"Hengaillaan" was the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then...

, performed in Finnish

Finnish language

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 by Kirka.

The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Turkey

Turkey

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's Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra with "Halay

Halay (song)

"Halay" was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Turkish by Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra.The song was performed fifteenth on the night...

" and preceding Switzerland

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's Rainy Day with "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?

Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?

"Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?" was the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in German by Rainy Day....

". At the close of voting, it had received 46 points, placing 9th in a field of 19.

The song is one of the biggest hits of Kirka. Though Kirka's career as a singer began in 1967, the LP-album called "Hengaillaan" was his first album which sold gold in Finland. The song is still very popular also in Finnish karaokebars and in "finnhits"-discos.

The song is sung as a suggestion to a fellow traveller that, instead of finding accommodation for the night, the pair "hang around the [train] station" until the morning - when their train leaves at 5:30am. Ultimately, however, they miss that train as well. Kirka also recorded the song in English, then under the title "C'mon Let's Boogie".

It was succeeded as Finnish representative

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1985 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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 by Sonja Lumme

Sonja Lumme

Sonja Lumme is a singer in Finland who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which she sang Eläköön elämä. She got 59 points and came 9th place overall. Lumme made further attempts to represent Finland, partticipating in the 1988 Finnish final and in 1989, she came fifth...

 with "Eläköön elämä

Eläköön Elämä

"Eläköön elämä" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed in Finnish by Sonja Lumme. The song was composed by Petri Laaksonen....

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