| Final points |
128
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Viel zu weit" (1993) | |
| "Verliebt in Dich" (1995) ► | |
"Wir geben 'ne Party" ("We're Having a Party" or "We're Throwing a Party") was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in German, English by Mekado. Mekado were backed on stage by Rhonda Heath, formerly of Silver Convention, who had themselves represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, placing 8th.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following the Netherlands' Willeke Alberti with "Waar is de zon?" and preceding Slovakia's Tublatanka with "Nekonečná pieseň". At the close of voting, it had received 128 points, placing 3rd in a field of 25. According to The Official History of The Eurovision Song Contest by John Kennedy O'Connor, the group struggled with the complex choreography during rehearsals, but the performance was faultless on the night.
The song - written and composed by prolific duo Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger - is an up-tempo number (quite in contrast to the duo's traditional schlager-style offerings), so much so that recordings of the BBC broadcast feature commentator Terry Wogan describing it as "a bit of rock 'n' roll". The trio describe their plans for a party, specifically the "guys" they expect to see there and the fact that, for one of them at least, "I need a kick to have a successful evening". The song ends with a particularly rapid-fire section in which the three give one guy at the party the once-over (arguing about who he was looking at), before deciding "Better we forget them, come on let's dance".
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