Do Re Mi (Jahn Teigen song)

"Do Re Mi" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Norwegian by Jahn Teigen.

"Do Re Mi"
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Jahn Teigen, Herodes Falsk
Conductor
Sigurd Jansen
Finals performance
Final result
9th
Final points
53
Entry chronology
◄ "Adieu" (1982)   
"Lenge leve livet" (1984) ►

The song celebrates the simple joy of making music, with Teigen singing about the sound of the scale itself. He urges his listeners to combine their voices as one and sing the familiar octave together. One of the chorus girls supposed to be Wencke Myhre, who resigned in order to participate in the German preselection of 1983 instead. She was replaced by Anita Skorgan.

The song was performed second on the night, following France's Guy Bonnet with "Vivre" and preceding the United Kingdom's Sweet Dreams with "I'm Never Giving Up". At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20.

It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1984 contest by Dollie de Luxe with "Lenge leve livet".

Chart positions
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista)[1] 2

References
  1. "Do Re Me". Norwegiancharts. 1983. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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