Hullu Yö
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"Hullu yö" 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 1991
Eurovision Song Contest 1991
The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1991 in Rome. Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from Sanremo to Rome, which was perceived to be more secure....

, performed in Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 by Kaija
Kaija Kärkinen
Kaija Kärkinen is a Finnish singer and actress. She started her career in Lato-group as a soloist. She is probably best known for representing Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 by song Hullu yö and became 20th. After the contest she started working with Ile Kallio and they founded a...

.

The song was performed sixteenth on the night (following Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Duo Datz
Duo Datz
Duo Datz is the common English name for the duo made up of Orna and Moshe Datz....

 with "Kan
Kan (song)
"Kan" , was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in Hebrew by Duo Datz. Its lyrics and melody were written by Israeli songwriter Uzi Hitman....

" and preceding Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Atlantis 2000
Atlantis 2000
Atlantis 2000 were a short-lived German musical group, set up in Munich in 1990 by producer Alfons Weindorf and composer Helmut Frey, for the purpose of entering the German Eurovision Song Contest selection in 1991...

 with "Dieser Traum Darf Niemals Sterben
Dieser Traum Darf Niemals Sterben
"Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in German by Atlantis 2000. The song was selected to represent Germany by televoting....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 6 points, placing 20th in a field of 22.

The song is sung from the perspective of a woman who had a one-night stand with a man. Despite both of them claiming that this was all the relationship was, she sings that she wants to spend more time with him. Kaija also recorded the song in English and - very unusually - Italian, then under the titles "One More Lonely Night" and "Una notte folle" (translated: "A Crazy Night") respectively.

It was succeeded as Finnish representative
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...

 at the 1992 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny...

 by Pave Maijanen
Pave Maijanen
Pekka Juhani "Pave" Maijanen is a famous Finnish musician, who has acted as a singer, songwriter, bass player, keyboard player, drummer, guitarist and producer during his long career...

 with "Yamma, yamma
Yamma, Yamma
"Yamma, yamma" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Finnish by Pave Maijanen.The song was performed twelfth on the night, following Iceland's Heart 2 Heart with "Nei eða já" and preceding Switzerland's Daisy Auvray with "Mister Music Man"...

".

This song can be found on Kaija Kärkinen's 1991 album "Mustaa vettä".
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